Farima Pour-Khorshid

Dr. Farima Pour-Khorshid was born and raised in the Bay Area where she later taught at the elementary grade levels in her community for over a decade. She has supported educators locally, nationally, and internationally through her roles as a university professor, teacher supervisor, educational consultant, and community organizer. She is committed to abolition and healing-centered engagement within and outside of the field of education. Much of her work is rooted in healing centered initiatives with Flourish Agenda across the country, as well as community based and education organizing as she serves in leadership roles within the Teachers 4 Social Justice organization, the Abolitionist Teaching Network, and the National Education for Liberation Network, which organizes the Free Minds Free People conference. 

Dr. Pour-Khorshid is one of the organizers, editors, and contributing authors of the book, Lessons in Liberation: An Abolitionist Toolkit for K-12 Educators, a collaboration between the Education for Liberation Network, Critical Resistance, and several other grassroots abolitionist and justice centered collectives.

Farima was a speaker at the 2023 Socialism Conference.