Hello and welcome to our final Black History Matters 2026 video!
As we close this season of Black History Matters, this video will take a moment to reflect on why we have spent this time together exploring abolition history.
The truth is, abolition is not only something that happened. It is something we are still grappling with.
What does it mean to abolish a system that reproduces inequality?
What does it mean to confront racism not just as personal prejudice, but as structural reality?
What does it mean to move beyond ending one institution and toward transforming the conditions that allowed it to exist in the first place?