Sami Disu

Journalist turned activist; Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Tweets are mine.

[The Flossy Organization @TheFlossyOrg]

“We’re demanding @NYCMayor @ericadamsfornyc to finally make the announcement to release the funding so we can get a fully funded @CureViolence site in Canarsie.”

https://t.co/nOjZVB0IA9

[Council Member Tiffany Cabán (D22) @CabanD22]

I’ve always kept it 💯 with the people of District 22.

They know what I’m about, and they gave me an overwhelming mandate to shift our budgetary priorities away from cops and cages, toward care and community.

The FY23 budget does not do that.

My speech explaining my No vote👇🏽

[Grad Center TLC @GCTLC]

Join us tomorrow for our Zoom panel, "Teaching with 'Open' Pedagogies at CUNY"! Sami Disu, Jamila Hammami, Marianne Madoré, and Conor Tomás Reed will discuss their research on Open Pedagogy during COVID-19; @anna_zeemont will moderate. Register here: https://t.co/fTMDFBJU8X

[✡️ Never Again Action ✡️ @NeverAgainActn]

BREAKING: Kendra and Hallie were just arrested outside the house of Biden's DHS Secretary Ali Mayorkas (more info above in the thread).

The Biden administration promised to cancel ALL of Trump's ICE contracts. So far, they've canceled 1 out of 116.

Unacceptable. We'll be back.

[Ellen Jackowski @ellenjackowski]

NYC parent Tanesha Grant, @ForOurBabies76, shows how a commitment to #digitalequity can change lives and communities. @HP is working with her nonprofit, @pspnyinc, to help students get the technology they need to thrive in school. https://t.co/HuUrxMRm7N

[Ali Diini @AlidiiniState]

Check out my interview clip with BBC News discussing our urgent Climate Crisis and how Hurricane Ida personally affected me. To watch the full episode on https://t.co/sRNVrYU4bU

[Movimiento Cosecha @CosechaMovement]

Community & family members of those detained by ICE are taking the streets of Hackensack, NJ to demand freedom for their loved ones. BCJ was the last jail to hold an ICE contract in NJ. #ICEOutOfNJ #FueraMigra

[Movimiento Cosecha @CosechaMovement]

Patrick Julney, a Black Haitian immigrant, has already been targeted for deportation. ICE can decide to release everyone, but is tearing families apart instead. Join us to demand #ReleasesNotTransfers! https://t.co/H2aldal0Y9 #blacklivesmatter #blackmigrantlivesmatter

[Sami Disu @DisuSami]

@ccf_ny A6 Easy access to college-in-prison significantly boosts job prospects and earning potential after serving time. Often, the quick path back to prison is due to lack of employment or productive work. #TurnOnTheTapNY #AFR319

[Sami Disu @DisuSami]

@ccf_ny A5 Gender constructs hurt incarcerated women because already inadequate supports for "male" populations further dampens scope for rehabilitation and other types of growth. #TurnOnTheTAPNY #AFR319 @AfricanaJJ

[Bria A. @BriaA323]

Programs that are offered within NYS jails are constructed and geared toward the majority of the incarcerated population: men. This leads back to the trend of women going unheard/ disregarded when it comes to their needs and desires when it comes to the criminal justice systems.

[Sami Disu @DisuSami]

@ccf_ny A3 One misconception about women in prison is that they have mostly committed violent crimes.

[Justice 4 Women Task Force @Justice4WomenTF]

A2: Prisons were created by men for men. They fail to account for the unique experiences of women and gender expansive people. #WhatAboutHer #TurnOnTheTAPNY

[Sami Disu @DisuSami]

@ccf_ny Sami Disu teaches at @AfricanaJJ. #TurnOnTheTaPNY matters because it is a heavily used program for low income students pursuing a college degree.

[PRO_NYC @protest_nyc]

As officers alternately smirk or turn away behind him on the warming pavement, @DisuSami explains why he's chained up in protest of ICE outside Hudson County Correc.

"I'm really at the edge of my patience with the Biden administration."

Jail has cut thru fence for alt. exit.

[Close the Camps NYC @CloseTheCampsNY]

Activists blockaded Hudson County Jail Saturday morning to demand ICE release the people detained in the facility, and not transfer them out of state, as the jail's ICE contract ends in November. [Thread]

#ReleasesNotTransfers #AbolishICE #CloseTheCamps

[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

Sincere questions of journalists/reporters/fact checkers:

1. Would you rely for a story or the premise of a story on any source who has been exposed for lying in the past? Including to other journalists?

2. Why then do you continue to rely on police as sources?

[Emily Gallagher @EmilyAssembly]

🧵 I want to share more about what I witnessed at Rikers Island yesterday. We broke into groups to inspect different parts of the sprawling facility. I spent several hours at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center.

[QC Adjuncts Unite! #FreePalestine #CUNYStrikeReady @QcUnite]

Let's crowd-source info about unsafe reopening at CUNY! @RanknFileAction @AbolitionAtCUNY @cuny_free @CUNYAdjuncts_ @CUNY_CAP @alyciaicyla @bklyn0519 @amy_herzog @sofyaaptekar @BrooklynYDSA @psccunygc @licho711 @PHEWnetwork @jengaboury @Fpimentel14 @ProfessorRagnar Share widely!

[Sami Disu @DisuSami]

.@CUNY received over $800 million in federal stimulus funding for institutional use. These funds must be used to make campuses safe and to keep our faculty and staff employed. #DoTheRightThing #CUNYSafeReturn