Cathy García
@thecathyshow.bsky.social
Unconventional grantmaker. Good troublemaker.
Principal: www.philanthropyconcafe.com
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Principal: www.philanthropyconcafe.com
(all views my own)
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Two things both true:
The loved ones of Venezuelans are celebrating that they are no longer in CECOT; some are celebrating their return home.
And.
It is a violation of international law to cause someone to be returned where they’ll be persecuted. Most of them never got a chance to make that case.
The loved ones of Venezuelans are celebrating that they are no longer in CECOT; some are celebrating their return home.
And.
It is a violation of international law to cause someone to be returned where they’ll be persecuted. Most of them never got a chance to make that case.
July 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Two things both true:
The loved ones of Venezuelans are celebrating that they are no longer in CECOT; some are celebrating their return home.
And.
It is a violation of international law to cause someone to be returned where they’ll be persecuted. Most of them never got a chance to make that case.
The loved ones of Venezuelans are celebrating that they are no longer in CECOT; some are celebrating their return home.
And.
It is a violation of international law to cause someone to be returned where they’ll be persecuted. Most of them never got a chance to make that case.
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🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
June 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
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It has occurred to me that y'all might not know who Mayor Ras Baraka is. So I'm going to take a moment out of grading to do my duty as a Jersey girl and teach you a thing. Mayor Baraka is the 40th mayor of the Newark, NJ, the city that will forever be Jersey's heartbeat.
May 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
It has occurred to me that y'all might not know who Mayor Ras Baraka is. So I'm going to take a moment out of grading to do my duty as a Jersey girl and teach you a thing. Mayor Baraka is the 40th mayor of the Newark, NJ, the city that will forever be Jersey's heartbeat.
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There’s so much defensive work needed right now, but I also think the moment is ripe for abolitionists to also go on offense locally—ICE is an extension/form of policing, we have to make connections on the need to eliminate police capacity to round people up in the first place!!!
May 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
There’s so much defensive work needed right now, but I also think the moment is ripe for abolitionists to also go on offense locally—ICE is an extension/form of policing, we have to make connections on the need to eliminate police capacity to round people up in the first place!!!
“Nobody is above the law” is a rich statement to make when ya’lls President has 34 felony convictions and over two dozen sexual misconduct allegations. Playing in our faces with nonsense and selective amnesia.
May 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“Nobody is above the law” is a rich statement to make when ya’lls President has 34 felony convictions and over two dozen sexual misconduct allegations. Playing in our faces with nonsense and selective amnesia.
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I'd also add, mocking of disabled people who are still taking Covid precautions has also normalized anti-disability biases.
Don’t be surprised if the next marginalized community the far right decides to target and demonized is the disabled community.
The normalization of the ‘R-word,’ acceptance pronatalist eugenics, and the proposal there should be a registry of people on the autism spectrum.
“Lebensunwertes leben.”
The normalization of the ‘R-word,’ acceptance pronatalist eugenics, and the proposal there should be a registry of people on the autism spectrum.
“Lebensunwertes leben.”
May 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I'd also add, mocking of disabled people who are still taking Covid precautions has also normalized anti-disability biases.
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When people break the law, and their actions are righteous and appropriate, we should applaud them. When people abide by or enforce the law, and their actions are repugnant, we should condemn them. We should never pretend the law is a moral dividing line.
April 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
When people break the law, and their actions are righteous and appropriate, we should applaud them. When people abide by or enforce the law, and their actions are repugnant, we should condemn them. We should never pretend the law is a moral dividing line.
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They are not against detention centers, they just have extremely racist reasons for not wanting them in their town.
Not In Our Backyard: Some Pro-Trump Towns Push Against Detention Centers
Opposition to an immigration detention center in Leavenworth, Kansas, illustrates a tension playing out across the country.
www.themarshallproject.org
April 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
They are not against detention centers, they just have extremely racist reasons for not wanting them in their town.
“The dismantling of [civil society] institutions does not begin with tanks in the streets. It begins with budget cuts, regulatory attacks & public delegitimization.”
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/nonp...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/nonp...
Nonprofits Under Attack: Is ‘Institutional Strength’ Strong Enough to Defeat the Authoritarians?
Opinion | Collective action is the only force capable of meeting an authoritarian movement with equal resolve.
www.democracydocket.com
April 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
“The dismantling of [civil society] institutions does not begin with tanks in the streets. It begins with budget cuts, regulatory attacks & public delegitimization.”
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/nonp...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/nonp...
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if u are fuming at mass deportation of migrants to El Salvador's CECOT prison, u should also be fuming that people are being deported at all. Plus, much of the $ for the securitization & border externalization & carceral regimes in Central America has LONG come from US-backed neoliberal war on drugs
April 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
if u are fuming at mass deportation of migrants to El Salvador's CECOT prison, u should also be fuming that people are being deported at all. Plus, much of the $ for the securitization & border externalization & carceral regimes in Central America has LONG come from US-backed neoliberal war on drugs
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As May Day approaches, we're calling all feminists, organizers, and freedom fighters to join our Mass Organizing call on April 21st at 7pm ET. We'll talk immigration, workers’ rights, and how we're showing up on May Day to defend our communities and demand dignity for all. RSVP here: bit.ly/4lt9otR
April 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
As May Day approaches, we're calling all feminists, organizers, and freedom fighters to join our Mass Organizing call on April 21st at 7pm ET. We'll talk immigration, workers’ rights, and how we're showing up on May Day to defend our communities and demand dignity for all. RSVP here: bit.ly/4lt9otR
My inability to believe what #philanthropy says because I see what it does is rooted in the many examples where its chosen perpetuity & safety over its purpose. The pressures of this political moment are growing the fissures even more. And frankly it’s not an institution I’m interested in saving.
