Cristino N. Chavez Jr., LMSW, CTP
@cnc-lmsw.bsky.social
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Forensic Social Worker | PhD Candidate | Adjunct Professor | Board Member | Author | Immigration Court Mental Health Consultant
Instagram: @cnc_lmsw
Forensic Social Worker | PhD Candidate | Adjunct Professor | Board Member | Author | Immigration Court Mental Health Consultant
Instagram: @cnc_lmsw
“The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.”
- Huey P. Newton, Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party
- Huey P. Newton, Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party
November 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
“The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.”
- Huey P. Newton, Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party
- Huey P. Newton, Political Activist & Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party
“Although slavery has long been a part of human history, American chattel slavery represents a case of human trauma incomparable in scope, duration and consequence to any other incidence of human enslavement.”
- Dr. Joy DeGruy, Social Worker, Scholar, Author, & Researcher
- Dr. Joy DeGruy, Social Worker, Scholar, Author, & Researcher
October 29, 2025 at 5:02 AM
“Although slavery has long been a part of human history, American chattel slavery represents a case of human trauma incomparable in scope, duration and consequence to any other incidence of human enslavement.”
- Dr. Joy DeGruy, Social Worker, Scholar, Author, & Researcher
- Dr. Joy DeGruy, Social Worker, Scholar, Author, & Researcher
“What kind of justice is this?
Where the poor go to prison and the rich go free.
Where witnesses are rented, bought, or bribed.
Where people are tried not because of any criminal actions but because of their political beliefs.”
- Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography (1987)
Where the poor go to prison and the rich go free.
Where witnesses are rented, bought, or bribed.
Where people are tried not because of any criminal actions but because of their political beliefs.”
- Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography (1987)
September 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
“What kind of justice is this?
Where the poor go to prison and the rich go free.
Where witnesses are rented, bought, or bribed.
Where people are tried not because of any criminal actions but because of their political beliefs.”
- Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography (1987)
Where the poor go to prison and the rich go free.
Where witnesses are rented, bought, or bribed.
Where people are tried not because of any criminal actions but because of their political beliefs.”
- Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography (1987)
“Research shows that juveniles waive their Miranda rights at extremely high rates, with several studies putting it at roughly 90 percent. Yet it’s not clear that these kids understand what they’re giving up.” (Laird, 2016)
September 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
“Research shows that juveniles waive their Miranda rights at extremely high rates, with several studies putting it at roughly 90 percent. Yet it’s not clear that these kids understand what they’re giving up.” (Laird, 2016)
Police Officer: High school diploma/GED & 6 months of training
Attorney: Bachelors degree, entry exam (LSAT), law school, & bar exam
One is protected by qualified immunity, the other, can face professional reprimands, suspension/revocation of license to practice, with criminal charges if relevant.
Attorney: Bachelors degree, entry exam (LSAT), law school, & bar exam
One is protected by qualified immunity, the other, can face professional reprimands, suspension/revocation of license to practice, with criminal charges if relevant.
August 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Police Officer: High school diploma/GED & 6 months of training
Attorney: Bachelors degree, entry exam (LSAT), law school, & bar exam
One is protected by qualified immunity, the other, can face professional reprimands, suspension/revocation of license to practice, with criminal charges if relevant.
Attorney: Bachelors degree, entry exam (LSAT), law school, & bar exam
One is protected by qualified immunity, the other, can face professional reprimands, suspension/revocation of license to practice, with criminal charges if relevant.
"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare."
- Audre Lorde, Black Writer, Professor, Philosopher, Intersectional Feminist, Poet and Civil Rights Activist
- Audre Lorde, Black Writer, Professor, Philosopher, Intersectional Feminist, Poet and Civil Rights Activist
August 24, 2025 at 5:47 AM
"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare."
