The Education
Grown out of research, we work to stay informed and practice regular discussion of new theories, events, and ideas.
The Art
We publish fiction, non fiction, fine arts, poetry, prose, and contemporary criticism that expands beyond academic essays.
My Role
As Cofounder in relaunch and Co-Editor in Chief, I managed a staff of 19 and facilitated study groups of ~30 undergraduates.
Our Purpose
We aim to build community awareness for better management of social harm and less punitive based practices.
Our Work
The MJLC is an abolitionist, student run literary magazine and study group at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
About the Project
A Research Based Initiative
What grew into a collective began as a partner research project under the UW-Madison English department. As sophomore research fellows, me, my partner, Ria Dhingra, and professor Ingrid Diran spent a summer with one goal: redefine abolition beyond the prison industrial complex. We mapped connections between policies, social practices, and corporate trends across multiple institutions and social spheres: healthcare, education, housing, and credit & labor markets. We quickly saw that a philosophy of punishment and various methods of marginalization traced across not only all insitutions but across forms of policy and social norms as well. Understanding the connectivity of social behavior such as punishment must inform the way we make changes. Whether it be interpersonal, community based, federally, or globally, seeing big picture of how and why people and governments cause social harm helps uncover how that harm must be remedied.
