We condemn Supreme Court ruling allowing anti-LGBTQI+ discriminationIn response to the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing anti-LGBTQI+ discrimination, we issued a response that states in part:
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Immigrant rights advocates seek justice in family separation case involving toddlerLast week, a federal district court heard the government’s motion to dismiss D.J.C.V. v. United States of America, a case on behalf of D.J.C.V., a then two-year-old child, and his father, Mr. C., asylum seekers from Honduras. The Biden administration is seeking to dismiss the case, arguing that Trump’s immigration authorities had the right to separate the family without inquiry into the best interests of the child.
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SATURDAY: When You’re Called a Terrorist: How Domestic Terrorism Laws Target Protestors and Activists, online and live in ChicagoJoin us and NDN Collective, Community Movement Builders, and the Adalah Justice Project, for a panel discussion exploring how domestic terrorism laws target people challenging police violence, environmental destruction, and militarism. The “domestic terrorism” label is wielded against communities of color, even though the laws were ostensibly to quell white supremacist violence. This panel will be in person at the Netroots Nation conference in Chicago and livestreamed on Saturday, July 15, at 2:45 p.m. CT / 3:45 p.m. ET. You can attend or stream the session by purchasing a ticket on the Netroots Nation website. Speakers include our Senior Staff Attorney Diala Shamas, Community Movement Builders founder Kamau Franklin, NDN Collective President & CEO Nick Tilsen, and Jerusalem Fund Executive Director Jehad Abusalim. Adalah Justice Project Director Sandra Tamari will moderate. View more info about the event on our website. | ||
![]() WATCH: #WeStandWithFatima, powerful, short video in defense of CUNY Law class-elected speakerWe encourage you to watch and share this powerful video in defense of CUNY Law class-elected speaker Fatima, entitled #WeStandWithFatima, available on Youtube. This video was created by CUNY for Palestine and Within Our Lifetime and features a coalition of 34 legal scholars, professors, organizers, and artists, alongside CUNY students and workers. It includes a rereading of Fatima’s inspiring commencement address, delivered collectively by Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Robin D.G. Kelley, Noura Erakat, Judith Butler, Corey Robin, Dave Zirin, Ijeoma Oluo, our Deputy Legal Director Maria LaHood, among others. Fatima was subjected to a coordinated smear campaign and accused by CUNY’s Board of Trustees of committing “hate speech” after she condemned Zionist state violence in her commencement address on May 30, 2023. Read our statement condemning the CUNY Chancellor’s and Board of Trustees’ attack on Fatima. We also joined Palestine Legal and 12 other prominent civil rights groups in a joint letter to CUNY. You can read the letter on Palestine Legal’s website. |
July 13, 2023