Events & Calendars "Becoming Abolitionists": A Conversation with Derecka Purnell

Part of "Freedom Talks: A Conversation Series," presented by the Amherst College Departments of Black Studies, Environmental Studies and Political Science

Derecka Purnell is a human rights lawyer, writer and author of Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom. She works to end police and prison violence by providing legal assistance, research and training in community-based organizations through an abolitionist framework.

This event is free and open to the public.