Tim Scalona

Lawyer. Alum @Suffolk_Law & @UMassAmherst | Board member @MassLawReform | seen @mdcollegian @GlobeOpinion @PostOpinions | homelessness survivor | (he/him) 🌹🌅

[Tim Scalona @ScalonaTim]

I hope UMass commits to fighting for college affordability and greater campus diversity - centering the experiences of our working class, low income, and marginalized communities

[UMass Amherst @UMassAmherst]

After years of struggling with food and housing insecurity, senior Tim Scalona is now working to ensure that others like him don’t have the same experience.

He shares his powerful story with @WBUR. https://t.co/UjAbqoyb3t

[Jacobin @jacobin]

Mayor Zohran Mamdani mocks Ronald Reagan’s infamous quote.

“I can think of nine words more terrifying than ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help…’”

“I worked all day and can’t feed my family.”

[Tim Scalona @ScalonaTim]

My most recent @GlobeOpinion piece (and first as a lawyer) is on the subject of the Mass family shelter system. I write about my lived experiences, and argue against changes by the gov & the legislature to make it more difficult for folks to get shelter.

https://t.co/DvqAW7vD26

[Jonathan 'Boo and Vote' Cohn @JonathanCohn]

No, NYT, you do not need to even pretend that "mass deportations" is an affordable housing strategy from Trump. FFS.

[Tim Scalona @ScalonaTim]

With him selected as the GOP VP candidate, just a reminder that @JDVance1’s “Hillbilly Elegy” does *not* speak for poverty in this country. It blames the victims of poverty for their conditions instead of attacking the systems that allow it to exist.
https://t.co/GKhyL7LUd4

[Tim Scalona @ScalonaTim]

The idea that the Supreme Court is a neutral arbiter of the law is shown to be an utter farce when conservative justices parlay with billionaires and then swiftly come out with a decision that directly serves their corporate interest

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: The Supreme Court weakens the power of federal regulators by overturning decades-old Chevron decision, delivering a victory to business interests. https://t.co/BdFpHsqaSm

[Tim Scalona @ScalonaTim]

Yet another sickening decision that reinforces our country’s cruelty and dehumanization of unhoused communities.

It also flies in the face of all facts: anti-homeless criminalization laws only exacerbate homelessness and lead to the evisceration of their civil & human rights

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside, even if shelter space is lacking. https://t.co/1b2LmXTBfR

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Clarence Thomas reversed his position on the Chevron doctrine after receiving gifts from billionaires with ties to orgs who wanted it overturned.

His wife's nonprofit also received cash from a conservative group pushing for the change.

Our highest court is beyond compromised.

[Organizermemes @OrganizerMemes]

Breaking: to appeal to younger audiences CNN will have subway surfers under the debate footage

[Ethan Zuckerman @EthanZ]

Can you determine if someone is likely to harass you for your political beliefs online? Is it appropriate to block folks likely to harass you in the future? @ifatgazia and her team look at tensions between Kashmiris and Hindutva to propose a promising new strategy.

[Tim Scalona @ScalonaTim]

Our paper is out now! 👇 It explores the lived experiences of dissidents facing cyber-harassment while they fight for human rights, & proposes a filter to identify and block likely harassers as a remedy.

So proud to have been part of this effort with such a great team!

[Tim Scalona @ScalonaTim]

Just another gross person who views the homeless as inhuman…she coerced an unhoused, mentally ill person to jump into a lake on a bet - - who could not swim - - and then ran away when they cried for help. The classism is beyond abhorrent

[natalie reynolds @onlynatreynolds]

@CollinRugg I was kicked out of location and was demanded to leave while others helped. She was floating not sinking 😂 allah

[Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @RepPressley]

Public housing is a lifeline for millions of families.

But the chronic underfunding of public housing is a disgrace to our values and has real consequences.

Republicans can and must join us in taking action to improve the quantity and quality of public housing.

[Tim Scalona @ScalonaTim]

I live with constant gratitude for the legal aid attorneys who intervened in my own family’s life, and showed me that a better path - and world - out of poverty was possible

[MA Legal Assistance @CivilLegalAid]

"Without the intervention of legal aid while I was homeless, I don't think I'd be where I am now, a recent law graduate intent on disrupting those same systems...[Legal aid] truly has the power to transform lives." - @scalonatim, Client Board Member with @MassLawReform

#legalaid

[Tim Scalona @ScalonaTim]

I think we have enough silver spoons monopolizing our political system today, no thanks

[The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe]

Insiders say Josh Kraft, the younger son of billionaire New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, is actively considering making a run against Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. https://t.co/unjl4FbDca

[Tim Scalona @ScalonaTim]

@lindsay_kenney @Suffolk_Law Thank you Lindsay!! This means a lot to me 😊

[Tim Scalona @ScalonaTim]

Yesterday, separate from my @GlobeOpinion article, my story about overcoming and surviving homelessness was featured in @BostonGlobe. Proud to have had another chance to share my story as I prepare to graduate!

[The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe]

Soon-to-be Suffolk Law graduate shares story of struggling through homelessness https://t.co/CGaOJeclCg

[Tim Scalona @ScalonaTim]

Today, the eve of my @Suffolk_Law commencement, my most recent @GlobeOpinion article has been published, where I describe my lived experiences and longstanding belief in a world without homelessness, built from policies that make housing a human right

https://t.co/BusKhLGUyJ

[Massachusetts Law Reform Institute @MassLawReform]

MLRI's Executive Director Georgia Katsoulomitis pushed back on proposed shelter cuts in a letter to @GlobeOpinion: "There can be no shelter caps if the only answer — and inevitable result — is sending families onto the street."

https://t.co/Ba8WtaH5rY #mapoli

[Tim Scalona @ScalonaTim]

Job training programs will not reduce the damage that placing a time-limit on emergency shelter for *families* will cause, when there are years long waitlists for non-private housing; private housing costs are excessive; & eviction records remain public, regardless of disposition

[Tim Scalona @ScalonaTim]

Speaking as someone who has actually lived in EA shelter, I am extremely disappointed in this. The reason so many families are in shelter for so long is because there are few stable pathways to become stably housed amidst a lack of affordable housing after you’ve become homeless.

[Speaker Ron Mariano @RonMariano]

By ensuring that folks exit the shelter system in a timely manner after engaging in job training programs, this bill will help to reduce the number of people on the emergency assistance waitlist, while easing the strain being placed on our shelter system and on our communities.