Lesley Bikos

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Alrighty, so, since a lot of folx suddenly want to discuss Indigenous peoples a couple of reminders:

* capitalize the “I” on Indigenous;
* don’t talk over Indigenous peoples. If you listen you can learn more;
* you having a relationship with an Indigenous person and using that to silence another /1

Hahaha fair! I’m always down for dinner and chats with you ❤️

Yepppp and we have students in our class read it too. It’s 🔥 Super grateful to Kelly and Mariame for their wisdom as always. Dinner and chats when you’re done?? 😘

Thank you for making this!!! Can’t dm you but would love to be added ✊🏻

Hey Abe! Thanks for making this - would love to be added. Hope to chat soon 😊

Check out Alexander’s reply below! There’s an abolitionist feed..I can’t seem to scroll it? But you can see the folx who follow it. I’d link it here but I can’t figure out how 🫠 really showing my lack of tech skills in this feed…

😂

Thank you! 🙌🏻

Hey friends! Anyone know of an abolition starter pack and/or critical criminology one? I’ve tried searching but can’t seem to find any… I feel like that’s impossible and I’m just doing it wrong 🙃

Title page of journal article in Social Problems. Title says, “When they hand you your soul, they forget to say, hand me your uniform”: Incidents and Impacts of Institutional Betrayal in Canadian Police Services by Lesley J Bikos

Abstract description of the journal article, “When they hand you your uniform, they forget to say, hand me your soul”: Incidents and Impacts of Institutional Betrayal in Canadian Police Services

“When they hand you your uniform, they forget to say, hand me your soul”: Incidents and Impacts of Institutional Betrayal in Canadian Police Services in Social Problems. Public access link academic.oup.com/socpro/artic...

Title page of journal article in the British Journal of Criminology. Title says: Taking the Temperature: An Intersectional Analysis of Diversity Acceptance in Canadian Policing’ by Lesley J. Bikos

Abstract description of the article, ‘Taking the Temperature: An Intersectional Analysis of Diversity Acceptance in Canadian Police Services’

Hey friends! New account, new followers 👋🏻. Posting recent works that may be of interest. ‘Taking the Temperature: An Intersectional Analysis of Diversity Acceptance in Canadian Police Services’ in BJC. If you don’t have free access, msg me w/ email, I’ll send a copy academic.oup.com/bjc/article-...

🚨 IT’S PUBLICATION DAY!!! 🚨

“The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American game” is now OFFICIALLY available. This brilliant 🧵 by @nkalamb.bsky.social is the go-to resource for the book and related work.

@uncpress.bsky.social

uncpress.org/book/9781469...

Four stacks of books of We Grow the World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition. Edited by Maya Schenwar and Kim Wilson. The cover is covered in flowers (art piece by Olly Costello) against a black background.

Today is our LAUNCH DAY for "We Grow the World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition" (edited by me & Kim Wilson)!!!🥹❤️

For each copy of the book you buy from @haymarketbooks.bsky.social this month, they will donate a copy of the book to someone in prison.
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2446-w...

Appreciation post for our local libraries who do so much vital work in our community. Imagine how much more they could do with proper, consistent funding. Well funded libraries are a key part of healthy, vibrant communities. We appreciate you #ldnont library team! Fund community. Fund care ✊🏻❤️

*police board members/city councillors

Opposition building to proposed cut to community grants: 'Vital services' The leaders of nearly three dozen London nonprofits have signed a letter to city councillors urging them not to cut a $500,000 grant program

Grateful more orgs/people in #ldnont are pushing back re: the police budget. The recent narrative by the police chief, select police board/city councillors that it’s only the same few people protesting is dismissive and false. We know it. They know it. We persist fam 👊🏻 🫶🏻 lfpress.com/news/local-n...

LISTEN | All My Relations

If you haven’t, check out the All My Relations podcast. Just listened to this 🔥 episode about Indigenous feminism, Rematriation, and decolonization www.allmyrelationspodcast.com/podcast/epis...

Starter Pack on Colonialism, Decolonisation & Race 👇. Interdisciplinary and not limited to academics. Set it up last week so I may have missed people who joined recently - pls let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed). ..Overlapping starter packs v.welcome!

go.bsky.app/NypyY8Q

Thank you for making this! I’d love to be added - nice to meet you 😊

(Rubs hands in glee)…let’s get organizing #ldnont!!! We’ve got a lot of work to do 🙌🏻 fund community, fund care ❤️