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Resources for libraries divesting from police
General
- LFP statement on divestment: https://medium.com/@libraryfreedom/its-not-enough-to-say-black-lives-matter-libraries-must-divest-from-the-police-2ab4adea58f1
- Information provision and the carceral state: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02763877.2019.1645077
- 8ToAbolition resource list: https://www.8toabolition.com/resources
Notes from calls
- June 26th: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YRQbk6UXVEz2YCtzTvQqPVO4eSjn4iOe0qg4TRCGCRg/edit?usp=sharing
Getting police out of buildings
Staff training, community partnerships, and alternatives to police
- Denver Public Library Security, Social Workers, Peer Navigators
- Critical Resistance’s Abolition of Policing Workshop: http://criticalresistance.org/abolition-of-policing-workshop/
- Transform Harm transformative justice resource hub: https://transformharm.org/
- Safer Party Toolkit: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxlqoamGVS6lMV9oSy0zNGlYNEE/view
- opentablenashville.org (Nashville local but trauma-informed deescalation trainings). Shareable deescalation guide: http://opentablenashville.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Open-Tables-Guide-to-De-escalation-Updated-PDF.pdf
Policies and technology
Programs
To Do List
- Organize regular calls
- Add signatories to LFP divestment list
- Create a document listing different libraries and their divestment progress
- Subgroups or committees (regional, subject/category specific)
