Amy Peterson

Former professor at BPI, MICA, Goucher. Writer, consultant, abolitionist activist.

[Amy Peterson @wordsmovethings]

@NYSDOCCS If you truly want to eliminate contraband, scan the officers.

[Amy Peterson @wordsmovethings]

@SalazarSenate Thank you, Senator!

[Release Aging People in Prison Campaign @RAPPcampaign]

Disgusted by prison guards murdering Robert Brooks, and by the long history of racist violence by guards that came before it? Contact your lawmakers and demand REAL systemic change: https://t.co/aAbeurnDvI

[Amy Peterson @wordsmovethings]

@JuliaCarmel__ Thank you, Senator!

[Amy Peterson @wordsmovethings]

@DougJBalloon "I just see bald!"
https://t.co/LsO11BIWdO

[Amy Peterson @wordsmovethings]

@SalazarSenate Great discussion. Thank you, Senator!

[NY Working Families Party @NYWFP]

.@sarahana is a powerful voice for urgent and necessary action on the climate crisis and standing up to corporate profiteers. Congrats on your win!

[Ulster-Dutchess WFP @udwfp]

It's NY Primary Election Day 🥳 Polls will be open from 6 AM to 9 PM. Working class people need more champions in Albany! Vote for @clairecousin106 in Assembly District 106 and reelect @sarahana in Assembly District 103. Find your polling place here: https://t.co/IgU1PJuG3U

[Amy Peterson @wordsmovethings]

@NYCAIC

[Amy Peterson @wordsmovethings]

During this heatwave, think of all of the people illegally locked up in solitary confinement in NY prisons. Will DOCCS let them out after this new ruling? 🤷‍♀️ https://t.co/SYcPrA6cQR

[Amy Peterson @wordsmovethings]

AM Heastie and Sen Stewart-Cousins, the time to pass parole justice is now!

[Amy Peterson @wordsmovethings]

This is shameful!

[Empowerment Avenue @EmpowermentAve]

We run into a lot of barriers supporting incarcerated journalists, but this is a first.

@GuardianUS -- a publication that extensively covers the U.S. prison system -- has a new editorial policy banning its editors from commissioning stories from incarcerated reporters.

[Amy Peterson @wordsmovethings]

@sarahana Thank you! 🙌

[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

Please read this. Lovers of mass human caging are out in force w/ false blame on "bail reform" for alleged attack on NYPD. As usual, this case has nothing to do w/ bail reform. Charges eligible for bail & DA unsure of identity of attackers. More facts:https://t.co/MU8p0zXILm

[@jchausow @jchausow]

Under Gov. Hochul, NY prisons continue to ban books about prisons (and tarot, health, canonical works of fiction, and more). https://t.co/yIZ6bX3OWJ

[Release Aging People in Prison Campaign @RAPPcampaign]

BREAKING: Gov. Hochul granted clemency to 16 people.

Statement by RAPP Organizer Stanley Bellamy, who received clemency in 2022: "We welcome home those granted clemency. Our hearts break for those who didn't receive good news and we are committed to fighting for their freedom."

[Lindsay LowMan 🌹 @AndrewLHiller]

Hudson Valley folks, please sign and let @RepPatRyanNY know that we don't support the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.

https://t.co/teAzfc3hCS

[Nathan J Robinson @NathanJRobinson]

My colleague @lefty_md has a powerful critique of the way the New Yorker and New York Times have been publishing "beautiful," "moving" stories about people in prison without leaving readers determined to end mass incarceration:
https://t.co/hQSIhXixxN

[Project NIA @projectnia]

"Even if we never develop a sense of mutual respect and understanding, or even come to like the people we’re working with, we can still build power with them. In many cases, we must. After all, the whole world is at stake."
https://t.co/LhSPI8y0dV

[Empowerment Avenue @EmpowermentAve]

JOIN US in empowering incarcerated writers, supporting publication + compensation for their work. We're recruiting volunteers to build life-changing relationships across prison walls. If you're a writer who'd like to learn more, fill out this form:

https://t.co/y7RwyR2G9h