More details forthcoming, including concurrent panel information and
additional speakers. Please check this site for updates.

Friday, April 4

Shuttle service from hotel

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast and Check-in (Mary Graydon Center at AU)

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.

Opening Remarks

9:45 – 11:30 a.m.

Plenary Panel I : Abolitionist Frameworks
Speakers: Orisanmi Burton, Priya Kandaswamy, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Silky Shah 

11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Lunch (provided)

12:45 – 2:30 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions:

1. Challenging Carceral Logics of Gender & Sexuality
2. Grounded Struggles I: Confronting Carceral Geographies
3.  Unraveling the Global Politics of Policing

2:30 – 2:45 p.m.

Coffee/Tea Bar (McKinley Building at AU) 

2:45 – 4:45 p.m.

Film Screening and Post-Film Talk:
Ghosts of Adelanto & the Rise of Abolish ICE
Speakers: Setsu Shigematsu and Cinthya Martinez 
Register for film screening (conference participants and speakers are automatically registered)

5:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Reception (McKinley Building at AU)  

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Keynote Address: Dr. Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Register for keynote (conference participants and speakers are automatically registered)

Shuttle service back to hotel

Saturday, April 5

Shuttle service from hotel

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.

Breakfast and Check-in (Mary Graydon Center at AU)

9:30 – 10:00 a.m.

Opening Comments

10:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Plenary Panel II: Abolitionist Praxis

Speakers: Tanay Harris, Laura McTighe, Connie Wun, Jasmine R. Jackson

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch (provided)

1:00 – 2:45 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions:

1. Biopolitics of Incarceration
2. Grounded Struggles II: Freedom is a Place
3. Abolition & The State

2:45 – 3:15 p.m.

Coffee Bar (McKinley Building at AU) 

3:30 – 5:15 p.m.

Closing Plenary: Abolitionist Futures
Speakers: Nada Elia, Sarah Haley, Naomi Paik, Dylan Rodriguez

5:15 – 5:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks

Shuttle service back to hotel