• This is not normal. It’s time for action.

    Dear Friend, What’s happening right now in Washington, DC is not normal. Two weeks into the new Trump Administration, and the country faces a serious constitutional crisis. Trump is violating [&hell…

  • Katal New York Update — January 30, 2025

    In this issue: -Organizing to Address Deadly Conditions in Jails and Prisons Across NY -Receivership and Organizing to Shut Rikers -Quotes of the Week

  • Katal New York Update — January 16, 2026

    In this issue: -Justice for Robert Brooks at the State of the City -The State Commission of Correction is Failing -Shut Down Rikers Protest at Mayor State of the City -Quotes of the Week

  • Katal New York Update — December 19, 2024

    In this issue: Organizing to Shut Rikers in 2025 #Shutrikers Outreach Katal In The News January NY Statewide Criminal Justice Reform Call Quotes of the Week

  • Katal’s Annual Stewardship Letter: 2024 in Review – and Gearing Up for the New Year

    By Lorenzo Jones and gabriel sayegh In reflecting over this past year and looking toward the next, we keep coming back to this quote from the civil rights and labor […]

  • Sustaining Donor Drive: Email Fun

    Below is a fundraising email we sent out as a part of our Sustaining Donor Drive: Subject: [Silly photos and emojis inside] Dear Friend, As we approach the end of […]

  • Katal Connecticut Update — December 12, 2024

    In this issue: Recap: Trinity College Info Session We’re Hiring a CT Apprentice Organizer Final Statewide Call of the Year Middletown Chicken Action Meeting Quotes of the Week

  • Katal New York Update — December 5, 2024

    In this Issue: Federal Court Moves Closer to Receivership and Upcoming Info Session Last New York Criminal Justice Reform Call of the Year 25th Anniversary of the WTO Protests in Seattle Quotes of the…

  • 25 WTO Protest Facts @ 25

    For a downloadable version of this article, in PDF form, click here. 25 @ 2525 Fun or Otherwise Lesser-Known Facts to Mark the 25th Anniversary of the WTO Protests in […]

  • Giving Tuesday: Email Fun

    Below is a fundraising email we sent on Giving Tuesday: Subject: A silly email to brighten your day Dear Friend, We hope you are having a good day. At Katal, […]

  • Judge ‘Inclined’ to strip city of control of Rikers Island

    By Jacob Kaye from the Queens Daily EaglePublished on November 27, 2024 A federal judge said that she was leaning toward taking the extreme measure of stripping the city of […]

  • 25 years since “Battle in Seattle”

    It’s been 25 years since a massive public uprising in the streets of Seattle led to the shutdown of the World Trade Organization (WTO) “Millenium Round” Ministerial Conference. That week became…