Inmates sue over ‘unsafe and unacceptable’ COVID conditions in CT prisons
By Lisa Backus via CT Insider At least five inmates filed lawsuits against Gov. Ned Lamont and state Department of Correction officials in June, seeking $500,000 in damages after contracting COVID-19 during the omicron surge this winter that nearly doubled the cumulative number of coronavirus cases in Connecticut prisons, court documents show. The inmates, all […]
Katal New York Update- July 21, 2022
In this Issue:
-Outreach in Harlem and Washington Heights
-2nd Annual Suitcase Sunday in Queens
-Katal Member Spotlight: Henry’s Story
-Quotes of the Week
Katal Connecticut Update- July 14, 2022
In this issue:
-Demanding That Governor Lamont #FreeThemNowCT
-Op-Ed by Katal’s gabriel sayegh
-ICYMI: Katal on WPKN’s What’s Your Point?
-Quotes of the Week
Katal New York Update-July 7, 2022
In this issue:
-Summer Outreach to #CutShutInvestNY
-#LessIsMoreNY Info Session
-Op-Ed by Katal’s gabriel sayegh
-Quotes of the Week
After Roe V Wade Then What? Women & The LGBTQIA Communities Are Under Assault
By: Garnett Ankle via WPKN Community Radio LGBTQIA and Women’s Reproductive Rights are under attack in the United States. The nearly fifty year old federal law, Roe V Wade has been struck down by the United States Supreme Court. This is the first in the history of the United States Supreme Count, a right has […]
Katal Connecticut Update- July 1, 2022
In this issue:
-Reproductive Justice and Equity
-OUT LOUD Pride Event
-Katal on What’s Your Point? Radio Show
-Quotes of the Week
Navigating the Perils of Community Supervision — and Working Together to Make Change
By: gabriel sayegh via Medium.com When my brother Malakkar was finally released from federal prison, his family and friends were of course relieved. But we were also nervous, because the ordeal wasn’t over. He still had to serve the remaining six months of his sentence at a halfway house, and then faced five years of […]
Katal Corner- June 23, 2022
By Kenyatta Muzzanni via NorthEnd Agent’s The Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice is a grassroots, community-based organization devoted to developing the people, policies, institutions, and movements that advance equity, health, and justice for everyone. We do this through 3 interrelated goals: • Building the leadership and organizing capacity of neighborhood residents, as well […]
Katal New York Update- June 23, 2022
In this issue:
-#LessIsMoreNY Implementation Update Call
-New Op-Ed by Katal’s gabriel sayegh
-We’re Hiring – NYC Community Organizer
-Quotes of the Week
Katal Corner
By Kenyatta Muzzanni via Northend Agent’s The Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice is a grassroots, community-based organization devoted to developing the people, policies, institutions, and movements that advance equity, health, and justice for everyone. We do this through 3 interrelated goals: • Building the leadership and organizing capacity of neighborhood residents, as well […]
