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Co-Directors: @prisonculture @ClaudiaStellar / We work to end #VaWoC / Authors of How to Better Coverage of #SexualViolence + many other resources.

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If you'll be covering the issue of race-based affirmative action in advance of the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decisions, you'll want to check out our new tip sheet. 6 tips for covering race-based affirmative action in college admissions: journalistsresource.org/educ…
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Liberation Library@liberationlib9 Apr 2023
Photos from today's packing day! Thanks so much to all the volunteers who came out to pack books for incarcerated young folks in Illinois and to talk with us about why we don't believe anyone should be incarcerated. Want to support our work? Donate here: gofund.me/d0d65a36
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Block Club Chicago
@BlockClubCHI9 Apr 2023
Metro is throwing a star-studded drag show fundraiser to fight anti-drag, transphobic laws in Tennessee and beyond. buff.ly/418DYOn
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Get some of the deepest solutions journalism training possible, then go share it with others. Apply by April 23 to become a solutions journalism trainer. Get all the details here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
It's back. Join SJN's May 2023 Train-the-Trainers. SJ training techniques, workshop design ideas, case studies, networking and more. Apply by 4/23.

ALT It's back. Join SJN's May 2023 Train-the-Trainers. SJ training techniques, workshop design ideas, case studies, networking and more. Apply by 4/23.

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Check out our latest zine - The Prison Rebellion Years - an adaptation of Rethinking the American Prison Movement by @dnbrgr and @thetous. It was an all-star collaboration, written by @Safear215 with gorgeous cover art of comrade George by Paul Lacombe. studyandstruggle.com/s/Rethi…
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Selma Tobah@stobah9 Apr 2023
I gave my zakat this year to @BelieverBailOut who bail out Muslims from pretrial and ICE detention. They're also zakat verified on launchgood. You can donate to their important work here: launchgood.com/campaign/beli…

Believers Bail Out: Give Zakat to Bail Out Incarcerated Muslims | LaunchGood

This Ramadan, use your zakat to bail out Muslims from jail and ICE detention to build a movement to end incarceration!

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Jennifer Evans@JenniferVEvans7 Apr 2023
Over the moon about my student #Wikipedia projects, like this one on the San Diego Blood Sisters, a group of lesbian activists who organized blood drives in support of gay men during the AIDs crisis. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Di…
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Mattilda B Sycamore@mbsycamore9 Apr 2023
Yikes, @FryeArtMuseum, what is this nonsense?!! The gender-neutral restrooms are temporarily discontinued while looking into "best practices"?!? Spoiler alert: the best practice is that all restrooms should be gender-neutral! That's it, that's all you need to know.
Sign that says "We have temporarily discontinued gender- neutral restrooms while we take the steps necessary to update our facilities to meet best practices for gender-neutral restrooms and maximize the comfort of all visitors. In the meantime, we invite you to please use the bathroom that most closely aligns with your gender identity. Thanks for your patience as we continue to work on our goal of expanding accessibility services. The Frye Art Museum is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive space for everyone.'

ALT Sign that says "We have temporarily discontinued gender- neutral restrooms while we take the steps necessary to update our facilities to meet best practices for gender-neutral restrooms and maximize the comfort of all visitors. In the meantime, we invite you to please use the bathroom that most closely aligns with your gender identity. Thanks for your patience as we continue to work on our goal of expanding accessibility services. The Frye Art Museum is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive space for everyone.'

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Brittny Mejia@brittny_mejia7 Apr 2023
ICYMI: I did a deep dive on the LAPD's abortion squad, which operated in the 1950s and 60s, before #RoeVWade Officers questioned women. They went on stakeouts and kept dossiers on hundreds of abortionists. They posed as boyfriends or brothers to trap people into confessing.
Brittny Mejia@brittny_mejia31 Mar 2023
In our post-Roe world, questions loom as to the role police might play in enforcing new bans on abortion. To understand what that might look like, consider the LAPD's abortion squad, which interrogated women and arrested doctors for decades before Roe latimes.com/california/story…

Horrifying stories of women chased down by the LAPD abortion squad before Roe vs. Wade

In the 1950s and 1960s, the LAPD’s abortion squad hunted down women getting the procedure and the people performing them.

