Adele Kimmel

Director of Students’ Civil Rights Project @Public_Justice. Fighting against race and sex discrimination in schools. Tweets are my own.

[Steve Ralls @steve_ralls]

An important story from @RosalesReport about a series of awful anti-LGBTQ bills intro’d in Alabama. Thank you to @Public_Justice client Camika Shelby for speaking out. Read more, incl. insights from @akimmel about why these heinous bills must be defeated. https://t.co/lRU1tLgKHR

[Kristen Graham @newskag]

A #PHLed student went to his principal for protection from bullying. Instead of offering help, she threatened to "call ICE and deport all of his family." The district has entered into a settlement in the case, vowing more training. https://t.co/GZmSStnqME

[Adele Kimmel @akimmel]

These heartbreaking stories show why it is imperative that our schools to do a better job of preventing and addressing harassment and bullying. Thanks to ⁦@DonnaStGeorge⁩ for shining a spotlight on this issue. 👇👇👇 https://t.co/sgcTrGMyri

[amykaufman @amykaufman84]

14 people wrote letters in support of my abuser. The judge‘s response:
“It shows how the offender is able to construct an image of himself that is very different from reality..the statements are a perfect illustration of the insidious nature of tragedy experienced in private.”

[All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris]

@chrislhayes Watch here:

[The Associated Press @AP]

The Supreme Court left in place a decision that allows more than 230 men to sue Ohio State University over decades-old sexual abuse by a university doctor, the late Richard Strauss. https://t.co/bzQbcD45sh

[Paul Bland @FPBland]

A huge victory. The principles animating Bostock also apply for Title IX!! Enormously important

[Public Justice @Public_Justice]

“Protecting queer and trans youth is so important given how much discrimination and how much hate they face,” said @azbrodsky, a staff attorney with Public Justice.

https://t.co/579IJElfcp

[Gillian Branstetter @GBBranstetter]

Seventh Circuit rules a public school teacher does not, in fact, have the right to misgender a student simply because they're trans. The Court found a religious accommodation could not justify the "harm to students and disruption to the learning environment."

[Savannah Tryens-Fernandes @SavannahTF]

Huntsville Schools will pay Nigel Shelby's family $840,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit. "There is no amount of money in the world that could ever replace Nigel... this lawsuit was about bringing change," his mom said in a statement.
https://t.co/nTEMZiYTER

[Adele Kimmel @akimmel]

Such an honor to help Nigel Shelby’s family get an Alabama school district to adopt critical protections for LGBTQ students at a time when LGBTQ rights are under attack nationwide. Read more about Nigel and his legacy here👇👇👇 https://t.co/gtvXcq0lwH

[Public Justice @Public_Justice]

#BREAKING the family of Nigel Shelby has reached an agreement with the Huntsville City Board of Education. Nigel was a Black, openly gay teenager who died by suicide in April 2019 after experiencing severe, unchecked anti-gay harassment & race discrimination in school

[Public Justice @Public_Justice]

We are excited to announce we've joined @sanfordheisler as co-counsel to litigate an ongoing and important #TitleIX case against Harvard University.

https://t.co/aUHtGYnAbQ

[Paul Bland @FPBland]

A $107 million class action settlement will return $200 apiece to thousands of ripped off Oregon consumers. Albertsons would double the price of something and then have a "2 for 1 sale" that was bogus. Great consumer protection work!

https://t.co/PcUOyfhGjG

[Public Justice @Public_Justice]

"By using Congress to reshape the judiciary into just another tool in the rich and powerful’s arsenal of privileged protection, [the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is] embarking on a radical campaign to re-define justice in America and re-write the rules about who has access to it."

[Paul Bland @FPBland]

The New York Times has published a series of fantastic pieces showing just how unfair forced arbitration is, and has editorialized against it. So when the paper started using this against its readers, it's pure hypocrisy:
https://t.co/H967bIwtBk