Black Students for Disarmament at Yale

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.

[Thomas Birmingham @thomasbirm]

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:

https://t.co/mmb6pOkE34

[Black Students for Disarmament at Yale @bsdyale]

Join us Monday, April 18th at 7pm for a screening of Traci Curry and Stanley Nelson's Oscar-nominated film Attica followed by a discussion with the film directors themselves!

[Yale Endowment Justice Collective @YaleEJC]

This morning, divestment campaigns at Yale, Princeton, MIT, Vanderbilt, and Stanford -— the Fossil Free 5 — filed legal complaints against fossil fuel investments. Join our fight by signing our complaint at https://t.co/wAysgh7O0L and visit https://t.co/soWyxadmuw to learn more.

[Thomas Birmingham @thomasbirm]

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 @yalepolitic.

Read more here:
https://t.co/8OHPA6v22C

[Connecticut DSA 🌹🐳 @ConnecticutDSA]

Join @bsdyale & @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 @MelMedinaCT and @jacquelinerabe
https://t.co/TU5MbwPYsL

[Justin Farmer: #StopTheWar 🎧🌹♿🚴🏾‍♂️✊🏾 @JustinForCT]

Get yourself profile frame by clicking the link and overlaying it to a picture at https://t.co/tFDfmqnvIH

Hi friends, I'm supporting the rollout of Right to Counsel for Tenants starting in Connecticut in January 2022. #RTC #RightToCounsel #Housing #CT

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[Thomas Birmingham @thomasbirm]

This is a great example of how headlines can orient a reader in a biased way right off the bat. Despite being framed as "Salovey details YPD reforms," the article mentions no details on any specific reforms YPD is enacting at all. Not one.

https://t.co/Hak0DQYQLk

[Black Students for Disarmament at Yale @bsdyale]

And while the transparency is good, we need to be clear that the YPD took 16 MONTHS from when we first asked to see their budget to finally fulfill the request. This is information they have had all along.

[Black Students for Disarmament at Yale @bsdyale]

BREAKING: YPD finally fulfilled our FOIA requests, revealed that their budget is roughly ~ $21.6 Million yearly. ~$19 Million goes towards salaries.

[Black Students for Disarmament at Yale @bsdyale]

The FOIA process was long (started in summer of 2020), annoying and filled with a lot of back and forth from a reluctant department. Thank you to allies in @YUPP_tweets and @COGS_Yale for doing the final push!!

[Broad Recognition @yalebroads]

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 @bsdyale, @YaleEJC, DEFY, and more ✏️💃

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

Our rally on Friday is now co-sponsored by @SunriseNewHaven, @centralctDSA, Citywide Youth Coalition @CWYCinc & @HamdenActionNow! Thrilled to stand in solidarity with our community partners to call for the end of this triple occupation. #AbolishTheYPD #CopsOffCampus

[Cops Off Campus UC @ucftp]

Look at this beautiful calendar of rolling direct actions across #AbolitionMay 😍 More solidarity actions being planned every day. From coast to coast we say COPS OFF CAMPUS. Solidarity Forever. Abolition Now.

https://t.co/jBZLAe6i75

[Black Students for Disarmament at Yale @bsdyale]

Reminder to change your zoom background or zoom profile picture this week to show your support for campus police abolition! Check out some of the example templates below and find the downloads at https://t.co/V6C1tNuaDQ

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

showing up to Zoom this week wearing the same outfit as your friends like

[Black Students for Disarmament at Yale @bsdyale]

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 @theYCCtweets for a townhall on YPD abolition TODAY @ 5pm

[Black Lives Matter (BLM) @Blklivesmatter]

There are no accidents in police terror and white supremacy.
Say his name.
#DaunteWright

[Kevin Nash @RealKevinNash]

Have a few hundred angry Americans protest the senseless killing of a 20 year old man of color and Minnesota deploys several hundred officers. Let 10 thousand white supremacist over run the Capital and deploying the National Guard takes several hours?

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

Brooklyn Center bans police from using tear gas. And they used it 15 minutes later anyway https://t.co/yY5MVAv2ld