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Women's March
@womensmarch8 Apr 2023
EMERGENCY MOBILIZATION: A federal judge in Texas ruled against medication abortion last night. We’re hitting the streets on April 15th and calling on the FDA to keep mifepristone on the shelves. Pledge to march at the link in the followup!
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Moira Donegan@MoiraDonegan8 Apr 2023
More than half of abortions nationwide are conducted with mifepristone, the drug a single judge has moved to remove from the market today all across America. Listen to me: It doesn’t matter if you live in a blue state. nytimes.com/2023/04/07/healt…

Judge Invalidates F.D.A. Approval of the Abortion Pill Mifepristone (Published 2023)

The Texas judge’s ruling was quickly contradicted by another federal judge in Washington State who ordered the F.D.A. to keep mifepristone available.

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Moira Donegan@MoiraDonegan8 Apr 2023
Before the fall of Roe, the pro-choice movement shifted pretty quickly away from highlighting the danger of illegal abortion to trying to destigmatize and educate about it, and with good reason: with pills, self managed abortion is very effective and very safe.
Moira Donegan@MoiraDonegan8 Apr 2023
The revolution of abortion medication was that it could make illegal abortions safe: the pills are easy to transport, and a woman can use them on her own, with little risk & without the need for someone else to perform the abortion.
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If you're mad about the proposed Title IX regs--and you should be--follow @TransEquality. This is the start of a fight, not the end of one.
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Looking for some inspiration and fuel for the ongoing struggles we're facing? @prisonculture and @MsKellyMHayes have a book coming out next month that is, as @astradisastra praised it, "a rich treasury of practical lessons and insights from organizers..." bit.ly/LetThisRadicalizeYou
A graphic promoting the book Let This Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba, featuring blue and yellow text on a speckled orange background. On the right, there is an image of the book's cover, with the Haymarket Books logo in the bottom right corner. To the left is text that reads: "This book is a gift for everyone, no matter their level of political engagement, interested in building the new worlds of care and mutual flourishing that we need. —Astra Taylor bit.ly/LetThisRadicalizeYou"

ALT A graphic promoting the book Let This Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba, featuring blue and yellow text on a speckled orange background. On the right, there is an image of the book's cover, with the Haymarket Books logo in the bottom right corner. To the left is text that reads: "This book is a gift for everyone, no matter their level of political engagement, interested in building the new worlds of care and mutual flourishing that we need. —Astra Taylor bit.ly/LetThisRadicalizeYou"

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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Join us as we bust the #RapeMyths that are all too common in our culture. Here are the facts about false accusations. #SupportSurvivors #BelieveSurvivors #SAAM
Myth: False rape accusations are common. Fact: False rape accusations are extremely rare–only 2% to 6%, a similar rate to false reports of other crimes.

ALT Myth: False rape accusations are common. Fact: False rape accusations are extremely rare–only 2% to 6%, a similar rate to false reports of other crimes.

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Liliana Segura@LilianaSegura6 Apr 2023
BREAKING: Oklahoma AG files request to vacate conviction of Richard Glossip, almost 25 years after he was first sent to death row for the murder of Barry Van Treese. Glossip has always insisted he is innocent. Story to come with @chronic_jordan
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Dave Stieber@D_Stieber5 Apr 2023
The first family of Chicago. They are so beautiful and I’m so proud that Brandon Johnson is our next mayor!!!
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.@TheTRiiBE shifted the narrative around the Chicago mayoral election more than any of the big outlets in the city. Don’t ever underestimate the power and history of Black media. So inspiring to watch, thanks @_ToniaHill @Waldens_Block & everyone involved.
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