Kevin Karpiak

We The People Action Fund - Detroit Immigrant Justice Organizer  Detroit Immigrant Justice Organizer About We The People: We The People Action Fund (WTPAF) (501c4), along with and through its sister organization, We The People Michigan (WTPMI) (501c3), w...

We the People Action Fund is looking to hire a Detroit Immigrant Justice Organizer. Full time position, starting at $50k

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I teach at a school with a large nursing program and my intro to sociology classes are often filled with nursing students. Out of 35 of them only 2 knew about the cuts and grant cancellations in HHS and NIH, they were very upset when we discussed it - TALK TO YOUR STUDENTS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING

The Office for Civil Rights has requested the names & nat'lities of students & faculty..involved in alleged Title VI violations.
Today, the AAUP wrote to college & universities to clarify that they are under NO LEGAL COMPULSION to comply. Doing so enables deportations.
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YouTube video by Fat Wreck Chords Propagandhi - Albright Monument, Baghdad (Official Audio)

This album is so so good

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this Adrienne Rich poem from the @yalereview.bsky.social archives sucker punched me this am

Reminder: Black history offers many examples of fighting authoritarianism, so one doesn't always have to look to Europe. Nazi lawyers looked to Jim Crow for inspiration for their racist laws. Read as much about struggles against Jim Crow as you do about other examples of resisting authoritarianism

This event is happening this Wednesday at the #Umich Ann Arbor campus, come and please share!

The UC system now has a dedicated website where faculty, staff, and students can track the Trump admin actions and how they affect university functions.

speaking up and pushing back works. keep it up.

A Deep Dive into the Sheriff's Budget: a Civic Education and Strategy Session By Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice

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Ritual Language and Police Discretion AbstractThe intersection of law enforcement, racial bias, and speech acts has been insightfully explored in the anthropological literature. This chapter ex

Looking forward to reading this:

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The State Department suspended all applications for passport gender changes in response to President Trump's executive order restricting transgender rights.

We know this has caused confusion. We're monitoring the situation closely — here are 2 important things to know.

The #DATALab in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office is requesting proposals for research that meets the moment to support in 2025.

Please read more via link below and consider applying or sharing in your networks:

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Defer no time... Email me with any Qs.

Trump Reverses Biden Directive on Policing Reforms Although the new president undid many of the previous administration’s policing reforms, Trump should still build on the beneficial policies of his first term.

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They watched the trailer in my kid’s 5/6 class at Open @ Mack. Got our tix!

Legislative Website Training | Join the League's External Affairs Director, Alex Rossman, as he demonstrates how to use the Michigan Legislature's website (www.legislature.mi.gov) to... | By Michigan ... Join the League's External Affairs Director, Alex Rossman, as he demonstrates how to use the Michigan Legislature's website (www.legislature.mi.gov) to...

Third, the Michigan League for Public Policy has a Facebook video on how to use the Michigan Legislature's website www.facebook.com/MichLeague/v...

Second, there's the Michigan State Legislature's "2023-2024 Michigan Citizen's Guide to State Government" MI-CEMI calls attention to pg 60 (which describes how a bill becomes a law) & pgs 62-71 (which explain committee roles and processes) www.legislature.mi.gov/Publications...

First, there's the Michigan League for Public Policy Advocacy Guide. It's geared mostly for non-profit orgs, but I think it can be useful for everyone looking to becoming more politically engaged. It has useful section such as "Why Advocate?" and "Where Do We Begin?" mlpp.org/wp-content/u...

For those in Michigan who may want to better understand the legislative process, how it works, and how to affect it, the Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration (MI-CEMI) @micemi.bsky.social has a great list of resources in their latest update email 🧵:

7,000 Applications for 20 Affordable Units: A Wake-Up Call for Ann Arbor’s Housing Policy An affordable housing developer got 7,000 applications for 20 units, exposing Ann Arbor’s housing crisis while the UDC remains unchanged.

We can’t wait another decade while thousands of families remain without stable homes. What good is a pro-housing majority when thousands are left without places to live? 6,980 families are waiting for us to permit more housing and to build it here. LFG! #a2council

Battle Between Carnival and Lent, by Jan Molenaer (flipped), 1633-34, 📸 by @julianfinney

@unlawfulentries.bsky.social tells why birthright citizenship ensconced in the 14th Amendment is "black-letter law"--so well established that it is beyond any reasonable debate--through four excellent books.

This is an actual fucking photo of a band that was (and still is) very important to me

I am using this book for my Twentieth Century Europe class again this semester. And as I am prepping it and my assignments, its breadth and depth of primary sources documents showing how fascism grew in many different European countries is amazing. Thanks to all the chapter authors!

Ann Arbor has too many geese… and deer #A2Council

The state of humanities funding in the US is shocking. For every $1000 the feds spend on research, humanities receive a $1.30 🤯

Of the ~$54 billion in research the federal govt funds in U.S. higher ed, only $69 million goes to the humanities (=0.13% of fed total) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...