COGS at Yale “ABOLISH THE YPD” RALLY 5/7

grad workers, postdocs, faculty for a cop-free Yale in coalition w/ @bsdyale + #AbolitionAllianceatYale in solidarity w/ #copsoffcampus + #copsoffearth

[COGS at Yale “ABOLISH THE YPD” RALLY 5/7 @COGS_Yale]

That’s right! On this International Workers Day, we the #academicworkers at Yale join @copsoffearth to officially kick! off! #AbolitionMay! Follow and RT this master 🧵 of info about who we are & what actions you can join THIS WEEK:

[Yale Endowment Justice Collective @YaleEJC]

On Nov. 5 at 12:30pm, we call on students to gather at Beinecke Plaza, the site of the shantytown occupations of apartheid divestment, to once again try to force Yale to understand that they cannot continue to invest in suffering.

[NYU GSOC|UAW @GSOCUAW]

Our new contract has now been ratified! 🎉GSOC members voted YES by a 99% majority to ratify the contract (1103 in favor, 11 against). We will be working on holding the university accountable to the new contract. Stay tuned!

[UCLA4COLA 🥤54k. COLA. cops off campus. @ucla4cola]

Happening now at Royce Hall. We don’t need police “reforms”, we need cops off campus. #UCLA #abolitionmay
@ucftp

[Davarian L. Baldwin @DavarianBaldwin]

Hey...this just out, my latest on the abolition movement with campus police for Chronicle of Higher Ed. Please circulate and discuss.
#AcademicTwitter #twitterstorians #CopsOffCampus #CareNotCops...Let's Go!!

Opinion | Why We Should Abolish Campus Police https://t.co/Ug8IRcSymv

[Cops Off Campus UC @ucftp]

WEDNESDAY: Yale Med students & Med School professors organized a teach-in on police abolition 5/19 6pm Eastern! Join if you're interested in removing police from hospitals, mental health clinics and other health care settings--including campus hospitals: https://t.co/Fok5KRJJqt

[UCSD Cops Off Campus @ucsd_ftp]

During Abolition Square this Weds: "Stories in the Data: Critically Analyzing Police Reports"
This will be offered both online and in-person

[Cops Off Campus Coalition @copsoffearth]

“What the coalition is after are tangible wins. And such change is within reach. Amid last year’s protests, students at K-12 schools and universities across the country pressured their administrations to divest from campus policing.” —@mary__retta

https://t.co/FqBZaG08LC

[HamdenActionNow @HamdenActionNow]

New Haven activists: Remove guns from CT Mental Health Center... Hamden Action Now is demanding that mental health patients not be greeted by police when seeking mental health services!!! Put your guns away!! https://t.co/eUvUOYav2E via @nhregister

[Cops Off Campus UC @ucftp]

#CopsOffCampus would not have cohered in the CA statewide formation without out preceding intercampus COLA solidarity. Help us celebrate the legacy of shared labor, housing, and antipolice struggles today.

[COGS at Yale “ABOLISH THE YPD” RALLY 5/7 @COGS_Yale]

Pictures from yesterday's Cops Off Campus rally.
#abolishypd

[COGS at Yale “ABOLISH THE YPD” RALLY 5/7 @COGS_Yale]

and that’s a wrap for today and much more to come from us!

[COGS at Yale “ABOLISH THE YPD” RALLY 5/7 @COGS_Yale]

We’re getting ready!!!! Find us at the fountain on cross campus

[COGS at Yale “ABOLISH THE YPD” RALLY 5/7 @COGS_Yale]

and last but not least prof @elizabhinton!

[COGS at Yale “ABOLISH THE YPD” RALLY 5/7 @COGS_Yale]

We will be posting full speeches from @bsdyale, @CWYCinc, @HamdenActionNow, Defund UConn, and @JustinForCT later because they are all 🔥 and each deserve their own thread. But we are still going and will march to S*alovey soon, come join us (at 1 Hillhouse)!

[COGS at Yale “ABOLISH THE YPD” RALLY 5/7 @COGS_Yale]

Follow this thread for live updates! 🚨

[COGS at Yale “ABOLISH THE YPD” RALLY 5/7 @COGS_Yale]

We’re getting ready!!!! Find us at the fountain on cross campus