Jackie Sumell, (Robert Rauschenberg Artist as Activist Fellow, Soros Justice Fellow, M.F.A.Stanford University, Multidisciplinary Artist, Prison Abolitionist - inspired most by the lives of everyday people) will present "Growing Abolition," a lecture presenting the interdependence of social sculpture, mindfulness practices, humanness, and prison abolition. On Thursday October 28, 2021, the artist will also offer "The Abolitionist's Tea Party" in the Francis Colburn Gallery - three social practice performances will take place as staggered gatherings where the artist serves apothecary teas and provides copies of her book "The Abolitionist's Field Guide."