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RELEASE: Community Groups Protest State of City Address
**PRESS RELEASE** January 24, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY | @katalcenter | shutriker.org Community Gro…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Care Not Criminalization Rally
**MEDIA ADVISORY** January 23, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz – 347-201-2768 yonah@katalcenter.org, Follow online: @katalcenter | #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Thursday 1/24: community groups to pro…
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2nd Death at Rikers Island Jail Complex in a Few Weeks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, January 22, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY 2nd Death at Rikers Isla…
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Katal Connecticut Update — January 25, 2024
Register Today: Growing Power, 2/24/24 You’re invited to the second annual Growing Power conference! Co-organized by Katal, Growing Power is a workshop series focused on farming and power, taking pl…
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Katal New York Update — January 18, 2024
In this issue: -Care Not Criminalization Rally -We’re hiring – NYC Community Organizer -Katal in Albany for Treatment Not Jail Advocacy Day -Katal in the News -Quotes of the Week
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What happened to Biden’s promises on criminal justice reform?
By Max Burns, Opinion Contributed via The Hill Back in his 2020 run for the White House, Joe Biden won over the skittish left in part because of his willingness […]
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NYC Community Organizer
Deadline to Apply: Applications will be reviewed immediately and will be accepted until filled.
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Katal Connecticut Update — January 12, 2024
ICYMI – Our 2023 Wrap Up Letter For Katal, entering 2024 feels a bit like being shot out of a cannon. The challenges ahead are daunting. The world is going […]
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Katal 2023 Stewardship Letter
January 8, 2024 Friends, For Katal, entering 2024 feels a bit like being shot out of a cannon. The challenges ahead are daunting. The world is going through convulsions. And […]
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Rikers Island detainee collapses, dies during basketball game in the first 2024 jail death
By: Erin White via 1010 WINS/Audacy A detainee on Rikers Island died on Thursday after collapsing during a basketball game, marking the first New York City jail death of 2024, […]
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Another Detained Person Dies at Rikers Island Jail Complex
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, January 4, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter/X @KatalCenter • #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY Another Detained Pers…
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NYC Mayor Adams pledges to close Rikers Island but wavers again over 2027 deadline
By: Elizabeth Kim and Jessy Edwards via Gothamist.com Mayor Eric Adams is pledging to shutter the long-troubled Rikers Island jail complex but recently outlined a number of challenges that could ham…
