“We Do This ‘Til We Free Us” by Mariame Kaba
A vital book on understanding the larger philosophy undergirding the police abolition movement, beyond slogans like #DefundThePolice.
The Arts As Essential Services
If we're serious about creating robust futures, then the arts can't be an afterthought.
Afropessimism?
An introduction to a dispiriting, but important, framework for understanding Black suffering.
Towards A Socially Engaged Artistic Practice
This definition makes sense to me.
Robin D.G. Kelley’s “Freedom Dreams”
Finally diving into an inspiring book on the power that imagination has to transform society.