2022 BPDA Summer Conference
The 2022 BPDA Conference was held virtually June 16-17, 2022! The conference theme was “Reimagining Justice” — we invited attendees to consider and imagine new approaches to safety through a comprehensive program of policy and advocacy, professional development, and skills training.
Presenter: Our keynote speaker was Derecka Purnell! As a lawyer, organizer, and author, she works to end police and prison violence by providing legal assistance, research, and training in grassroots organizations through an abolitionist framework.
This Twitter thread recaps her session as she shared her journey as an abolitionist and how to shrink carceral systems through abolition.
