Katal Connecticut Update — June 13, 2024
In this issue:
-BLOC Training – Saturday June 15, 2024
-Black Farmers Fight Back
-Canvassing to #CutShutInvestCT
Katal New York Update — May 30, 2024
In this issue:
-NY Assembly Committee on Correction Advances Legislation (A5709A) to Increase Oversight of Jails and Prisons Across the State
-This Saturday, June 1: Cure Violence 6th Annual Community Health and Wellness Fair
-Next Wednesday, 6/5: Shut Rikers Phone Zap
-Quotes of the Week
Katal New York Update — May 16, 2024
In this issue:
-Next Thursday, 5/23: Info Session About Receivership Receivership at Rikers
-This Saturday Speak Up Harlem: Civic Engagement & Unity Festival 5/18
-Next Wednesday, 5/22: Shut Rikers Phone Zap
-Quotes of the Week
Katal Connecticut Update — May 9, 2024
In this issue:
-Cultivating Justice Updates
-Middletown Update
-Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call
-We’re Hiring a Community Organizer
-Quotes of the Week
Katal New York Update — May 2, 2024
In this issue:
-Phone Zaps to Shut Rikers
-Next Thursday, 5/9: Monthly NYS Criminal Justice Reform Call
-Next Wednesday, 5/9: Intro to Katal Meeting
-Quotes of the Week
Katal Connecticut Update — April 25, 2024
In this issue:
-Cultivating Justice Updates
-Middletown Monthly Meeting
-Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call
-We’re Hiring a Community Organizer
-Quotes of the Week
Katal New York Update — April 19, 2024
In this issue:
-Tonight: Shut Rikers Info Session at Nowadays
-This Friday, April 19th: Shut Rikers Shut Rikers Tabling Session at Brownsville Safety Alliances community event
-Next Thursday, 4/24: Shut Rikers Phone Zap
-Quotes of the Week
Katal New York Update — April 4, 2024
In this issue:
-Rikers in Crisis: Another Death and Rampant Abuse
-Tonight: Shut Rikers Info Session Hosted by the Black Caucus at the Columbia School of Social Work
-Next Wednesday, April 10th: Shut Rikers Phone Zap
-Next Thursday, 4/11: April New York Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call
-Quotes of the Week
Rampant Sex Abuse Against Women In Rikers Will Be Investigated: Mayor
By: Matt Troutman, via Patch NEW YORK CITY — Accusations of rampant sexual against hundreds of women by guards in Rikers Island that led to a combined $14.7 billion in damages sought by lawsuits will be investigated, said Mayor Eric Adams. Adams contended Tuesday that he was unaware of the scope of accusations until he […]
Groups seek to ‘cultivate justice’ with community farm at unused Middletown park
By Cassandra Day Via Greenwich Time MIDDLETOWN — A social justice organization wants to turn a rarely used park in the North End into a farm run by youth and people of color. Diana Martinez, program manager for Cultivating Justice and principal of Dee’s Crafty Bees, wants to rent the property for five years. The […]
