In Interview Framing His Bid for Re-Election, Mayor Eric Adams Calls for Rikers to Remain Open
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, January 6, 2025 Contact: Contact: Yonah Zeitz | 347-201-2768 | yonah@katalcenter.org Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY In Interview Framing His Bid for Re-Election, Mayor Eric Adams Calls for Rikers to Remain Open and Commits to Sending More Low-Income New Yorkers to be Jailed There Statement from Katal Center […]
Savage Killing of Robert Brooks by Correctional Officers at Marcy Correctional Facility Sparks Outrage
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 30, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org • 347-201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter Savage Killing of Robert Brooks by Correctional Officers at Marcy Correctional Facility Sparks Outrage Statement from Katal Center New York, NY: On December 9th, correction officers brutally and violently beat Robert Brooks, 43, at Marcy Correctional Facility, and […]
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 organizer Grace Lee Boggs: “What time is it on the clock of the world?” It’s an urgent question for the entire country and for our […]
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 the year, we are reflecting🪞on all of the work we’ve done over the past year – organizing with thousands of people across Connecticut and New […]
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 Seattle By gabriel sayeghDecember 2024 In 1999, more than 80,000 people took to the streets of Seattle to protest the World Trade Organization (WTO) “Millennium […]
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, we are pushing on and looking toward the end of the year, focusing on our community organizing efforts and building power. As you may know, […]
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 its control of Rikers Island after ruling on Wednesday that the Department of Correction violated over a dozen court orders by failing to keep detainees […]
Major Development In Federal Nunez Case: Judge Holds the City in Contempt, is “Inclined to Impose Receivership” at Rikers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, November 27, 2024 Contact: Contact: Yonah Zeitz | 347-201-2768 | yonah@katalcenter.org Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY Major Development In Federal Nunez Case: City held in Contempt, Judge is “Inclined to Impose Receivership” at Rikers New York, NY: Today, in a major development in the Nunez v. N.Y.C. Department […]
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 a historic turning point for global trade and governance, organizing and mass nonviolent protest, and police repression tactics.
Today, 10/31: Katal Testifies at City Council Committee on Criminal Justice Hearing on the Rampant Sexual Abuse at Rikers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 31, 2024 Contact: Yonah Zeitz, yonah@katalcenter.org | (347) 201-2769 Follow on Twitter @KatalCenter | #ShutRikers | #CutShutInvestNY Today, 10/31: Katal Testifies at City Council Committee on Criminal Justice Hearing on the Rampant Sexual Abuse at Rikers To Address Widespread Abuses at Rikers, Federal Courts Must Appoint an Independent Receiver New […]
