Transformative Justice Learning Collaborative Lab
The HRC Transformative Justice Learning Collaborative is made up of artists, activists, educators and researchers dedicated to transformative justice in all of its formations. Through collective study, activism and group projects, we are dedicated to community work, working with students, and supporting research/curricular projects that center abolition, abolition studies, ecological justice, and broader transformative justice projects.
Current projects include, but are not limited to: an educational speaker series, a film festival, building web resources with and for community groups/members, building curricula (either inside or outside the university context), conducting and workshopping writing, research, activism and artistic expression related to transformative justice in all of its contexts.
Students, staff, faculty, and community members whose interests intersect with the work of the lab are welcome to join. Please contact the lab co-director, Liz Canfield, at ercanfield@vcu.edu or Travis L. Williams at tlwilliams3@vcu.edu.
Image Credit: Melody Yang, "Falling Star"
Meet the Team
Liz Canfield, Ph.D.
Co-Director
Liz Canfield is a sound artist, zine maker, teacher and community organizer. She is an associate professor and associate chair at Virginia Commonwealth University in the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, where she teaches introductory courses in gender/sexuality studies, upper-level courses in feminist literary theory, queer theory and cinema, and service learning courses that engage the prison system in Virginia. She has presented creative and academic work nationally and internationally. Her interests include radical pedagogy, transformative technologies, decolonial queer epistemologies and emancipatory ontologies of self and community.
Contact: ercanfield@vcu.edu
Travis Williams, Ph.D.
Co-Director
Travis Williams is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Contact: tlwilliams3@vcu.edu
Upcoming Meetings
There are currently no upcoming meetings scheduled.
Upcoming Events
Jess Goldberg: Abolition Time
Date: Thursday, Feb. 12th, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Location: STEM Building, room 110 (817 W Franklin St, Richmond, VA 23220)
RSVP at this link
Join the Humanities Research Center, the HRC's Transformative Justice Learning Collaborative Lab, and VCU's Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies for a book discussion with Jess Goldberg, Assistant Professor of American Literature at New Mexico Highlands University, and author of Abolition Time.
Ripple Effects Become Tidal Waves Conference
Date: Thursday, Apr. 16th - Saturday, Apr. 18th
Location:
Thursday, Apr. 16th 2:00 - 10:00 p.m. in Commons Theater and MCALC 1201
Friday, Apr. 17th 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. in the STEM Building
Saturday, Apr. 18th: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. in the STEM Building
Description: A gathering of prison reform/prison abolition advocates and non-profits, community members, politicians, educators, activists, artists and students
Co-sponsored by VCU Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies and The Humanization Project
Itinerary and Flyer coming soon, please email Liz Canfield (ercanfield@vcu.edu) for more info
News
Mellon Foundation grants will help VCU professors launch Richmond Freedom School
A planned Richmond Freedom School being developed by two VCU professors will share community-based conversations about Richmond-specific topics ranging from politics, history and civics to ecology, arts and science.
