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Abolitionist. Organizer. Reformer. Advocate. Proletarian. #FoundationalBlackAmerican #CleanSlateNY #CommunitiesNotCages #AbolishSlavery #ResQPeople **views are mine alone**
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Former DOCCS Commissioner Brian Fischer published a powerful op-ed in the Buffalo News calling on New York lawmakers to pass the Second Look Act, Earned Time Act, and Marvin Mayfield Act. buffalonews.com/opinion/arti...

Never Forget 🔺⚜️🔻

#BetterReentryNow - Join us in Albany to advocate for an increase in New York State’s Gate Money on March 4: ceolink.co/ReentryMar4

#JusticeforRobertBrooks ~ Important Update, Please Read: www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

#JusticeforRobertBrooks ~ Justice for All of Us - continue to take action ⚖️: www.bit.ly/JusticeforRobertBrooks www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

“Truth is a continuous examination, and Fact… always supersedes belief.” -Yosef A.A. Ben-Jochannan - #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth

Please join us on March 27 from 6-8pm at the Union Theological Seminary for a #CommunitiesNotCages Symposium on the Second Look Act. This symposium will focus on this vital legislation’s impact on excessive sentencing, reentry and recidivism. Scan the QR code to RSVP

Justice for Robert Brooks - Justice for All of Us. Another man was killed while in “custody”. This time at Coxsackie CF. The lynchings are still happening in New York - www.bit.ly/SyracuseFeb1

Together we can build communities, not cages - take action: www.bit.ly/CNCNY - and/or RSVP to join us in the Capitol on Feb 4: www.bit.ly/CNCFeb4

📢#JusticeforRobertBrooks - Take action and make the demand for systemic accountability! www.bit.ly/JusticeforRobertBrooks

📢#Justice4RobertBrooks - Rally in Albany for the SOTS - Jan 14 - contact the brothers below for more info📍

📢#Justice4RobertBrooks - Rally at Marcy Correctional Facility - Jan 11 at NOON - sign up to join: WWW.CIT.AC/JUSTICE4BROOKS 📍

Who are the Elders you listen to? I know who I do - Neely Fuller Jr. #EndMassIncarceration #EndSlavery #FoundationalBlackAmerican - Established in 1843 🔺⚜️🔻

#JusticeforRobertBrooks Can you help spread the word? Sign the Petition to Demand Systemic Accountability from New York State - bit.ly/Justice4RobertBrooks - #EndMassIncarceration

Marcy NYS CF Staff Responsible for the Death of Robert Brooks: Officers: Matthew Galliher, Nicholas Anzalone, David Kingsley, Nicholas Kietter, Robert Kessler, Michael Fisher, Christopher Walrath, Michael Along, Shea Schoff and David Walters. Nurse: Kyle Dashnaw #JusticeforRobertBrooks

#ReclaimMLK #JusticeforRobertBrooks RSVP Jan 20 - bit.ly/ReclaimMLK2025

#JusticeforRobertBrooks - Rochester Rally and Vigil Dec 30 at 6pm. 130 S Plymouth Ave.

#JusticeforRobertBrooks - NYC at 3pm. 633 3rd Ave.

#JusticeforRobertBrooks

Join #Right2RemainSilent in Albany on February 11th for a joint advocacy day with the Youth Justice and Opportunities campaign! This is once again a powerful collaboration with #YJOA! RSVP: bit.ly/R2RSYJOA

#CleanSlate ONE Million views and counting!! #CleanSlateNY Unlocking #SecondChance opportunities for 2.3 Million New Yorkers. #keepupthegoodfight youtu.be/JupVKAGJ8hU?...

Join #ParoleJustice Advocacy Day in Albany Jan. 2025! Urge the New York State Legislature to pass the Elder Parole and Fair & Timely Parole bills. RSVP: bit.ly/ParoleJustice2025

Join #CommunitiesNotCages for our FIRST 2025 advocacy day on February 4. To kick off 2025, we’ll have rallies, press conferences, meetings with lawmakers, music, and creative actions - and we need you there! RSVP here: bit.ly/CNCFeb4

“If you do not understand White Supremacy—what it is, and how it works—everything else that you understand, will only confuse you.” -Mr. Neely Fuller Jr.

NEW DATE: #CommunitiesNotCages Defiant Hope Statewide Rallies - Dec 16. RSVP: www.bit.ly/CNCDefiantHope

Join us on December 10 from 6-9pm for a #CleanSlateNY Harlem Convening focused on this newly enacted legislation's impact on employment, housing, and education.

Patriarch of Verrettville, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, USA: Established in 1843 - Liberated in 1860 - Solidified in 1871. #FoundationalBlackAmerican

“Any time you beg another man to set you free, you will never be free. Freedom is something that you have to do for yourselves.” -X.