Reimagining Justice: Embodying Abolition in Everyday Life

Join us for a dynamic, two-hour interactive workshop blending frameworks on reimagining justice with somatic practices to help you embody the change you wish to see. Together, we’ll explore:

• How abolition intersects with your life—from your workplace to your parenting, your activism to your relationships—and why dismantling punitive systems starts within.
• Somatic tools to recognize and unlearn the ways carceral logic lives in our bodies (like urgency, blame, or binary thinking).
• Generative practices to align your inner growth with outer action, because justice isn’t just an idea—it’s a way of being.

This isn’t another heady lecture. You’ll leave with:Clarity on how abolition fits into your context—no prior knowledge required.Embodied mindfulness tools to navigate conflict, fear, and fatigue with resilience.A creative roadmap to reimagine justice in your community, starting today.

For activists, healers, parents, and anyone ready to bridge the gap between "what is" and "what could be."

Facilitators Emile Suotonye DeWeaver and Sarah Shourd are activists and facilitators who’ve been practicing and teaching embodied change for over 10 years. Emile is also the owner of Re:frame, a social impact consultancy, and the author of . Sarah Shourd is a Somatic Practitioner and Coach trained in Trauma Transformation. She is also an award-winning Narrative Change Leader in the field of reimaging justice outside prisons and jails through journalism, theater, books and film.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Manny's, 3092 16th Street, San Francisco, United States