Clemency Twitter Power Hour Social Media Guide

More than 2,500 incarcerated New Yorkers have pending clemency applications. Join us for a Twitter Power Hour, TOMORROW, August 19 from 12-1 pm as we call on Governor Cuomo to use his clemency power to release more incarcerated people before he leaves office. We encourage you to post all day long but hope to get the hashtag trending during the Twitter Power Hour so if you can, please concentrate most of your tweets during the Power Hour.

Sample Tweets and Images

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Sample tweet #1:
🕯Before he leaves office, @NYGovCuomo can use his power for good & grant clemency to New Yorkers languishing behind bars. There are +2,500 pending applications. They're ready to come home, rejoin their families & serve their communities. #CuomoLetThemGo https://cuomoletthemgo.com/the-faces-of-clemency


Sample tweet #2: 🕯@NYGovCuomo can end mass incarceration, reunite loving families, and begin to heal communities with the stroke of his pen. By granting clemency to New Yorkers who are ready to return home, he can have a lasting impact. #CuomoLetThemGo https://cuomoletthemgo.com/the-faces-of-clemency


Sample tweet #3: 🕯"Knowledge" Johnson has already served 40 years. He's a devout Quaker & scholar yet won't be eligible for parole release in his lifetime – one of more than 2,500 people in NY prisons with clemency applications pending before @NYGovCuomo. #CuomoLetThemGo https://cuomoletthemgo.com/the-faces-of-clemency


Sample Tweet #4: 🕯Kim Brown has already served 27 years. She's an HIV/AIDS Peer Counselor & Alternatives to Violence facilitator – one of more than 2,500 people in NY prisons with pending clemency applications. @NYGovCuomo can free her today. #CuomoLetThemGo https://cuomoletthemgo.com/the-faces-of-clemency


Sample Tweet #5:🕯Curtis Tucker has already served 33 years for a crime he did not commit – one of more than 2,500 people in NY prisons with pending clemency applications. @NYGovCuomo can reunite him with his loving wife today. #CuomoLetThemGo https://cuomoletthemgo.com/the-faces-of-clemency 


Sample Tweet #6: 🕯Joy Powell has already served 15 years for crimes she didn't commit. She's a pastor and an activist against police brutality – one of more than 2,500 people in NY prisons with pending clemency applications. @NYGovCuomo can free her today. #CuomoLetThemGo https://www.freejoypowell.org/


Sample Tweet #7: This week @NYGovCuomo granted clemency to 5 people incarcerated in New York State prisons. "While we celebrate their return home, we know thousands of others also deserve their freedom." #ClemencyNow

Read @rappcampaign’s statement: https://twitter.com/RAPPcampaign/status/1427756119364079622/photo/1


Sample Tweet #8: TAKE ACTION: Sign the @ImmDefense petition urging Cuomo to exercise his clemency power! https://bit.ly/2UuOeEf