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A discussion with Celeste Winston, author of How to Lose the Hounds: Maroon Geographies and a World Beyond Policing, and local organizer Chris Rogers, about Winston's new book and its relevance for organizing for a police-free Philadelphia. How to Lose the Hounds is a guide to police abolition connecting slavery-era Black freedom struggles and modern efforts to build a world beyond policing. Amid rising calls for abolition, we'll discuss long-standing ways to secure public safety and community well-being without police.

About the Authors/Speakers:

Celeste Winston is an abolitionist geographer and Assistant Professor of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University. Her work is driven by her love and accountability for Black people and Black communities. She centers everyday Black life and placemaking practices as models for liberation. She aims to generate evidence for more livable and equitable geographies by tracing the legacies of Black alternative ways of living and building communities across space and time.

Christopher R. Rogers, Ph.D, from Chester, PA, is part of the Leadership Team at the W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition & Reconstruction. He currently co-coordinates the Friends of The Tanner House, incubating a revitalized Henry Ossawa Tanner House at the intersection of Black heritage preservation and community cultural organizing. He serves on the National Steering Committee for Black Lives Matter at School, spreading significant racial justice curriculum and policymaking in K-16 education. He has previously served in key roles with the Paul Robeson House & Museum / West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Philadelphia Student Union, Teacher Action Group Philadelphia, and more.