Katrina F

attorney fighting for racial equity in education @NAACP_LDF & dreaming of a non-carceral world. she/her. views mine.

[Katrina F @katrinafeldkamp]

Many know about policing’s origins in slave-catching. But did you know that the 911 number was launched as a tool to suppress civil rights protests? My colleague and I wrote about the history of 911, its roots in anti-Blackness, and what needs to change. 1/6

[In These Times @inthesetimesmag]

The nation’s system of police deployment is fundamentally dangerous to Black lives—just look at 911. https://t.co/3lC5YVWgsC

[John Cusick @johnscusick]

Excited to run this year's @nycmarathon to raise funds for @LegalAidNYC! Their expert teams work across practice areas on nearly every area of law that impacts New Yorkers.

You can donate here (https://t.co/2OAzIFDBgm). Any amount--or even a retweet--would be much appreciated!

[Katrina F @katrinafeldkamp]

@RitawWang thank you Rita!!

[Katrina F @katrinafeldkamp]

Our dear friend Jonie is coming home - please boost and support!

[Survived & Punished NY @survivepunishNY]

Our comrade Jonie is coming home! She won resentencing under the Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act—but because NY's commitment to survivors is non-existent, she will need lots of funds to help rebuild upon release. Can you help us welcome her home?
V: @ Samah14
C: $ Samah14

[John Cusick @johnscusick]

I'm running the 2022 NYC Marathon to raise funds (w/ @katrinafeldkamp & @Adam_B_Murphy) for the phenomenal holistic youth defense & advocacy org @YouthRepresent!

Any contributions (& sharing the link) would be much appreciated! You can donate here: https://t.co/C19FVVo4vX

[Survived & Punished NY @survivepunishNY]

NEW: We just learned that Aug. 5 (Tracy's bday), @ManhattanDA filed court papers asking to DISMISS Tracy's murder charge, in recognition that she's a criminalized survivor.

Sounds good, right?

Not so fast.

The @ManhattanDA isn't just dropping the case. Instead...

[derecka @dereckapurnell]

If this was about babies, there would be universal healthcare. Free education. Free daycare. Southern states would be doing all they can to drop the Black maternal mortality rate. This is about power and control

[leonie haimson @leoniehaimson]

Last time NYC school budgets cut to this extent was 2007-2008 during Great Recession. Unacceptable then but even more now given city budget in surplus, billions in reserve, more state Ed funds & nearly $5B in unspent federal stimulus funds for our schools. Could be unprecedented.

[Mike Hixenbaugh is mikehixenbaugh.com on BlueSky @Mike_Hixenbaugh]

It was only a matter of time.

Parents in Granbury, Texas, filed a police reporter accusing school librarians of making “PORN” available to students. Now the constable is conducting an “active and pending criminal investigation.” 1/

[steven monacelli @stevanzetti]

This is what observers in Texas have been warning about for some time — the CRT and LBGTQ panics pushed by the right wing were meant to discredit public schools in order to advance the broader effort to privatize education.

[Jaslin Kaur @jaslinforqueens]

This morning alone, we saw a shooting in Sunset Park at the subway platform and a *second* hate attack on Sikh Punjabis in Richmond Hill.

NYPD did not prevent either incident - yet they will receive billions more to let this problem fester. This is not the public safety we need.

[The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross @CrossConnection]

"Rather than focusing on determent and trying to criminalize immigrants...we need to focus on actually putting -- implementing policies that will ensure that people have actual access to the process." Samah Sisay's thoughts on the U.S. asylum system #CrossConnection

[Legal Defense Fund @NAACP_LDF]

Today, the Alabama House passed a bill that could threaten truth discussions of history, race, religion, gender, and sexual orientation in Alabama’s classrooms and universities.

Read more about H.B. 312 and responses to today’s vote: https://t.co/B4NvrV3i8f

[AL STATE NAACP @alstatenaacp]

"We are committed now more than ever to ensure history, as it occurred, is taught in all our Alabama public schools." -Benard Simelton, President AL NAACP @NAACP_LDF

[Legal Defense Fund @NAACP_LDF]

Senior Counsel Ajmel Quereshi, who joined LDF in 2015, has been appointed to the position of United States Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

We congratulate Ajmel and know that he will serve with distinction.

[Legal Defense Fund @NAACP_LDF]

As civil rights groups marched from Selma to Montgomery today to fight for the vote and commemorate history, the Alabama Senate voted a bill out of committee that could threaten truthful discussions of history in the state's classrooms and universities.

https://t.co/iMibwmdMGK

[Joo-Hyun ([email protected]) @JooHyun_Kang]

Christina Yuna Lee. 35 yo Korean killed after being followed into her Chinatown apt. I'm sorry Christina. Deep condolences to your family & loved ones.

Thinking of my Asian fam today, those i kno/don't. I love you. Anger/fear is deep & real, we can't be fooled by fake solutions.

[D.A. Bullock @BullyCreative]

The whole system is literally guilty as hell.

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

Corporate media keeps referring to NYC mayor Eric Adams bringing back a “controversial police unit” but fail to mention that the unit was shuttered after police shot 41 times at Amadou Diallo in his driveway, killing him for no reason. https://t.co/Ls5GBvyzIy

[Katrina F @katrinafeldkamp]

@CWFNYC @nickberghall @divyapsundaram more famous than DESUS