Hi William, thanks so much for your response. I made a brief addition to my piece to share a tiny bit more of what happened in the aftermath of the sexual assault situation, but I felt it was important to also respond to you directly.

I guess the main thing I want to convey is that I too am aching for the details of what comes after abolition. The abolitionist organizer Ruth Wilson Gilmore reminds us to view abolition as a *positive* project, not just a *negative* one -- i.e., we must build life-affirming institutions (to use her wording) that support us even as we are tearing down the life-ending institutions that oppress us. Abolition is not just dismantling prisons and police; it is also building creative interventions and support systems to take their place. I continue to read about -- and grapple with -- what that looks like on a daily basis. If you are interested in reading more about this, I would recommend reading the work of Creative Interventions, Critical Resistance, the Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective, Campus PRISM, and others who are working towards a post-abolition world.

The one other thing to note is that I am not friends with the survivor in the assault situation and cannot speak on their behalf re: whether they think justice has been achieved. The situation continues to weigh heavily on my heart, and that is the most honest response I can share with you.