April 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
My inability to believe what #philanthropy says because I see what it does is rooted in the many examples where its chosen perpetuity & safety over its purpose. The pressures of this political moment are growing the fissures even more. And frankly it’s not an institution I’m interested in saving.
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"Chevron has been ordered to pay more than $744m in damages for destroying parts of south-east Louisiana’s coastal wetlands over the years...the conclusion of the first trial among 42 lawsuits filed about 12 years earlier.."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Jury orders Chevron to pay more than $744m for destroying Louisiana wetlands
Verdict marks end of the first trial of 42 lawsuits filed about 12 years ago, alleging firm’s projects destroyed the regions
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"Chevron has been ordered to pay more than $744m in damages for destroying parts of south-east Louisiana’s coastal wetlands over the years...the conclusion of the first trial among 42 lawsuits filed about 12 years earlier.."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
May these ghouls never know a day of peace in their lives. May the people aiding and abetting this monster’s fascist agenda be buried alive in shame and self loathing for literal eternity.
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
March 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
May these ghouls never know a day of peace in their lives. May the people aiding and abetting this monster’s fascist agenda be buried alive in shame and self loathing for literal eternity.
We’re really living in a time of monsters. This ruling sets a dangerous precedent that many nonprofits will not survive.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Greenpeace ordered to pay Dakota Access Pipeline operator $667 million in case that could destroy the group
A North Dakota jury awarded $667 million in damages to Energy Transfer, the company that runs the Dakota Access Pipeline, after finding Greenpeace liable in a high-stakes defamation case.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
We’re really living in a time of monsters. This ruling sets a dangerous precedent that many nonprofits will not survive.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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A US-born citizen was walking near Chicago in January. ICE snatched him off the street, handcuffed him, threw into a van. His wallet, which contained his ID, was confiscated. He was detained for 10 hours before being released without a record of what occurred.
immigrantjustice.org/sites/defaul...
immigrantjustice.org/sites/defaul...
March 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A US-born citizen was walking near Chicago in January. ICE snatched him off the street, handcuffed him, threw into a van. His wallet, which contained his ID, was confiscated. He was detained for 10 hours before being released without a record of what occurred.
immigrantjustice.org/sites/defaul...
immigrantjustice.org/sites/defaul...
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Family of man killed by Paterson police allege cops ‘acted with deliberate indifference’ newjerseymonitor.com/2025/03/07/f... via @danadifilippo.bsky.social
Family of man killed by Paterson police allege cops 'acted with deliberate indifference' • New Jersey Monitor
Najee Seabrooks, 31, died in 2023 after he called police for help when he was in a mental crisis, but police shot him to end a standoff.
newjerseymonitor.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Family of man killed by Paterson police allege cops ‘acted with deliberate indifference’ newjerseymonitor.com/2025/03/07/f... via @danadifilippo.bsky.social
I wrote this in 2023 after processing the very weird function of our role as program staff in foundations, specifically those from marginalized communities, in moments of crisis. I outlined some questions that helped ground how I move in moments like this.
www.philanthropyconcafe.com/post/why-we-...
www.philanthropyconcafe.com/post/why-we-...
Why We Need an Ethic of Care for Program Officers
By Cathy GarcíaProgram officers (POs) are some of the most complex decision-makers and players within the philanthropic ecosystem; their impact immeasurable when it comes to the people and communities...
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March 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I wrote this in 2023 after processing the very weird function of our role as program staff in foundations, specifically those from marginalized communities, in moments of crisis. I outlined some questions that helped ground how I move in moments like this.
www.philanthropyconcafe.com/post/why-we-...
www.philanthropyconcafe.com/post/why-we-...
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The planned opening of Delaney Hall as a private immigration detention facility is a serious threat to NJ's immigrant communities. New Jersey must not be complicit in Trump’s mass detention & deportation agenda.
Read more in @npr.org: www.npr.org/2025/02/27/n...
Read more in @npr.org: www.npr.org/2025/02/27/n...
ICE will reopen a major detention center in New Jersey as it eyes a broader expansion
The Trump administration is expanding its immigration detention capacity, reopening a 1,000-bed detention center in New Jersey and adding beds at other privately owned facilities around the country.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The planned opening of Delaney Hall as a private immigration detention facility is a serious threat to NJ's immigrant communities. New Jersey must not be complicit in Trump’s mass detention & deportation agenda.
Read more in @npr.org: www.npr.org/2025/02/27/n...
Read more in @npr.org: www.npr.org/2025/02/27/n...
#Philanthropy #nonprofitsky news/stories/opinion alternatives to a certain trade publication who seems to like placing targets on its readership:
🗞️ @npquarterly.bsky.social
🗞️ @insidephilanthropy.com
🗞️ Alliance magazine
🗞️ @impactalpha.com
🗞️ @candiddotorg.bsky.social Philanthropy News Digest
🗞️ @npquarterly.bsky.social
🗞️ @insidephilanthropy.com
🗞️ Alliance magazine
🗞️ @impactalpha.com
🗞️ @candiddotorg.bsky.social Philanthropy News Digest
March 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
#Philanthropy #nonprofitsky news/stories/opinion alternatives to a certain trade publication who seems to like placing targets on its readership:
🗞️ @npquarterly.bsky.social
🗞️ @insidephilanthropy.com
🗞️ Alliance magazine
🗞️ @impactalpha.com
🗞️ @candiddotorg.bsky.social Philanthropy News Digest
🗞️ @npquarterly.bsky.social
🗞️ @insidephilanthropy.com
🗞️ Alliance magazine
🗞️ @impactalpha.com
🗞️ @candiddotorg.bsky.social Philanthropy News Digest