MC USA publishes ‘defund the police’ curriculum
Mennonite Church USA, the largest Mennonite denomination in the United States, has published a free, nine-week study program aimed at helping people think creatively about what it means to defund the police.
Defund the Police? An Abolition Curriculum, which was developed by a team of abolition experts and Anabaptist thought leaders, is meant to help Christians not only frame the idea of police abolition within a biblical context but also think about practical alternatives to policing—things like raising the minimum wage and decriminalizing drug use.
“Police abolition is a process that requires communities to create alternatives to policing,” said Glen Guyton, MC USA’s executive director, in a press release—noting that this aspect of police abolition is often misunderstood.
