abolition – Tia Poquette

‘The United States of America: Land of the Free, Home of the Brave’

Posted on July 18, 2025July 18, 2025 by TiaPoquette

This piece was created in February 2024 in response to my growing concerns with the state of the American political and social justice systems. The previous summer, I read No More Police: A Case for Abolition by Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie. The book significantly influenced my understanding of our modern criminal justice system, particularly the […]

The Youth Public History Institute Newsletter

Posted on September 29, 2023September 29, 2023 by TiaPoquette

This summer I had the honor of being the project assistant and documenter for the Youth Public History Institute, a new project conceived by Mariame Kaba of Project NIA and Interrupting Criminalization focusing on the histories of prisons, slavery and rebellion, policing and surveillance, research and social justice. I created a visual and written record […]