Black Students for Disarmament at Yale
@bsdyale
We are a collection of students from the Diaspora, teaming together to call for justice and to ensure that Yale is held accountable for their negligence.
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Today marks the two-year anniversary of when Yale & Hamden Police Officers shot at an unarmed black couple. Two years on, we haven’t given up the fight to make sure a situation like that never happens again. Join BSDY and Yale College Council for a townhall on YPD abolition TODAY @ 5pm
On Saturday we painted the street. On Wednesday we will fill it. Be there. local34.org/may5 #yalerespectourunions #yalerespectnewhaven #yalerespectnhv #respectunions #yale #unitehere #1u Yale University
Our rally on Friday is now co-sponsored by Sunrise New Haven, @centralctDSA, Citywide Youth Coalition CWYC & HamdenActionNow! Thrilled to stand in solidarity with our community partners to call for the end of this triple occupation. #AbolishTheYPD #CopsOffCampus
behind the scenes of BROADS' DECLASSIFIED YALE SURVIVAL GUIDE: available now in a dining hall near you!! featuring how-to lists, advice to past selves, primers from orgs like Black Students for Disarmament at Yale, Yale Endowment Justice Collective, DEFY, and more ✏️💃
Join Black Students for Disarmament at Yale & @centralctdsa (in-person, masks required!) to discuss and dispel the myth of high and rising crimes in the midst of local and national movements aiming to reimagine what public safety looks like, featuring Mel and Jacqueline Rabe Thomas actionnetwork.org/events/the-myt…
The story of the homelessness crisis in New Haven is a complicated one, but right now, Yale University could virtually end it with a fraction of 1% of their endowment. If you have some time, please check out my new piece in The Yale Politic. Read more here: thepolitic.org/waiting-for-a-…
After Emma Jones’ son Malik was murdered by police in 1997, she spent 23 years working to create a Civilian Review Board for police accountability. Now that one exists, she thinks it’s time for New Haven to go back to the drawing board. Read more here: thepoliticbackend.org/pointing-to-no…