New Haven got I-95 SHUT DOWN! #ShutItDown 
Sitting down now, listening to Black Lives Matter New Haven speak. We have to organize, organize, organize.
#BlackLivesMatter
#BlackLivesMatter
My phone died soon after this. Some simple, important steps for everyone at today’s New Haven protest:
1. We *STILL* don’t have a functioning Civilian Review Board. Call & write the mayor & your alder. Know who your alder is. Get neighbors to act.
1. We *STILL* don’t have a functioning Civilian Review Board. Call & write the mayor & your alder. Know who your alder is. Get neighbors to act.
2. As Kerry said again, Black people are under triple occupation by New Haven, Hamden, & Yale police. Call on @MayorElicker to cancel the memorandum that allows Hamden to police in New Haven and that allows Yale to police New Haven residents.
3. There are many organizations doing important, powerful work in the New Haven area. Attend meetings. Join actions. Organize against everyday structural violence. One urgent one is the coalition driving the #CancelRent movement:
m.facebook.com/CancelRentCT/
m.facebook.com/CancelRentCT/
4. Both #CancelRent and #FreeThemAll are urgent #BlackLivesMatter issues. @GovNedLamont has done a ***HORRIBLE*** job, and SEVEN inmates have died of COVID in CT prisons. Join the work of @ctbailfund @stopsolitaryct & allies fighting to #FreeThemAll.
ctmirror.org/2020/05/27/sev…
ctmirror.org/2020/05/27/sev…
Those are just 4 things that immediately come to mind. I hope others add more. Remember that abolition isn’t just tearing down prison buildings, but dismantling the whole prison-industrial complex, including police. See this beautiful thread:
Like most people, I’m still just learning and trying to do better. There are endless resources out there for the long, slow work of education. Here is a helpful long list of books & articles for abolitionists:
aaihs.org/prison-aboliti…
aaihs.org/prison-aboliti…
I’ll add that @haymarketbooks is offering this book on police violence and resistance for free right now:
