Ben Sawyer-Long

Educator. Writer. Actor. Filmmaker. Coach. Working with at-risk youth around the world (such as in orphanages, foster care, juvenile detention).

[Glenn E. Martin 🐐 @glennEmartin]

“When I was 16, I was remanded to Rikers with $1,500 bail, set by a judge who wanted to teach me a lesson. Three days later, I was stabbed four times.”

I’m eager to hear your thoughts about this op-ed. The author and I are very close.

https://t.co/Sw4Q2nNe85

[Mercury News @mercnews]

What is going on at FCI Dublin? First prison guard, now warden charged with sexual abuse of incarcerated women https://t.co/gjlERxc84f

[Glenn E. Martin 🐐 @glennEmartin]

This is the most important op-ed I’ve written about my time at Rikers at age 16.

“Richard Riker, part of the infamous kidnapping club, was known to round up free Black people & send them to the slave-holding South.”

Pls read, retweet + share ur opinion.

https://t.co/B2d0pLIAA4

[Ben Sawyer-Long @BenSawyerLong]

Hemp twice as effective at capturing carbon as trees, UK researcher says https://t.co/WZPne86tVK via @HempIndDaily #hemp #industrialhemp #carboncapture #climatechange

[Ben Sawyer-Long @BenSawyerLong]

In Peru, an Indigenous Group Fights to Protect Land from Drug Traffickers and Deforestation https://t.co/2Ju1DeXwOr via @YaleE360 #Peru #deforestation #environment #covid19 #WarOnDrugs

[Ben Sawyer-Long @BenSawyerLong]

This Is What It’s Like For Men With Eating Disorders https://t.co/stK3ACRDaf via @elamin88 #eatingdisorder #anorexia

[Juan Diego Calisto @jdcalisto]

Contento de que mi TED ya está en la web, el nombre resume bien la esencia: "Que alguien crea en ti te puede cambiar la vida": https://t.co/fTyEEhBYnU @TEDTalks #TEDxLima

[dr. baz dreisinger @bazdreisinger]

In South Korea, Draft Resisters Still Go to Prison. But Now It’s a Job. https://t.co/5ukT51g3jD

[Ben Sawyer-Long @BenSawyerLong]

Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah – study https://t.co/wlrQjMoj5i

[SOIL @SOILHaiti]

Did you know that SOIL’s EkoLakay household toilet service has the potential to mitigate half of the overall greenhouse gas emissions produced by an average car annually? Read all about it in our latest blog: https://t.co/wOzZVp2E6c
#ClimateAction #Haiti 🌎 🌿

[Ben Sawyer-Long @BenSawyerLong]

@zeinadaccache Hope you all are safe

[Glenn E. Martin 🐐 @glennEmartin]

@NAACP Black Owned Business Impact Fund: https://t.co/pgYbS8VE2N Please RT if you have Black friends 😉

[Ben Sawyer-Long @BenSawyerLong]

Be sure to check out @zeinadaccache's doc "12 Angry Lebanese" online free during this time of quarantine. Highly recommended @Catharsislcdt
#documentary #Lebanon #prison #theater #aromatherapy #cjreform

[The Marshall Project @MarshallProj]

California is granting early release to 3,500 incarcerated people in an effort to reduce crowding as coronavirus infections begin spreading through the state prison system, @latimes reports. https://t.co/oidtLO3CUk

[Glenn E. Martin 🐐 @glennEmartin]

"People who have served time are often searching for ways to rejoin society, but in some ways, society has now joined us." -- @glennEmartin

https://t.co/6AXyGX8OVA

[Ben Sawyer-Long @BenSawyerLong]

@JennyMedina @patrickhealynyt @corbettnyt

[The Rational National @TRNshow]

NY Times Publishes Blatant Lie To Smear Cenk Uygur https://t.co/CyuHPxoDUN via @YouTube

[Ben Sawyer-Long @BenSawyerLong]

The most dangerous #pesticide you've never heard of: #Chlorpyrifos is linked to baby brain damage and #cancer, and it's all over our fruit and veg! But finally we have an opportunity to get it out of our food. Let's get it banned! Sign the #petition & RT: https://t.co/YSj0IGZzde

[Ben Sawyer-Long @BenSawyerLong]

@sabouny @hwaida_saad Me too. Just finished Our Women on the Ground and went back to @hwaida_saad's piece after I finished

[Ben Sawyer-Long @BenSawyerLong]

Meet the scientists meticulously planting trees to combat climate change https://t.co/G0t6a1M1cA via @nypost #climatechange #Amazon #Peru #reforestation #trees #Appalachia #CO2

[Vote Hemp @votehemp]

Ask your Congressman to cosponsor the Hemp For Victory Act! Take action here to support the Hemp For Victory Act to help grow the hemp industry and support small family farms! https://t.co/CbEexjMtMB #HempForVictoryAct #VoteHemp #HempFarming #HempCBD #CBD #hemp #agriculture