Abolitionist education: Creating liberatory spaces (Part Two)

We continue our conversation with Dr. Edwin Mayorga of Swarthmore College. We discuss the corporatization of schools that reduces students to their test scores. Dr. Mayorga encourages educators to center joy and healing. Schools should be liberatory rather than places that are too often focused on punishment and surveillance. Schools, as “localized nodes of political power,” should adopt democratic processes that cultivate voice, participation, and collaboration. As an organizer, he encourages coalitions of people resisting different aspects of racial capitalism, including those fighting destruction of the planet and exploitation of other species. Overview 00:00-01:34 Intro 01:34-04:55 Making the shift from a more traditional to a more liberatory school 04:55-08:11 Sustainability after school founder(s) leave 08:11-11:37 Relationships of capital to schools: Now and a century ago 11:37-14:47 Education sovereignty 14:47-18:08 Community land trusts as models for schools 18:08-22:20 Balancing autonomy with accountability 22:20-24:41 Humans’ relationships with other animals: Moving away from anthropocentrism 24:41-28:58 Where the joy is 28:58-34:32 Takeaways: joys, hope, healing, radical possibilities 34:32-35:30 Outro References Listen to the first part of this conversation

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