We Want to Do More Than Survive

Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

Author: Bettina L. Love

Publisher: Beacon Press (Illustrated Edition), 2020

Educators who aspire to activism will find inspiration in the pages of this book. Bettina Love challenges education reform that has been designed to keep black and brown children surviving, rather than thriving through her call to action in this volume that updates the conversation started by bell hooks in Teaching to Transgress. Love argues that education should be approached with the imagination, determination, boldness, and urgency of an abolitionist. Winner of a 2020 SPE Outstanding Book Award, it is a different framework for thinking about the value of really engaging critical teaching and learning with all people.

Available Languages: English

Ally or Co-conspirator?

Watch Dr. Bettina Love offer a vivid explanation of the difference between allies and co-conspirators in the fight for social justice. (Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz)

This clip was taken from Dr. Love’s presentation of her book We Want to Do More than Survive. Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom for Book TV on C-SPAN2. The full video can be watched at this LINK.