People Who do Harm are not Monsters

Building Accountable Communities // Part 4
Accountability is a familiar buzz-word in contemporary social movements, but what does it mean? How do we work toward it? In this series of four short videos, anti-violence activists Kiyomi Fujikawa and Shannon Perez-Darby ask and explore: What does it look like to be accountable to survivors without exiling or disposing those who do harm?
On October 26, 2018, Kiyomi and Shannon will join us for an online discussion exploring models of building accountable communities. This conversation will be framed by audience questions and moderated by Mariame Kaba. Learn more about the event, join the conversation, and watch the full series of videos at bcrw.barnard.edu/event/buildin...
Conversation created by Kiyomi Fujikawa and Shannon Perez-Darby. Filmed by Christina Antonakos-Wallace. Videos edited by Dean Spade and Hope Dector. Part of a series of workshops and videos on community accountability and transformative justice; conceived by Mariame Kaba, Just Practice Collaborative, and Project NIA.
Additional Resources:
The NorthWest Network of Bi, Trans, Lesbian and Gay Survivors of Abuse
nwnetwork.org
Shannon Perez-Darby: “The Secret Joy of Self Accountability”
Connie Burk: “Think. Re-Think: Accountable Communities”
From: The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Partner Violence in Activist Communities (AK PRESS, eds. Chen, Dulani and Piepzna-Samarasinha)
Ending Child Sexual Abuse: A Transformative Justice Handbook
generationfive.org/the-issue/t...
Creative Interventions Toolkit
creative-interventions.org
Just Practice
shirahassan.com/about-just-pra...
Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective
batjc.wordpress.com

[@YoureUgly3]

Yeah, getting perpetrators to understand the weight of their actions and correct themselves can be beneficial compared to applying the same, old standard procedure used for everything.

[@Bigfishfun333]

People who do harm?.....lock them up! Stop making excuses for violent criminals.