5 Questions for cultivating solidarity Webinar
Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 4-6pm PT/7-9pm ET
This webinar invites defenders, advocates, law scholars, and law students, to a conversation about the complexities of practicing solidarity.
How should we articulate our solidarity across diverse social movements ecosystems in the face of criminalization? Presenters will share the 5 Questions for Cultivating Solidarity tool developed by abolitionist lawyers and organizers addressing talking points often mobilized by lawyers and law scholars that can unintentionally undermine solidarity in the face of repression of movements.
Together we will grapple with the following questions using the tool as a guide:
How do we assess when to make individual arguments that certain defendants are exceptional, and when such arguments might further stigmatize others in the movement?
How do we understand collective and individual defense tensions in joint defense work?
How do we successfully invoke rights and legal protections that we simultaneously know have never been truly guaranteed or implemented, without contributing to legal fictions that justify existing regimes of enforcement?
How do we know when it's acceptable to use certain talking points in the context of advocacy, and when they should be avoided in the context of political commentary, as we strive for solidarity?
