Based on the viral poem by Coretta Scott King honoree Junauda Petrus, this picture book debut imagines a radicially positive future where Police aren\'t in charge of public safety and community well-being.
Debut picture book artist Kristen Uroda has turned Junauda\'s vision for a city without precincts into a vibrant and flourishing urban landscape filled with wise and loving grandmothers of all sorts..
It is optimisitic, provocative, and ultimately centered in fierce love.
In its picture book incarnation, Can We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? is a joyously radical vision of community-based safety and mutual aid.
With every subsequent Police shooting, it has taken on new urgency, culminating in the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis Police officer, blocks from Junauda\'s home.
Petrus first published and performed this poem after the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014.
Based on the viral poem by Coretta Scott King honoree Junauda Petrus, this picture book debut imagines a radicially positive future where Police aren\'t in charge of public safety and community well-being
