COPS OFF CAMPUSES COALITION

"Abolition May is a month-long series of actions on campuses across Turtle Island to demand the removal of ALL campus police. Abolition May begins with a call for a nationwide day of refusal on May 3rd, 2021.

Withdrawal signifies full work stoppage including virtual work and email response (auto-reply template available); non-attendance of classes; and other forms of labor withdrawal. The month’s actions will culminate on May 25, in commemoration of the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by members of the Minneapolis police department.

Inspired by tens of thousands of workers who have walked off the job to protest anti-Black police violence in recent years, we take up the call for police abolition on our campuses, joining more than forty campuses across Turtle Island in demanding an end to campus policing. Historically and in the present, campus police departments have brutalized students and surveilled and assaulted activists while enforcing racialized campus borders; colleges and universities, both public and private, have also played a violent and continuous role in global U.S. policing projects. You can learn more about the Cops Off Campus campaign here and here."