Abolish Slavery National Network
Events

Where the network shows up.

Hearings, trainings, presentations, and coalition meetings. Times are Eastern unless the entry says otherwise.

Upcoming

Next.

September 24, 2026, 1:00 PM

Mitchell Hamline School of Law · St. Paul · MN

The Minnesota abolition instrument and the status frame.

Organizers, the artist, and supporters standing in front of the End Slavery NJ mural at night

The dedication of End Slavery NJ, Jersey City, December 6, 2024. The network, the coalition, the artist, and the people who showed up in the cold.

Photograph: ASNN. Mural by MUST ART with Mural Arts Philadelphia and Worth Rises.
Past

The record.

Network members and supporters standing together at a lectern at Rutgers Law School
The network at Rutgers Law School. Event and date to be confirmed.
September 22, 2026

Presentation to Beyond Prisons NJ · Online · NJ

Five minutes on the New Jersey record: the definition, the removals, the petition, the amendment text, and the ask.

September 17, 2026

Second Annual Statewide Returning Citizens Summit · Mercer County Community College, Trenton · NJ

Dennis Febo gave the opening plenary, "Are We Returning Citizens or Returning Slaves?"

April 10, 2026

Abolition in Teaching and Practice Symposium · UC Law San Francisco · CA

Dennis Febo spoke on the panel "Critiquing the Constitution," on how slavery is embedded in legal and constitutional frameworks.

March 22, 2026

Lanzamiento de la campaña para eliminar la cláusula de excepción de la Constitución de Puerto Rico · Casa Sofía, 264 Calle Canals, Santurce · PR

On el Día de la Abolición de la Esclavitud, the campaign to remove the punishment exception from Article II, Section 12 of the Constitution of Puerto Rico opened in Santurce. Organized by Casa Sofía with CAEPR, the Coalición para la Abolición de la Esclavitud en Puerto Rico, and sponsored by the Abolish Slavery National Network and the ASNN Action Committee.

December 2, 2025

The White Pages Symposium · NJ

Dennis Febo delivered the welcome, the opening address, and the legislative announcement introducing the New Jersey constitutional amendment bill.

October 9, 2025

NACDL 24th Annual State Criminal Justice Network Conference

Dennis Febo spoke on the panel "The Last Loophole: Amending State Constitutions to Abolish Slavery and Involuntary Servitude." National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

You do not amend slavery. You abolish it.