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Garrett Smith 🔺⚜️🔻
@garrettsmithnys.bsky.social
Abolitionist. Organizer. Reformer. Advocate. Proletarian. #FoundationalBlackAmerican #CleanSlateNY #CommunitiesNotCages #AbolishSlavery #ResQPeople **views are mine alone**
#CommunitiesNotCages Second Look Symposium, hosted by Chief Judge Rowan Wilson on Dec 3 from 12-2pm at the Yonkers Public Library. RSVP here: www.bit.ly/CNCDec3Yonkers
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
October 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Join #CommunitiesNotCages for our Statewide Day of Action on Nov. 18 at 12pm. Featuring families missing loved ones this holiday season, we'll have rallies and press conferences in New York City, Rochester, Albany, Westchester, Syracuse, Buffalo, Ithaca, and Long Island.

RSVP: bit.ly/CNCNov182025
September 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Unlocking #SecondChance opportunities in Buffalo next month - Free Legal Clinic Resource Fair - Sept. 29! Scan the QR Code below to learn more about #CleanSlateNY and resources in the Buffalo Community.
August 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
New York State’s DOCCS #HumanitarianCrisis has only gotten worse - NBC obtains new footage of violence against an incarcerated New Yorker: www.nbcnews.com/video/with-p...
August 13, 2025 at 5:22 AM
#CleanSlateNewYork Town Hall in Hudson NY on August 23 at 1PM - no registration required. Help spread the word about this panel discussion on New York’s historic record sealing law!
August 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
📢Join us for an informative #LunchandLearn webinar on August 6th at Noon to learn more about New York’s “One Day to Life” law - RSVP here: bit.ly/Aug6th12pm

#ForensicRehabilitationAct
August 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The 5 P’s: Proper - Preparation- Prevents - Poor - Performance! Sign up to join CCA’s Public Speaking & Storytelling Lab: www.bit.ly/CCASpeakingTruth
July 9, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Shut up and dribble ☑️
June 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Knowledge is Power ~ apply now for CCA’s Summer Organizing Institute: www.bit.ly/CCAsoi2025

#EndPerpetualPunishment #endmassincarceration
June 14, 2025 at 10:46 AM
#CommunitiesNotCages ⚖️ #RestorativeJustice - contact your state legislators and governor to help the Earned Time Act (S.342/A.1085) and Second Look Act (S.158/A.1283) pass this month‼️www.bit.ly/CNCNY
June 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
#CommunitiesNotCages ⚖️ #RestorativeJustice - contact your state legislators and governor to help the Earned Time Act (S.342/A.1085) and Second Look Act (S.158/A.1283) pass this month‼️www.bit.ly/CNCNY
June 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
📢Rally in Albany - Thursday June 5 at 11am #JusticeforRobertBrooks #RestorativeJustice
June 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
📍ALBANY - End Mass Incarceration Day - May 28. Scan QR code to join!
May 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The Earned Time Act, which would give people in prison more chances to shave time off their sentences, didn’t make it into the final budget, but lawmakers plan to push for its passage during the remainder of session. #CommunitiesNotCages Read: www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2025/...
May 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
May 6, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Frederick Douglass said, "Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." RSVP here: www.bit.ly/FreeOurMoms

Will you stand up for #CommunitiesNotCages to demand justice? Transportation provided across the state.
April 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
HEMPSTEAD 📍- Join us on Wednesday, April 23, at 11 am for a rally and press conference to demand an end to systemic violence and fair pathways home for incarcerated loved ones. RSVP: www.bit.ly/CNCNassau
April 17, 2025 at 4:40 AM
IMPORTANT UPDATE: The Earned Time Act has passed the Senate Corrections Committee. Contact your legislators to keep the momentum going: bit.ly/CNCNY
April 9, 2025 at 4:58 AM
In honor and remembrance of our loved ones—Samuel Harrell, Robert Brooks, Messiah Nantwi, Edward Sholtz, and countless others—whose lives were taken by state violence, #CommunitiesNotCages will hold an interfaith vigil following the press conference. RSVP to join: www.bit.ly/April19Justice
April 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Join #CommunitiesNotCages to help make a difference - RSVP: www.bit.ly/FreeOurMoms
March 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Former DOCCS Commissioner Brian Fischer published a powerful op-ed in the Buffalo News calling on New York lawmakers to pass the Second Look Act, Earned Time Act, and Marvin Mayfield Act. buffalonews.com/opinion/arti...
February 28, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Never Forget 🔺⚜️🔻
February 22, 2025 at 6:16 AM
#BetterReentryNow - Join us in Albany to advocate for an increase in New York State’s Gate Money on March 4: ceolink.co/ReentryMar4
February 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
February 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM