Schools Not Prisons

Welcome to the first day of the Schools Not Prisons Podcast: Abolition Lessons. In this first episode, we learn how to practice community-based-masculitinies and create accountability pods with the help of content producer and founder of Question Culture, Richie Reseda.

In this episode of the Schools Not Prisons podcast, we explore what embracing rest, wellness, and restoration as a form of resistance looks like. This week's guest is Ashley Monterrosa, a San Francisco educator and organizer turned activist after her brother Sean Monterrosa was killed by Vallejo Police.

Welcome to the third day of Abolition Lessons. In today's lesson, Irene Franco-Rubio is joined by her partner, Raul Armenta. Together they explore how radical love is a guiding force in movement building and how higher education is a means for heightened political consciousness.

On today's episode of the School's Not Prisons Podcast, host Irene Franco Rubio is joined by Janet Asante. Asante is the Media Coordinator at Dignity and Power Now (DPN) and Justice LA. Together, they breakdown why abolition is a feminist issue.

In this week's Abolition Lessons, host, Irene Franco Rubio speaks to Edgar Gutierrez about how he was directly impacted by the School-to-Prison Pipeline. Edgar Gutierrez is the Leadership & Program Coordinator at MILPA, a movement space designed for, and led by, formerly incarcerated and system-impacted individuals committed to supporting next-generation leadership and infrastructure within communities.

In this week’s “Abolition Lessons,” we delve into the abolitionist imagination with special guest Ashley Blakeney. Join us as we explore how to practice and embrace ancestral wisdom, communal healing, and collective liberation, guided by Crenshaw Dairy Mart’s key pillars. Discover how to foster profound connectivity to people, land, vision, and practice, and learn how to build a community space that reduces police contact, incarceration, caging, and trauma while promoting healing.