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These demands were initially written in conversation with Covid-19 Mutual Aid Seattle and the newly formed coalition to Decriminalize Seattle. The initial petition called on UW Seattle to cut ties with local law enforcement, disarm UWPD, and stop using armed police to respond to welfare checks through UW’s SafeCampus.
“Abolition isn’t just absence… Abolition is a fleshy and material presence of social life lived differently.”
Dr. Ruth Wilson Gilmore