Katal Connecticut Update — October 31, 2024
In this issue:
Harvesting Change 2024
STOP Solitary Rally
Cultivating Justice Meeting 11.7.24
October Statewide Call
Quotes of the Week
Harvesting Change ‘24 Brings People in Community for Vision Setting, Skill Sharing, Crafts, Breaking Bread, and More
** MEDIA ADVISORY ** October 24, 2024 Contact: Taina Manick – 860 -756-0889 – Taina@katalcenter.org Follow Online: #CutShutInvestCT | IG: CultivatingJusticeCT Saturday 10/26: Community Members Gather For Harvesting Change Harvesting Change ‘24 Brings People in Community for Vision Setting, Skill Sharing, Crafts, Breaking Bread, and More Bloomfield, CT– On Saturday, October 26th, the Cultivating Justice […]
Katal New York Update — October 24, 2024
In this issue:
-Organizing to Get Out the Vote and Stop Mayor Adams’ Power Grab on the November Ballot
-Tonight at 6 pm: Intro to Shut Rikers Meeting!
-Wednesday 10/30: #ShutRikers Phone Zap
-Quotes of the Week
Katal Connecticut Update — October 18, 2024
In this issue:
CT Harm Reduction Alliance Gala
Harvesting Change 2024
Middletown Planning Meeting
Miller Street is Welcoming Chickens!
Quotes of the Week
Katal New York Update — October 10, 2024
In this issue:
Kicking off GOTV & Continuing Outreach to #Nix2Through6 City Ballot Measures
Next Wednesday, Oct. 16th: #Shutrikers Phone Zap
Save the Date for our Intro to Shut Rikers Meeting on 10/24!
Quotes of the Week
Katal Connecticut Update — October 3, 2024
In this issue:
-Miller Street Community Farm Marigold Harvest
-Recap: September CT Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call
-October Cultivating Justice Meetings
-We’re Hiring a Community Organizer!
-Save the Date: Harvesting Change 2024
-Quotes of the Week
Katal New York Update — September 27, 2024
In this issue:
-Federal Courts One Step Closer to Receivership – #ShutRikers Keeps the Pressure Up
-Statement in Response to Mayor Adams’s Indictment
-Monday, 9/23: Peer not Police Rally by CCIT
-Tuesday 9/24: Launch of No Power Grab NYC
-Quotes of the Week
Advocates renew calls to close Rikers Island as possible federaltakeover looms
By Courtney Gross from Spectrum News NY1 Published September 25, 2024 Lawyers for prisoners on Rikers Island continued in court Wednesday to make the same arguments they have for years — that a massive overhaul is needed to make the city’s jails safer, and a federal judge must appoint a receiver to get real change. […]
Judge directs NYC to develop plan for possible federal takeoverof Rikers Island jail
By Philip Marcelo via AP News NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday directed New York City officials to begindeveloping a plan for a possible federal takeover of Rikers Island, following a hearing inManhattan in a long-running case over abuse, mismanagement and other chronic problems at oneof the nation’s largest and most notorious […]
Advocates renew call for Rikers Island closure as judge’s decision on possible federal takeover looms
By Dean Moses via AMNY Criminal justice advocates rallied in Lower Manhattan Wednesday to demand the closure of Rikers Island as a federal judge mulls whether to hand over the city correctional facility to a federal receiver. Judge Laura Taylor Swain held a Sept. 25 at the federal courthouse and was poised to decide whether […]
