Anna Kurien

Feminist, abolitionist, Bollywood loving Indian. Always a public defender. Plotting & scheming at @LegalAidJustice She/Hers

[Legal Aid Justice Center @LegalAidJustice]

Join us March 26, 6:30-8 PM at Richmond Public Library for a community talk on criminal records & housing. Register: https://t.co/1VpivifUXV

[Legal Aid Justice Center @LegalAidJustice]

Denied housing due to a criminal record? Share your story at Community Perspectives, Feb 26, 6pm at Charlottesville LAJC. RSVP: https://t.co/bEC1HtSbFl #HousingJustice

[Anna Kurien @KurienAnna]

Come work with me to dismantle the power and reach of the criminal legal system in Virginia! Great job, great colleagues, based in Charlottesville with the opportunity to teach our clinic at UVA law school! https://t.co/h9GNllaNoO

[Anna Kurien @KurienAnna]

DC people! Write to City Council to introduce and pass a Ceasefire resolution before the summer recess. https://t.co/zAfMlyFJgK

[Anna Kurien @KurienAnna]

Come work with me as our Director of Organizing to advance racial and economic justice. You'll be overseeing our organizing strategy and supporting our 18 organizers @LegalAidJustice #Virginia https://t.co/Vbkpgj7ypl

[Anna Kurien @KurienAnna]

Virginia does not have a minimum age for criminal prosecutions. This session, @LegalAidJustice brought a bill in partnership with our allies for Virginia not to prosecute children younger than 11 years old in criminal court. https://t.co/ruwzTqKOYg

[Anna Kurien @KurienAnna]

Job opening: Hiring for Director of Litigation to lead our impact litigation across @LegalAidJustice
you can be based in any of our 4 offices, Richmond, Charlottesville, Petersburg or Falls Church VA. LAJC is a great place to work, come be my colleague!

https://t.co/h9GNllaNoO

[Legal Aid Justice Center @LegalAidJustice]

The Miranda warning says "If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided to you." Well in Virginia that might be true, but the state may still make you pay for it.

Read our new brief on how this practice harms low-income Virginians: https://t.co/QUcYZ1YCl5

[Vijay Prashad @vijayprashad]

I’ll be there to chant, #FreePalestine

[Anna Kurien @KurienAnna]

Jesus christ. when your very existence is criminalized, suspect and you can be jailed without any meaningful process.

[Anna Kurien @KurienAnna]

This breaks my heart. Solidarity with Palestine. End occupation. Ceasefire in Gaza!

[Suchitra Vijayan @suchitrav]

They knew, they ducking knew …went after his family.

[Vote to Stop Cop City @CopCityVote]

GA and non GA folks: Contact Senators Warnock and Ossoff to demand they protect Atlanta’s democracy and publicly say that Cop City must be put on the ballot.

Email both Senators at once https://t.co/Zc71MKVnuH or call directly:

Warnock: [phone]
Ossoff: 202-224-3521

[Legal Aid Justice Center @LegalAidJustice]

Read here the full letter from Ms. Henley, member of The People's Coalition, on the need to stop the $72.9 million jail renovation and the importance of investing in communities: https://t.co/tDPH7lesOd

Join the fight to stop the jail renovation: https://t.co/5aE4IsALrQ

[Anna Kurien @KurienAnna]

@ChrisWBlackwell @INN @theappeal Congratulations!!! 🥳🎊

[Legal Aid Justice Center @LegalAidJustice]

We mourn the deaths of Mr. Frazier & Ms. Snelling, whose deaths were kept secret for nearly a week. Jails are sites of violence and death that do not make us safer. We should invest in reducing incarceration rather than a $73 million jail renovation.

https://t.co/8JzQkqWfbu

[Shawn Weneta @ShawnWeneta]

Nearly a quarter of people incarcerated in VADOC are in facilities without A/C.

@HumanizationPro @ACLUVA @FAMMFoundation @WorthRises

https://t.co/qWXPKOcCO9

[Anna Kurien @KurienAnna]

A newer jail does nothing to make us safer. Jails are sites of violence. Also when people stay in jail they lose their jobs, homes and children. This increases instability in our communities which makes us less safe. Get involved, we keep us safe.

[Legal Aid Justice Center @LegalAidJustice]

Local government in Charlottesville and Albemarle wants to go $73 million into debt to rebuild the jail. Who's going to have to pay that back? We are!

We need programs to support our neighbors, not a nicer jail. Get involved in the fight: https://t.co/6NaOMeJV9D

[Anna Kurien @KurienAnna]

Excited to see you tonight @chrisgeidner and listen to how we can all work towards abolition!!

[Chris “Law Dork” Geidner @chrisgeidner]

TONIGHT, DC! @j_simonson and I are going to be talking about her new book, Radical Acts of Justice, at @PoliticsProse! Join us! More info: https://t.co/rJSp2nZiZP

[Equality Labs @EqualityLabs]

We did it! Today, the landmark bill SB 403 cleared its Appropriations Hearing and is now ready to go through its final procedural steps in the legislative process. Together, our community is making history in the fight for caste equity. Jai Bhim!!

[Anna Kurien @KurienAnna]

Indian independence, so much more work to be done!