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Naa Djama Attoh-Okine

Naa Djama Attoh-Okine is a Ghanaian-American public health researcher and survivor advocate dedicated to promoting social justice for marginalized communities. Over the past several years, she has collaborated with crime victims service programs, harm reduction centers, and abolition organizations across New York City. She earned her BA in the “Intersection of Health, History, and Human Rights in a Sub-Saharan African Context” and MPH in Public Health Policy from New York University.

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How to do away with copaganda: Three Emmy-nominated shows to watch with an abolitionist lens

by Kaitlin Fontana, Rebecca Bodenheimer and Naa Djama Attoh-Okine September 16, 2022September 16, 2022

"I hope there's someone in the writers' room with an abolitionist mindset. Because I know how the cop closure ending goes. We all do. We've seen it. What else is possible?"

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