Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-277) and index.

Foreword / Beth E. Richie
Introduction: From prisons to the playground, caregiving and abolition intertwine / Maya Schenwar
Lessons from Our Kids, Lessons from Our Parents. I want to start school so I can learn to write letters to my dad in prison / EJ, six years old
The work of making life : four vignettes on abolitionist caregiving in practice / Harsha Walia
Parenting toward abolition from inside prison : a letter to my daughter / Erika Ray
"An imagination party" : how my toddler fuels my abolitionist vision / Maya Schenwar
Walking side by side with my mother : a reflection on abolition and accountability / Jnana
"It opened my heart" : lessons from being parented by an abolitionist / Paul Lacombe, interviewed by Kim Wilson
On parenthood and genocide / Heba Gowayed
Saying goodbye to my grandmother from prison and honoring her memory with action / Antoniese Gant
A mother's never-ending pain from incarceration : the ongoing fight to restore dignity / D'Marria Monday
Interdependence at the end of the world : abolitionist parenting beyond happiness / Sarah Tyson
Parents and Caregivers in Movement. The legacy of black mothers' radical resistance of care / Dorothy Roberts
Mama solidarity and the founding of moms united against violence and incarceration / Holly Krig
Free Gilbert Jones : the early political geography of mothers ROC / Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Parental tools for abolition : some sad shit / Dylan Rodríguez
Learning from Claudia Jones : mobilizing parents toward Liberatory Political Consciousness in the face of a right-wing "parents' movement" / Kaitlin Noss
Out of many, one : our adventures in parenting toward freedom / Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn
Caregiving Dreams Beyond Normative Family Structures. Queer family as an intervention on police violence : abolition and the beauty of choosing our loved ones / Shira Hassan, interviewed by Maya Schenwar
Empire and colonization operate through family : how do we disrupt them in our homes? / Stacey Austin and Nadine Naber
Survival parenting : caring for incarcerated adult children should be a collective endeavor / Kim Nelson
Building an abolitionist world includes supporting caregivers : here are six concrete Ways to Do That / Victoria Law
He calls me Zaza : a Nonbinary road map to liberation / Keisa Reynolds
Shelter and shower toward abolition flection on collective care, reproductive justice, and educational justice / Anya Tanyavutti
Practicing Abolitionist Caregiving. Using children's books as a tool for abolition / Mariame Kaba, interviewed by Maya Schenwar
In order to talk to my child about war and incarceration, I must talk to them about resistance / Ryann Willow Croken
Kids Are wondering ... what Is abolition? / PDX Childcare Collective
Passing on : practicing restorative justice at home / Jennifer Viets
How do we survive & parent with our love intact? / adrienne maree brown and Autumn Brown
Confronting copaganda : how to challenge cartoon cops and officer friendly / Rania El Mugammar
We love ourselves, too : stewarding caregiving possibilities and navigating intergenerational trauma together / Alejandro Villalpando and Susana Victoria Parras
Conclusion: Continuing to learn and grow / Kim Wilson

Abolition has never been a proposal to simply tear things down. As Alexis Pauline Gumbs asks, 'What if abolition is something that grows?' As we struggle to build a liberatory, caring, loving, abundant future, we have much to learn from the work of birthing, raising, caring for, and loving future generations. In We Grow the World Together, abolitionists and organizers Maya Schenwar and Kim Wilson bring together a remarkable collection of voices revealing the complex tapestry of ways people are living abolition in their daily lives through parenting and caregiving. Ranging from personal narratives to policy-focused analysis to activist chronicles, these writers highlight how abolition is essential to any kind of parenting justice"--Provided by publisher