Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? (Unabridged) Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? (Unabridged)

Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

Based on the viral poem by Coretta Scott King honoree Junauda Petrus, this picture book debut—adapted for audio—imagines a radically positive future where police aren’t in charge of public safety and community well-being.

Petrus first published and performed this poem after the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. With every subsequent police shooting, it has taken on new urgency, culminating in the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, blocks from Junauda's home.
 
In its picture book incarnation, Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? is a joyously radical vision of community-based safety and mutual aid. It is optimistic, provocative, and ultimately centered in fierce love.

GENRE
Kids & Young Adults
NARRATOR
JP
Junauda Petrus
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
00:07
hr min
RELEASED
2023
April 4
PUBLISHER
Listening Library
SIZE
7.6
MB