Community Engaged Learning is back with our next opportunity to learn about community work! This month, we are hosting an in-person workshop on police abolition with WPCH, a community-centred police abolitionist group committed to defunding the Winnipeg Police Service and reallocating resources to life-sustaining services.
The movement to imagine and create a world without the police is a longstanding and ongoing struggle. Year after year, we see the high rates of police violence against Black, Indigenous, racialized, and other marginalized communities. Interactions with the police should not be a death sentence.
In this workshop, we will work together to address common questions related to police abolition: - What does a world without policing look like in practice? - What is “crime” and its root causes? - What is the difference between police reform and police abolition?
Event Info Date: Tuesday, February 13 Time: 4:00-6:00 p.m. Location: Fort Garry campus - More directions will be provided after registration!
Please register by February 12.https://forms.office.com/r/V1D7MeNRrp This workshop is free and open to UM students and their friends and family. A light meal / snacks will be provided. We will try to accommodate dietary restrictions for people who register by February 9.
If you have any questions, please contact Anny.Chen@umanitoba.camailto:Anny.Chen@umanitoba.ca.
-- Anny Chen (she/her) Lead, Community Engaged Learning Tel: 204-474-6992 anny.chen@umanitoba.camailto:marci.davies@umanitoba.ca http://umanitoba.ca/community-engaged-learning
Student Affairs – Leaders in cultivating exceptional student experiences!
My home city, Winnipeg, sits on the original lands of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, and Dakota peoples and on the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. I am grateful to live and work on Treaty One Territory, and to have access to water from Shoal Lake #40 First Nation and hydroelectricity generated on the lands of many Indigenous communities in Northern Manitoba. As a descendant of refugees and immigrants who settled on Indigenous lands, I commit to challenging anti-Indigenous racism and supporting the work and leadership of Indigenous communities.
