Formerly Justice for Flavia. We are a collection of Somerville neighbors fighting to make our schools safe for ALL children.
Joined May 2021
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Safe Schools Somerville retweeted
Resisting Overpolicing from Atlanta to Somerville: A Defund SPD Teach-In
Our struggles aren’t separate! Come to our teach-in this Sunday to meet your neighbors and discuss how the #StopCopCity movement relates to our campaign against a new $102M police station at 90 Washington.
ALT Resisting Overpolicing from Atlanta to Somerville A Defund SPD Teach-In Do you have questions about the fight in Atlanta to stop Cop City? Want to know more about the city of Somerville's plans to build a new $102M police station at 90 Washington St? Come to Defund Somerville PD's teach-in on Sunday, April 16th at 12pm underneath the trees next to 90 Washington St! Meet your neighbors, hear their perspectives, and discuss how these different struggles are connected. SUNDAY, April 16th, 12pm 90 Washington St, Somerville defundsomervillepd.org @defund_spd
Safe Schools Somerville retweeted
📣 CALLING ALL STUDENTS! 📣
The Cambridge City Manager said he was advised to wait out the Justice for Faisal movement — but we won’t let that happen! Join fellow student leaders from schools and universities across the Boston Area for a cross-campus meeting to continue (1/2)
Safe Schools Somerville retweeted
🔺Release the names of the officers who murdered Arif Sayed Faisal
🔺Release the unredacted police report of the incident
🔺Fire all the officers immediately
🔺Prosecute the officers involved to the full extent of the law.
#JusticeForFaisal
Safe Schools Somerville retweeted
🗣️🗣️ Local activists tell us what brought them into the fight for justice for Arif Sayed Faisal, a young UMass Boston student murdered by Cambridge police on January 4!
“Once I saw another person get killed by police, right near me, I had to get involved.” ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽
Safe Schools Somerville retweeted
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 to everyone working to make our schools safe for Black & Brown kids too. I still feel completely sick to my stomach when I think about the police being called @ForFlavia's 6-yr old & the countless kids/families we don't hear about.
Police officers will stay out of Somerville schools under new district plan - Thank you to everyone who worked so hard for these systemic changes to remove police from schools @ForFlavia @SarahP02143 #somerpoli #mapoli bostonglobe.com/2023/03/09/m…
Safe Schools Somerville retweeted
Police officers will stay out of Somerville schools under new district plan - Thank you to everyone who worked so hard for these systemic changes to remove police from schools @ForFlavia @SarahP02143 #somerpoli #mapoli bostonglobe.com/2023/03/09/m…
Safe Schools Somerville retweeted
On January 29th, I joined @MuslimJustice @ForFlavia @Boston_DSA & other Somerville residents in placing these flowers before the image of Arif Sayed Faisal, a Somerville High graduate murdered last month by Cambridge PD while he was in the midst of a mental health crisis.
Safe Schools Somerville retweeted
Thank you to the organizers who held space for our community to grieve and honor Sayed Arif Faisal’s precious and beautiful life. We need accountability and justice on behalf of his family. We need systemic change for all. TY BANE, @ForFlavia @MuslimJustice
Safe Schools Somerville retweeted
Police killed nearly 100 people a month in 2022. There were only 12 days police didn’t kill someone. The majority of killings took place in scenarios where no crime was alleged or where police were called for nonviolent offenses or mental health checks. truthout.org/articles/police…
Safe Schools Somerville retweeted
I'm taking notes during the @SvilleSchools special policing subcommittee meeting tonight. follow along. docs.google.com/document/d/1… @Defund_SPD @ForFlavia
Safe Schools Somerville retweeted
Fatema: “It’s unclear to me as an expert reading through the police contract why exactly [they] would be on paid leave instead of being suspended… How long will this officer be on paid leave while this investigation happens because you’re saying it will take a long time.”
Safe Schools Somerville retweeted
Whether it is someone pleading for help in LA or someone in distress in Cambridge, the killing spree continues. #JusticeforKeenan #JusticeforFaisal We use these hashtags but there is no justice for either victim; there is only the persistent demand for justice for our communities
Safe Schools Somerville retweeted
Reminder to join us in supporting BANE for tomorrow's #JusticeForFaisal protest!
Time: Sat Jan 14, 1 PM
Location: Harvard Square, T Station
ALT A flyer for the protest. The upper part of the flyer has a photo of an image from the Cambridge protest on Jan 9th, showing a painted portrait of Arif being held up by protesters and the artists.
Safe Schools Somerville retweeted
The murder of Sayed Arif Faisal by the Cambridge Police Department is a tragedy for the Cambridge/Somerville community. Arif was a Somerville High School 2020 graduate, a Welcome Project youth interpreter, Mystic Mural project participant, and student at UMass Boston.
Safe Schools Somerville retweeted
DA Marian Ryan: How could it happen here? We have a loving community.
It was said at the protest and we'll say it again: Cambridge is not the neoliberal bubble of your white dreams.
Safe Schools Somerville retweeted
This.
Somerville is in exactly the same position - we’ve made little practical progress in our approach and alternatives to armed policing over the past 2.5 years … despite the allocation of plenty of money and -several- victory laps by successive Mayoral administrations.
This police shooting in @CambMA hits a little different considering the lack of action on the various community-driven “alternative response” proposals that have been submitted to the @CambridgePolice, City Manager, and City Council.
Safe Schools Somerville retweeted
Yes! Community based safety >> institutional violence! "communities can start by removing police from specific tasks and settings, like schools and mental health calls" theguardian.com/us-news/2022… @Defund_SPD @ForFlavia
Safe Schools Somerville retweeted
The district is doing lots of great equity work and lots of great work supporting students. This move undermines much of that work.
(It also feels icky & similar to the mess around the public safety bldg)
@ForFlavia @WillieBurnleyJr @BenForWard3 @CKforSomerville @JTforWard2
Safe Schools Somerville retweeted
I'm so tired of hearing adults claim that we need to listen to young people and then blatantly disrespecting their wishes when push comes to shove. @ForFlavia pushed us to entirely reconsider the City's model of policing our children after harm was done. These tweaks don't cut it
