Curriculum - Defund Fear: Safety Without Policing, Prisons, & Punishment

This six session small group ministry style curriculum is great for groups interested in learning more about what calls to defund police and policing have to do with our Unitarian Universalist faith AND how to take concrete  It includes six lessons with resources and reflection prompts for independent engagement, each paired with a group discussion guide.  We created it in 2021 for the UUA Common Read of Defund Fear: Safety Without Policing, Prisons, and Punishment by Zach Norris, but the curriculum is evergreen and does not rely heavily on the book.  

• Lesson 1: Imagining a Future Where Everyone is Cared For 

• Lesson 2: Abolition & Unitarian Universalist Theologies 

• Lesson 3: A History of "Safety" 

• Lesson 4: #DefundThePolice Means Defund the Police 

• Lesson 5: Storytelling: Building a Culture of Care - Defund as a Practice 

• Lesson 6: Call to Action - Fractals of Care