Author: Amani Sawari

The ‘performance’ was shown on NBC news, the largest media network owned by Comcast, one of the most hated companies in the nation. I must note that we regrettably pay a company that we do not trust every month to dispense election information. Along with that NBC sets debate participation eligibility, eliminating many candidates from […]
Michigan residents have been coming together as apart of the Silence the Violence Rally for nearly over a decade. Silence the Violence continues to be an opportunity for people to show their commitment to ending violence in their communities and has grown from a local rally to a national event. This year’s rally locations have […]
2020 presidential candidate Anita Belle held a reparations summit in Detroit to commemorate the 400 year anniversary of the end to racially based chattel slavery. She held the two day event on June 18th and 19th at the black owned Space Lab building downtown. The event was comprised of several topics of discussion that included The […]
Prisoners Continue to Strike in the Aftermath The organizing abolitionist space is alive and robust in the United States and I’m excited to have witnessed some of the incredible work happening in the organizing space in Gainesville, Florida. Florida led the country with the passing of Amendment 4 that rein franchised hundreds of thousands of […]
As we move into the Decarceration Era, organizers in different states are pushing prison officials to dramatically reduce their incarcerated populations. Proposed criminal justice reform legislation is sweeping the nation from the West Coast to the East. On the West cost, in California Initiate Justice organizers are advocating for those incarcerated as youth to have […]
It’s critical right now for political officials to get on the right side of the new suffrage movement. Just this week council member Robert White, announced the proposal of legislation that would reenfranchise incarcerated citizens residing in the District of Columbia, making D.C. the first jurisdiction in the country to reenfranchise incarcerated residents. White already […]
During the month of May we often take time to encourage people to talk about mental health and self-care. Health is defined as physical, mental, and social wellbeing. There are several factors in health including one’s environment, relationships and education. Along with these in order to live a healthy life individuals require a healthful diet, […]
Though I’m not apart of the Yang gang… at least not yet, last week I attended Andrew Yang’s Humanity First Tour at gasworks Park in Seattle Washington. Yang is a democratic candidate with about 3% of the vote for popularity right now. Many were confused as to why I went, but I don’t equate campaign […]
The Right2Vote Campaign was born out of 2018’s National Prison Strike where incarcerated citizens led a nationwide demonstration against the abhorrent conditions of United States prisons. The strike was so vast that it spread across 17 states into 3 additional regions outside of the U.S. Prisoners made their demands known worldwide and what seemed to […]
As a Michigan native I’ve done a lot of work on behalf of our incarcerated residents, especially last year’s Good Time Campaign promoting HB 5666. I get questions from people interested in contributing to the movement about how they can get involved. Often people don’t know where to start and I always tell them that […]