Author Archives: aidarends

Alum Jada-Amina Named Lead Curator of Black Harvest Film Festival — Read on http://www.saic.edu/news/jada-amina-named-curator-black-harvest-film-festivak

Conservation Protected Areas Are a Disaster for Indigenous People — Read on foreignpolicy.com/2022/07/01/western-nonprofits-african-rights-land/

SF Chronicle staffers will be picketing outside at noon, pushing the management to sign a union contract after negotiations have stalled. — Read on missionlocal.org/2023/05/san-francisco-chronicle-writers-walk-off-the-job-in-lunch-out/

MSF teams are providing medical aid to people who were seeking safety in Europe, but instead found violence and inhumane treatment — Read on msf.org.uk/article/eu-migration-four-deadly-policies-being-pushed-european-leaders

Asylum seekers who come to ports of entry are supposed to be screened under the new, restrictive asylum rule, according to the Department of Homeland Security — Read on http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/story/2023-05-20/border-asylum-seekers-turn-backs-ports

Prior to the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a state agent, I was aware of people and organizations that described themselves as abolitionists, but promoted policies and goals that contradicted abolition. Abolition and Co-optation