Another NY state legislative session has come and gone. ONCE AGAIN, they have missed an opportunity to integrate our schools. ❗️They remain complicit in school segregation❗️

The NY State legislature has ended its legislative session without passing the Elder Parole and Fair & Timely Parole bills. OUR STATEMENT: Lawmakers are playing the role of spectators at a mass lynching. We demand they reconvene and pass these bills immediately.

Last night, despite the urgency of 2.3 million New Yorkers suffering from perpetual punishment and blocked from jobs, housing and education, NY's legislature failed to pass #CleanSlateNY. We demand they reconvene immediately. Clean Slate can't wait. OUR STATEMENT:

CUNY Students and Alumni: Report harassment, discrimination, silencing, gaslighting, and intimidation for pro-Palestinian views and identity bit.ly/c4ptestimonials #CUNY4PALESTINE #FreePalestine

NEW PAID OPPORTUNITY: Introducing the 1919 Abolition Arts and Writing Program! We are seeking applications from writers & artists to create a series of works around abolition. We have $2000 available across 3 funds: Writing, Visual Arts, & Curatorial Arts! 1919mag.com/abolition-arts…

Our analysis shows that the L.A. Times used “superpredator” more than any other major newspaper. But it was hardly alone in branding a generation of young men of color as animals and paving the way for harsher juvenile justice. trib.al/nWQOosx

"CUNY Law Student Gov calls on CUNY School of Law to issue a statement in solidarity w/Nerdeen Kiswani, making it clear that CUNY School of Law will not give in to calls to discipline or expel Nerdeen or to intimidate and silence any Palestinian student fighting oppression" tinyurl.com/cunylawnerdeen

CUNY JLSA signs on to Student Government's statement in support of Nerdeen Kiswani and tbh we're kinda mad about it... we've been asking CUNY School of Law all year long to issue its own statement in support of @Nerdeen and to reject racist calls for her expulsion. instagram.com/p/CQPiwdjDjQD/

Today, we are launching #CageFreeNYC with a report on Closing Rikers Without Building New Jails through an aggressive policy for decarceration. We are inspired by the uprisings for Black liberation and by the commitment to no jails on stolen land: cagefree.nyc.

slavery did not end on juneteenth. it is ongoing in U.S. prisons. the fight for abolition and freedom continues.

Today marks one year on my journey to get a bldg The City University of New York Hunter College named for Audre Lorde. Revving up for Fall. Join the movement! DM me.

What is Black August, & why do we celebrate it? Black August is a month-long tradition that originated in a California state prison. During Black August, we educate ourselves, we pay homage to fallen revolutionaries & we honor our incarcerated siblings kidnapped by the state

Cuomo should have been gone yesterday (read: years ago). But if he's staying for 14 days after he announces his resignation, he better FREE. ALL. CRIMINALIZED. SURVIVORS. on his way out. (See truthout.org/articles/cuomo… and 🧵🧵)

S&P NY demands COVID-19 safety precautions and mass commutations for incarcerated survivors & other incarcerated people as the Delta variant spreads rapidly in NY prisons. Read our full statement:

Reliable information about reopening at CUNY is hard to come by. Admin says everything is safe, but we know that's not true. If you want the CUNY community to know about what you're observing at your campus, DM or tag us, or use the link in bio to submit extra-anonymously.