{"id":561,"date":"2026-03-03T01:14:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/?p=561"},"modified":"2026-03-03T01:15:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:15:02","slug":"week-of-abolition-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/2026\/03\/03\/week-of-abolition-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of Abolition 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>See this year&#8217;s Week of Abolition programming:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>03.02.26 | Immigration Court Watch with Harvard Immigration Project<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>03.02.26 | Violence &amp; Resistance from Palestine to Minneapolis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>03.02.26 | Public Testimony for Kicking ICE Out of Courts &amp; Keeping Families Together<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>03.03.26 | Abolish ICE: New Horizons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>03.04.26 | Anti-carceral Feminism with Beth Richie<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>03.05.26 | Family Separation: Deportation, Family Policing, and Incarceration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>03.06.26 | Indigenous Peoples &amp; ICE<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>03.08.26 | PNOL Tenant Organizing Canvass with NLG and QTPOC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional details and flyers below.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/The-Week-of-Abolition-20261-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-562 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/The-Week-of-Abolition-20261-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/The-Week-of-Abolition-20261-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/The-Week-of-Abolition-20261-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/The-Week-of-Abolition-20261.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/7-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-563 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/7-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/7-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/7-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/7-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/7.png 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>03.02.26 (Mon) | 8:30AM-12:00PM<\/strong><br>WCC 1057<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Join HLS-NLG and HIP for immigration court watch! For those that have not done court watch before, the objective of court watch is to observe immigration court and keep track of outcomes and arguments with the hope of ensuring more accountability and predictability in the system. Pastries and coffee provided!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/6-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-564 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/6-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/6-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/6-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/6-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/6.png 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>03.02.26 (Mon) | 12:15-1:15PM<\/strong><br>WCC 1019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>ICE&#8217;s violence on our streets and in our communities is an emergency, but it&#8217;s not new. Join NLG, Tzedek, and Justice for Palestine for a teach-in and discussion with an on-the-ground protest journalist about state violence and its collaborators, whether in Palestine, Minneapolis, or right here at Harvard. Lunch will be served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the HLS event posting <a href=\"https:\/\/hls.harvard.edu\/events\/violence-resistance-from-palestine-to-minneapolis\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-566 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/unnamed.jpg 450w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/unnamed-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>03.02.26 (Mon) | 5:30-7:30PM<\/strong><br>Yellow House (23 Everett St)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Come out Monday night to write public testimony and notice and comment for TWO bills: one in Mass to kick ICE out of courts and a federal rule trying to remove mixed status families from HUD programs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1545\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/4-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-567 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/4-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/4-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/4-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/4-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/4.png 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1545px) 100vw, 1545px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>03.03.26 (Tue) | 12:15-1:15PM<\/strong><br>WCC 1019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>What would it mean to abolish ICE? Join us for a conversation with Isabel Garcia, co-chair of Coalici\u00f3n de Derechos Humanos and former Pima County Legal Defender, about her work organizing for immigrant justice. Lunch will be served.<br><br>See the HLS event posting <a href=\"https:\/\/hls.harvard.edu\/events\/abolish-ice-new-horizons\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/1-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-568 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/1-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/1-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/1-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/1-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/1.png 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>03.04.26 (Wed) | 12:20-1:20PM<\/strong><br>WCC 2004<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>On gender violence, countering the carceral state, the cooptation of domestic violence to justify policing, and more.<br><br>See the HLS event posting <a href=\"https:\/\/hls.harvard.edu\/events\/professor-beth-richie-phd\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/2-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-569 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/2-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/2-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/2-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/2-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/2.png 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>03.05.26 (Thu) | 12:15-1:15PM<\/strong><br>WCC 1023<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us for a conversation with three community organizers working across the immigration system, family policing system, and prison industrial complex about the different ways the United States separates families and what we can do to protect family unity in the face of state violence. Lunch will be served!<br><br>See the HLS event posting <a href=\"https:\/\/hls.harvard.edu\/events\/family-separation-deportation-family-policing-incarceration\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/3-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-570 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/3-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/3-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/3-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/3-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/3.png 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>03.06.26 (Fri) | 12:15-1:15PM<\/strong><br>WCC 1019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Native Americans are among those being targeted, harassed, abused or detained by ICE. Join us for a conversation with HLS student Kisha James (Aquinnah Wampanoag) and CJI clinical instructor Christian Williams about Native American resistance to ICE and solidarity with Indigenous migrants stopped at the border.<br><br>See the HLS event posting <a href=\"https:\/\/hls.harvard.edu\/events\/ice-indigenous-peoples\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/5-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-571 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/5-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/5-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/5-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/5-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/nlg\/files\/2026\/03\/5.png 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>03.08.26 (Sun) | 12:00-3:00PM<\/strong><br>Yellow House (23 Everett St)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us for a conversation with three community organizers working across the immigration system, family policing system, and prison industrial complex about the different ways the United States separates families and what we can do to protect family unity in the face of state violence. 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