SAMI at Gallaudet

General Meeting this Friday! Calling all Bisons!

ID: Brown background with white abstract design with a notebook paper that reads: Students Against Mass Incarceration General Meeting. Friday, Feb 16th 5-6pm SAC 1010 email [email protected] for questions.

Want to learn more about Palestine?

Join this Zoom session this Thursday November 30, 2023.

Join us to learn about Michelle, a Deaf autistic woman who experienced incarceration. Panel discussion after!

Class conflict? Ask if you can get extra credit by attending this event and submitting a reflection!

ID: Being Michelle. Voices unseen. Justice silenced. Love abounds. Hosted by the Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center. Film Screening Being Michelle and panel discussion. October 11th from 12 - 2pm. Student Activities Center Room 1011. HTTPS://Beingmichelle.com for accommodations, please contact [email protected] by October 6. Image of Michelle, white femaile with short brown hair and glasses covering her face with a drawing of herself. Police car with red, blue and white lights driving towards her. Students Against Mass Incarceration logo. Movie tickets and film equipment at the bottom.

Join us for our collaboration with Justice Arts Coalition on campus tonight!

Thank you to those who showed up and handled this unexpected situation with maturity and support.

Image Description: Tan background with a beige chat bubble in the center. Text reads: Deaf Experience in Prison Panel Event. We sincerely apologize for the interruption we experienced tonight. For members of the Gallaudet community who have been upset by this experience, please contact Gallaudet Counseling and Psychological Services. Email questions to [email protected]"

If you have reached out for the Deaf Experience in Jail panel Zoom link and we did not send it to you yet, please reach out again!

Students Against Mass Incarceration at Gallaudet

Excited for our first of many panel events tomorrow at 6:30pm EST!! DM us for Zoom link!

Image description: white background with beige circle and brown circle overlapping. Tan square with text that reads: "What is it like to be deaf in jail? Learn as panelists share their stories of discrimination & inaccessibility in US jails." Image of, John Yeh an Asian man wearing a black polo shirt, smiling at camera. Below, text reads: "John Yeh / Panelist." To the left and up is an image of Matt Maxey, a Black man wearing a black shirt, smiling at camera. Below, text reads: "Matt Maxey / Panelist." Below this is an image of Wesley Chase, a Black man pointing at the cameraman. Below, text reads "Wesley Chase / Panelist." April 20, 6:30pm EST SAC 1011/Livestream on Facebook SAMI at Gallaudet/ DM us for Zoom link contact [email protected] for questions, accommodations" Along the right side are images of SAMI logo, & ava logo, MORCA Mayor's of Returning Citizens Affairs logo, and Mayor's Office of Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing

Join us this week to hear about Deaf peoples experience in jail!

Image description of both fliers: white background with beige circle and brown circle overlapping. Tan square with text that reads: "What is it like to be deaf in jail? Learn as panelists share their stories of discrimination & inaccessibility in US jails." Image of, John Yeh an Asian man wearing a black polo shirt, smiling at camera, and Matt Maxey, a Black man wearing a black shirt, smiling at camera. Below, text reads: "Matt Maxey / Deafinitely Dope / Panelist. April 20, 6:30pm EST SAC 1011/Livestream on Facebook SAMI at Gallaudet/ DM us for Zoom link contact [email protected] for questions, accommodations" Along the right side are images of SAMI logo, & ava logo, MORCA Mayor's of Returning Citizens Affairs logo, and Mayor's Office of Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing

Please join us at this artist showcase we are hosting!

Text reads from top to bottom center: "In collaboration with Justice Art Coalition, we will be showcasing artwork by currently incarcerated peoples. April 24th, 6-8pm, SAC 1010. See artwork by people currently incarcerated, Artist talk, Make your own art." Logo images of Justin Art Coalition and SAMI at center sides. Images of artwork on each corner: Top left: cars driving on the street at night with black and red shading. Top right: Black forest shading leading to a black tree surrounded by red, orange and yellow light rays. Bottom right by R. Zumar shows a large elephant at center with 4 more in the background all standing in the grass with green mountains, a bright yellow sun, and purple and blue clouds. Bottom left titled “32 Franklins 4th of July,” by Danny Ashton shows greyish colored families congregating around tables eating food in front of old cars. On man standing on a car, one cat sitting on another car. Firework are in the sky at night time.

Excited for this open dialogue discussion about trauma and healthy relationships with you all!

Image Description: Text reads: Health & Wellness Programs and Students Against Mass Incarceration Club Presents. Cultivating a Healthy Relationship with Trauma. Wednesday, April 19 at 8-9:30 pm in Rathskeller. For questions or accommodation, please email [email protected] Image of who women of color holding each other and smiling. Image of a fare-skinned man and women sitting down leaning on each other. Logo of SAMI and Health and Wellness Programs

Looking forward to John Yeh to join us as a panelist!

Image description: white background with beige circle and brown circle overlapping. Tan square with text that reads: "What is it like to be deaf in jail? Learn as panelists share their stories of discrimination & inaccessibility in US jails." Image of John Yeh, an Asian man wearing a black polo shirt, smiling at camera. Below, text reads: "John Yeh / Panelist, April 20, 6:30pm EST SAC 1011/Livestream on Facebook SAMI at Gallaudet/ DM us for Zoom link

Board Position Application Link: https://forms.gle/zXbyrponvPcqgc2y6

Image Description: Beige background with star, semi-circle, and dots designs. Text reads "SAMI at Gallaudet University Board Open Positions: Co-Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, Program Manager, Outreach Coordinator, Marketing Director. Apply now. Email questions to [email protected] Apply before April 30th, 2023. SAMI logo off centered to the right.

Welcome to our page!

Gallaudet's chapter of Students Against Mass Incarceration Club, or SAMI, is a student organization designed to educate members about the prison industrial complex in the United States and the diverse philosophies and programs that seek to replace the US carceral system.

Have you read The New Jim Crow? Comment your thoughts below!


Image description: cream coloured background with a brown box and a simple linear image of an open book. Black text reads: The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander. Alexander explains how the war on drugs and criminal justice system have intentionally created a system of racial control similar to Jim Crow laws. The New Jim Crow is a relevant and urgent address to the problem of mass incarceration in the United States. Blue text above and below box reads: book recommendation, available at Sankofa Books and Cafe. SAMI logo in bottom right hand corner.