At yesterdays #CareNotCriminalization march, Eric Adams sent out the full brass to harass and intimidate the participants. The audacity to want the city budget to fund public services like libraries & parks. School children were traumatized & 4 adults were arrested.
#CareNotCops
At the #CareNotCriminalization march, NYC youth were fighting to restore funding to schools + social services
EVERY $ taken from schools to fund NYPD + DOC is a $ invested against kids' futures
The children should not have to be fighting this hard for the future they deserve!!
Everybody you know is in Foley Square to demand NYC prioritize #CareNotCriminalization - come join us!!
More footage of NYPD showing up in droves to disrupt the youth-led #CareNotCriminalization march
Mayor Eric Adams is diverting $2.5 B from community resources to the Department of Correction + NYPD
Does this look like an underfunded police department to you?
#CareNotCuts
#CareNotCops
School policing is racist. 90% of school policing incidents in NYC target Black & Latinx students, even though they only make up 66% of the school population. STUDENTS ARE AT THE CITY HALL to Tell New York City Council that students deserve #CareNotCriminalization bit.ly/NoMoreSchoolCo…
Love to see all that people power demanding #CareNotCuts #CareNotCriminalization
We know what makes our communities safe and thriving:
✅ schools
✅ health care
✅ housing
We need a budget that prioritizes people not criminalization, and we need it now.
“We need peers in court and trauma informed facilities for women. I’m here to say peers not police, treatment not jails,” Helen Skipper, Executive Director, NYC Justice Peer Initiative at Mental Health Care Not Criminalization Rally #peersnotpolice #carenotcriminalization
We need a health care system that centers people’s humanity and dignity and not one that punishes people for getting the care they need! #CareNotCriminalization
We tried asking Mayor Adams why he is cutting The City University of New York by tens of millions of dollars, but he completely ignored us! So we decided to chant! #CareNotCuts #FullyFundCUNY #SaveCUNY #InvestInOurCommunities #CareNotCriminalization The People's Plan #PeoplesBudget #CareNotCuts Katal Center for Equity, Health, & Justice
🗓️ TODAY, MAY 24
⏰ 5pm
📍 Foley Square, NYC
New Yorkers need care, respect, dignity & resources to thrive in safety and community. That's why we MARCH for #CareNotCriminalization !
Criminalizing abortion/miscarriage, substance use during pregnancy, gender identity, or HIV status & threatening people with arrest is antithetical to health care. This Senate Resolution opposing criminalization of care makes it clear that people deserve #carenotcriminalization
What we know is that education, housing people, & childcare is public safety!
We’re facing devastating budget cuts to the city agencies and services making sure we have safe communities beyond policing. #CareNotCriminalization
El Puente Director and Community Organizer, Donavon Taveras speaking out at the attempts to silence our youth’s voices at today's show of solidarity for those arrested at the #CareNotCriminalization march.
Always a great time when we can hit the streets with a few hundred of our closest friends to let Mayor Adams know we need #CareNotCuts . That means fully funding NYC public schools, CUNY, and 3K & Pre-K! #CareNotCriminalization
On the move! We’re marching for #CareNotCuts
#CareNotCriminalization
#CloseRikers
#FundLibraries
#PoliceFreeSchools
#HousingAndHealthcare