Beyond Survival by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Beyond Survival by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Transformative justice seeks to solve the problem of violence at the grassroots level, without relying on punishment, incarceration, or policing. Community-based approaches to preventing crime and repairing its damage have existed for centuries. However, in the punative atmosphere of contemporary criminal justice systems, they are often marginalized and operate under the radar. Beyond Survival puts these strategies front and center as real alternatives to today's failed models of confinement and correction.

In this collection, a diverse group of authors focuses on concrete and practical forms of redress and accountability, assessing existing practices and marking paths forward. They use a variety of forms--from toolkits to personal essays--to delve deeply into the how to of transformative justice, providing alternatives to calling the police, ways to support people having mental health crises, stories of community-based murder investigations, and much more. At the same time, they document the history of this radical movement, creating space for long-time organizers to reflect on victories, struggles, mistakes, and transformations.

Dixon, Ejeris: - Ejeris Dixon is an organizer, consultant, and political strategist with twenty years of experience organizing within racial justice, LGBTQ, transformative justice, anti-violence, and economic justice movements. She is the Founding Director of Vision Change Win Consulting where she partners with organizations to build their capacity and deepen the impact of their organizing strategies. Her essay, Building Community Safety: Practical Steps Toward Liberatory Transformation, is featured in the anthology Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? Police Violence and Resistance in the United States.

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ISBN 13	9781849353625
ISBN 10	184935362X
Title	Beyond Survival
Author	Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	AK Press
Year published	2020-04-02
Number of pages	260
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