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From the Co-Founder of the #BlackLivesMatter, a bold, innovative, and humanistic approach to being a modern-day abolitionist In An Abolitionist's Handbook, New York Times bestselling author, artist, and activist Patrisse Cullors charts a framework for how everyday artists, activists, and organizers can effectively fight for an abolitionist present and future. Filled with relatable pedagogy on the history of abolition, a reimagining of what reparations look like for Black lives, and real-life anecdotes from Cullors, An Abolitionist's Handbook asks us to lead with love, fierce compassion, and precision. Readers will learn the 12 steps to change yourself and the world. An Abolitionist's Handbook is for those who are looking to reimagine a world where communities are treated with dignity, care and respect. It gives us permission to move away from cancel culture and into visioning change and healing.

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"""Her guidance on how to achieve personal and social transformation is enlightening. Readers will be inspired to take action."" - Publishers Weekly ""Recommended for all readers interested in social change activism, particularly prison reform and the defund-the-police movement."" - Library Journal ""Cullors offers a wide range of strategies for activists who share her view that you can't always fix a broken system."" - Kirkus Praise for Patrisse and When They Call You a Terrorist: ""Strikingly beautiful... Patrisse Cullors' story is a moral example to the nation.""--Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America ""This book is a must-read for all of us.""--Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow ""This is a story of perseverance from a woman who found her voice in a world that often tried to shut her out. When They Call You a Terrorist is more than just a reflection on the American criminal justice system. It's a call to action for readers to change a culture that allows for violence against people of color."" - TIME Magazine, named one of the Best Memoirs of 2018 So Far ""Impassioned, direct, inspiring and unsparing."" - Entertainment Weekly ""This powerful book by Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors reminds us American racism is pervasive...the mission of Khan-Cullors and her fellow activists has never been more important - or more urgent."" The Guardian ""[A] fierce, intimate memoir."" - O Magazine ""A thoroughly modern, fre-quently poetic take on the black-freedom-struggle narrative.""- Ms. Mag ""With great candor about her complex personal life, Khan-Cullors has created a memoir as compelling as a page-turning novel."" - Booklist Starred Review ""This searing, timely look into a contemporary movement from one of its crucial leading voices belongs in all collections."" - Library Journal Starred Review An eye-opening and eloquent coming-of-age story from one of the leaders in the new generation of social activists."" --Publishers Weekly, starred review ""An important account of coming of age within today's explosive racial dynamic."" - Kirkus Reviews ""When They Call You a Terrorist deals with the incarceration and disenfranchisement of black men like her father, but it also explores facets of Cullors' personal identity -- black womanhood and sexuality, as well as spirituality.""--TIME ""One of 2018's most important nonfiction books."" - The Root ""[A] meditative, meaningful work ... Cullors beautifully expresses empathy, honesty and hope"" --Shelf Awareness ""Responsible, awakening and powerful.""- Nick Cannon ""It was when I read your book, 'When They Call You A Terrorist'--when Trump was elected--that I realized that white supremacy is closer to the surface than I had ever realized, and I thought, 'Man, I better understand this more.'"" - Jane Fonda ""Patrisse Khan-Cullors is a leading visionary and activist, feminist, and civil rights leader who has literally changed the trajectory of politics and resistance in America."" --Eve Ensler, bestselling author ""This book tells why we all share the responsibility to move those three words from an aspiration into a new reality."" - American Book Award Winner Jeff Chang ""With grace and vulnerability, she recounts in When They Call You a Terrorist an upbringing plagued by interlocking oppressions and generational trauma, and illustrates the gut-wrenching power of her movement's message: Black lives must be recognized as worthy in this world."" - Teaching Tolerance Magazine"

"Praise for An Abolitionist's Handbook ""Her guidance on how to achieve personal and social transformation is enlightening. Readers will be inspired to take action."" --Publishers Weekly ""Recommended for all readers interested in social change activism, particularly prison reform and the defund-the-police movement."" --Library Journal ""Cullors offers a wide range of strategies for activists who share her view that you can't always fix a broken system."" --Kirkus Praise for Patrisse and When They Call You a Terrorist ""Strikingly beautiful... Patrisse Cullors' story is a moral example to the nation."" --Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America ""This book is a must-read for all of us."" --Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow ""This is a story of perseverance from a woman who found her voice in a world that often tried to shut her out. When They Call You a Terrorist is more than just a reflection on the American criminal justice system. It's a call to action for readers to change a culture that allows for violence against people of color."" --TIME Magazine, named one of the Best Memoirs of 2018 So Far ""Impassioned, direct, inspiring and unsparing."" --Entertainment Weekly ""This powerful book by Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors reminds us American racism is pervasive...the mission of Khan-Cullors and her fellow activists has never been more important - or more urgent."" --The Guardian ""[A] fierce, intimate memoir."" --O Magazine ""A thoroughly modern, fre-quently poetic take on the black-freedom-struggle narrative."" --Ms. Mag ""One of 2018's most important nonfiction books."" --The Root"

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"Patrisse Cullors is an author of the New York Times bestseller When They Call You a Terrorist, educator, artist, and abolitionist from Los Angeles. She is the co-founder of the Crenshaw Dairy Mart and has been on the frontlines of the abolitionist movement with Black Lives Matter, Justice LA, Dignity and Power Now, and Reform LA jails. Also the founder of The Center For Art and Abolition, Cullors has popularized the term ""Abolitionist Aesthetics"" to challenge artists to aestheticize abolition."

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