Mackenzie Barton-Rowledge

My grandfather descended from a family of farmers – homesteaders, given cheap land after the government committed genocide to clear it for white families like mine. When my grandfather married my grandmother, he was welcomed into her family’s business: the lumber mill, turning forests into 2x4s.

Introducing Quakers for Abolition

by Mackenzie Barton-Rowledge and Jed Walsh

Jed Walsh and Mackenzie Barton-Rowledge are close friends who do police and prison abolition work together. They sent Western Friend a conversation about what abolition means to them, and how it fits into their lives as Quakers.

Mackenzie: Let’s start with: What does being a police and prison abolitionist mean to you?