Abstract
This counternarrative is an homage to the work of abolition in teacher education and a call to humanizing liberatory praxis as collective healing from racism and anti-Black hate. We, three critical teacher educators, interrogate our positionalities and the experiences within and beyond schooling that have shaped us. We recognize that our identities were informed by our individual memories of growing up in a racist United States. We therefore make space for disruption of practices that continue to (de)humanize us, our students, and their students. We say their names-Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Aubery, George Floyd-as we replace dehumanization with rehumanizing praxis and a commitment to the journey of seeking freedom through finding joy in our work and in our lives. Our voices are unhidden as we join the resistant and transformational voices of youth and adults in the movement for Black lives. Together we change the world.