Reading the work of Black scholars who break down issues of the justice system, policing, and prison abolition are great places to start. Some of my personal recommendations include works byAngela DavisAssata ShakurMichelle AlexanderKeeanga-Yamahtta TaylorIda B. WellsandThe 1619 Project,edited by Nikole Hannah-JonesResources like theAbolitionist Futuresconference, thePrison Cultureblog, and theAfrican American Intellectual History Society matter in a world where it’s obvious some people believe some lives matter more than ours. We simply want to be recognized as human. about the “Moo (B*tch I’m a Cow)” singer whose songwent viral One year into my new life in Turkey, my family was told my brother had died in regime detention. Two months later, my father, who was the head of a small town’s chapter of the Syrian Red Crescent, a medical-aid organization, died when an aid convoy he was leadingwas targeted by Russian airstrikes