National Action for Black Descendants of Slaves Black history month should be more active than passive so, I want to challenge people to reassess the meaning of this time of year that we call Black History Month. Learning is a passive activity, there’s a lot more that we can offer ourselves as a community if we […]
I was never excited about the Joe Biden’s potential election, not during his initial run or especially after his selection of Kamala Harris as his VP. Prior to their political union I advocated against their federal leadership as early as when they ran competing presidential campaigns. Biden Bills are stained with stench of mass incarceration. […]
The Contrast Between Civil Unrest and Insurrection In every area of life from personal to organizational, I’m blessed to say that 2020 was extremely fulfilling for myself and SawariMedia. I can’t deny the fact that globally widespread illness and loss have been devastating for many, but with that understanding; What can I say about 2020 […]
I’m deeply concerned to be one of the minority group that didn’t jump for joy, break into tears or feel any sense of cultural accomplishment with the announcement of the presidential elect Biden- Harris administration. Rather than feel any significant gain, it’s as if I was watching my worst nightmare while people were cheering in […]
Trump Missed A Valuable Opportunity to Burn Biden and Open Voters’ Eyes, Here’s How During every debate I’m the person waiting to hear about each candidate’s plan to decarcerate the United States. Unfortunately, there’s never a direct question about improving prison conditions, ending prison slavery or addressing mass incarceration. However, during this second round; moderated […]
On May 11th, while thousands of people were cashing their stimulus checks, I published an article on SawariMedia about why People in Prison Should Receive Stimulus Money. The reasons, in my eyes, were obvious: people in prison make cents to the dollar (if anything) hourly for the work that they do if they are able […]
Leaders weren’t bread for social isolation or sensory deprivation, but this is the fate that many outspoken leaders from throughout the earlier years of the Black Liberation Movement are suffering at the hands of prison and political officials who’ve condemned them to captivity in the United States’ Departments of Korrections. These leaders who have been […]
As our democracy stands, the act of being incarcerated is completely disenfranchising. Not always because the law permits it, there are eligible imprisoned voters in every state: some with felonies in states like Maine, others with misdemeanors in states like Wisconsin and then there are those who are incarcerated pre-trial in every part of the […]
Without An Aggressive Mass Decarceration Effort a Second Wave Will Devastate the United States Black August has been recognized by the prison class as a month of resistance since the early 1970s. The demands of prisoners have not changed much over the decades. Over the last few years, as people in prison expand their networks […]
I want to begin this piece with my empathy for my brothers and sisters behind the wall, we have not forgotten about you. I empathize, rather than sympathize. Sympathy is recognition through a lens of pity, saying, “I see what’s happening to you” while empathy is recognition through the lens of shared understanding, saying, “I […]