The Abolitionist Guide to NYC is a project sponsored by Interrupting Criminalization and funded by a 2025-2026 Imagining Freedom grant from the Mellon Foundation.
Project Lead: Sarah Cuk
Project Coordinator: Mich Ling; Parissah Lin; Tamara Santibañez
Note: The project lead and coordinators were responsible for research, writing, and editing the chapters for the guidebook and map, as well as outreach to contributors. Sarah, P, and Mich contributed collages of archival materials as chapter illustrations. Tam was the oral historian, responsible for all recordings and transcriptions.
Chapter Divider Artist: Sanyu Nicolas
Community Cartographer / Geospatial Analyst: Adisa Julian
Guidebook and Map Layout Designer: Haitham Haddad
Guidebook Cover and Map Illustrator: Nassim Dayoub
Guidebook Illustrator and Logo Designer: Geo McCandlish
Librarian(s) / Research Specialist(s): Mia Bruner; Makoroba Sow
Line and Copy Editor: Jonah Walters
Website Developer: Sydra Hassoun
Oral History Interviewee(s): Jose Saldana; Laura Whitehorn; Lisa; Mr. Smart; Tracy McCarter; Trap; Yin Q; Yves Tong Nguyen