We Grow the World Together

November 1, 2024
This visionary collection gathers a wide variety of essays and interviews about caregiving while working toward ""the possibility of a world without police, prisons, and other punishing state apparatus,"" writes Beth E. Richie in her foreword, describing a way of defining abolition. Both editors share stories of the impacts of incarceration on their immediate family. Schenwar chronicles the removal of her sister's children and her sister's eventual death at 29 following a cycle of harmful incarcerations. Wilson is in conversation with her adult son, Paul LaCombe, an incarcerated artist. Some voices represented here belong to children, such as EJ, who looks forward to learning to write letters to her dad in jail, and Harsha Walia's child A., who tells a friend, ""My parents say that making things fair is the point of living."" Jennifer Viets offers a step-by-step plan for practicing restorative justice at home through open communication and designated spaces. With too many powerful and thought-provoking pieces to name, this collection will inspire caregivers of all kinds to imagine and work for a more interconnected, interdependent, and caring world.

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