SAL &  MCF Present “Becoming Abolitionists”

Seattle Arts and Lectures, Marguerite Casey Foundation
2022 MicroStudio Remote Production Show Running Streaming Virtual Production We teamed with the Marguerite Casey Foundation and Seattle Arts & Lectures to bring author Derecka Purnell and historian Dr. Robin D. G. Kelley to an online audience

Overview

  • Live broadcast from Punch Drunk Studios
  • Turnkey studio with cameras, lights, sound, and all equipment needed for live streaming and capture
  • Zoomator™ camera & teleprompter system for perfect eye line
  • Closed-captioning
  • ASL Interpreter for increased accessibility
  • Remote production to bring Derecka Purnell and Dr. Robin D. G. Kelley live into the show
  • Check out Derecka Purnell’s Becoming Abolitionists and Dr. Robin D. G. Kelley’s noted publications.

Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protest, and the Pursuit of Freedom explores how the promise of police reform has failed us and offers new perspectives on prison abolition. Protests against police violence expose how current “solutions” are insufficient, and Purnell’s book shares the true power of multi-racial social movements to teach and guide us toward true safety, justice and liberation. Published by Astra House in late 2021, Becoming Abolitionists was a Noname Book Club pick in January 2022.

– Marguerite Casey Foundation