What is Rojas’s critique of the “non-profit” system?

1. Summarize the Rojas article 1 page Be sure to address:

a. What is Rojas’s critique of the “non-profit” system

b. How does she think internalized hierarchies have hurt social movements?

c. What are the principles of autonomous organizing that she identifies as important? d. What do you think of her analysis?

2. Read the CARA piece as well as the “How Restorative Justice Changed a Colorado Cop’s Mind…” and watch the video that is an interview with that cop. 1⁄2 page

a. Both are supporting other models besides prisons to address crime. How are their analysis and approaches similar and different? What do you think of their approaches?

3. Write a 1 page reflection on the ideas of the class. Which ideas did you most agree with or find most helpful and why? What ideas did you dislike and why? How have you connected the ideas together for yourself? Were there any important ideas that were not included in the class that you should have been? If so, why? (Note: I’m asking not so much for feedback on the class here, but your engagement with the ideas of the class. If you would also like to provide more general feedback on the class, that’s welcome. BUT be sure to first devote a page to engaging the ideas of the class first.)