With no guest this week, hosts Gayle and Bal have a poignant conversation about how their own years have gone, and have a discourse on the challenges of being community school coordinators during the COVID-19 pandemic.

RESOURCES:

- https://acebc.ca/resources/elements-and-threads/ (Community School Elements)

- Mark Lamont Hill - "We Still Here: Pandemic, Policing, Protest, and Possibility" https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08HW78VNC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

- Bettina L. Love - "We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom" https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07FG27G6H/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

- Rinaldo Walcott - "On Property: Policing, Prisons and the Call for Abolition" - https://www.amazon.ca/Property-Field-Notes-Book-ebook/dp/B08K55GD3G/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=On+Property%3A+Policing%2C+Prisons+and+the+Call+for+Abolition&qid=1622428926&sr=8-1

- Mariame Kaba - "We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice" -
https://www.amazon.ca/This-Til-Free-Abolitionist-Transforming/dp/164259525X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Mariame+Kaba-+We+Do+This+%27Til+We+Free+Us%3A+Abolitionist+Organizing+and+Transforming+Justice&qid=1622429037&sr=8-1

- Angela Y. Davis - "Are Prisons Obsolete?" -
https://www.amazon.ca/Are-Prisons-Obsolete-Angela-Davis/dp/1583225811/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Angela+Y.+Davis-+Are+Prisons+Obsolete%3F&qid=1622428982&sr=8-1



QUOTES:

“If you have come here to help me you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” - Lilla Watson

“Connecting with others gives us a sense of inclusion, connection, interaction, safety, and community. Your vibe attracts your tribe, so if you want to attract positive and healthy relationships, be one! Staying connected and getting reconnected feeds the flow of goodness which empowers our humanity.” - Susan C. Young