- Audre Lorde, Black Writer, Professor, Philosopher, Intersectional Feminist, Poet and Civil Rights Activist
- Audre Lorde, Black Writer, Professor, Philosopher, Intersectional Feminist, Poet and Civil Rights Activist
“All my skinfolk ain’t kinfolk”
- Zora Neal Hurston, Anthropologist & Preeminent Writer of 20th Century African American Literature
- Zora Neal Hurston, Anthropologist & Preeminent Writer of 20th Century African American Literature
August 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“All my skinfolk ain’t kinfolk”
- Zora Neal Hurston, Anthropologist & Preeminent Writer of 20th Century African American Literature
- Zora Neal Hurston, Anthropologist & Preeminent Writer of 20th Century African American Literature
"Our country's national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob. It represents the cool, calculating deliberation of intelligent people"
- Ida B. Wells, Lynch Law in America (1900)
- Ida B. Wells, Lynch Law in America (1900)
July 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"Our country's national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob. It represents the cool, calculating deliberation of intelligent people"
- Ida B. Wells, Lynch Law in America (1900)
- Ida B. Wells, Lynch Law in America (1900)
On June 11, 2025, Earl D. Smith, a 58-year-old Black man, was found hanging from a tree in Albany, NY. Police ruled it a suicide, but this country’s long history of lynching Black bodies says otherwise.
#JusticeForEarlSmith
#JusticeForEarlSmith
July 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
On June 11, 2025, Earl D. Smith, a 58-year-old Black man, was found hanging from a tree in Albany, NY. Police ruled it a suicide, but this country’s long history of lynching Black bodies says otherwise.
#JusticeForEarlSmith
#JusticeForEarlSmith
Saniyah Cheatham, 18, was arrested on July 4 in the Bronx and taken to NYPD’s 41st Precinct. Hours later, she was found dead in a holding cell. NYPD claims suicide. Her family says otherwise, demanding surveillance footage and a full, independent investigation.
We demand justice. We demand answers.
We demand justice. We demand answers.
July 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Saniyah Cheatham, 18, was arrested on July 4 in the Bronx and taken to NYPD’s 41st Precinct. Hours later, she was found dead in a holding cell. NYPD claims suicide. Her family says otherwise, demanding surveillance footage and a full, independent investigation.
We demand justice. We demand answers.
We demand justice. We demand answers.
Saying "I want to protect my community", "I want to change the system", "Not all of us are like that", and “I want to make sure we get “criminals” off the streets” is an interesting lie to say when you’re silent or complicit when defending law enforcement who abuse their power
July 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Saying "I want to protect my community", "I want to change the system", "Not all of us are like that", and “I want to make sure we get “criminals” off the streets” is an interesting lie to say when you’re silent or complicit when defending law enforcement who abuse their power
We have reach the age where those who can’t tell the difference between their, there, and they’re, are deciding your citizenship status….even if you were born here
May 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
We have reach the age where those who can’t tell the difference between their, there, and they’re, are deciding your citizenship status….even if you were born here
"In a world of possibility for us all, our personal visions help lay the groundwork for political action."
- Audre Lorde, Black Lesbian Feminist Poet & Civil Rights Activist
- Audre Lorde, Black Lesbian Feminist Poet & Civil Rights Activist
May 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"In a world of possibility for us all, our personal visions help lay the groundwork for political action."
- Audre Lorde, Black Lesbian Feminist Poet & Civil Rights Activist
- Audre Lorde, Black Lesbian Feminist Poet & Civil Rights Activist
Imagine voting to MaKe AmErIcA gReAt AgAiN then losing your home and being rejected federal recovery aid by the man you voted for….
Disaster survivors in Arkansas left homeless by recent tornadoes have been blocked from receiving federal recovery aid after President Donald Trump rejected the state’s request to declare a major disaster in March.
Tornado victims blocked from federal recovery aid after Trump denied request | CNN
Trump’s disaster denial follows his executive order seeking to shift the burden of response and recovery from the federal government onto states.
www.cnn.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Imagine voting to MaKe AmErIcA gReAt AgAiN then losing your home and being rejected federal recovery aid by the man you voted for….
“That is often the way of the oppressor. He cannot understand the simple fact that people want to be free. So, when a man resists oppression, they pass it off by calling him ‘crazy’ or ‘insane.'”
- Huey P. Newton, Black Revolutionary, Political Activist, & Founder of the Black Panther Party
- Huey P. Newton, Black Revolutionary, Political Activist, & Founder of the Black Panther Party
April 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“That is often the way of the oppressor. He cannot understand the simple fact that people want to be free. So, when a man resists oppression, they pass it off by calling him ‘crazy’ or ‘insane.'”
- Huey P. Newton, Black Revolutionary, Political Activist, & Founder of the Black Panther Party
- Huey P. Newton, Black Revolutionary, Political Activist, & Founder of the Black Panther Party
“When Black women stand up— as they did during the Montgomery Bus Boycott—as they did during the Black liberation era, earth-shaking changes occur.”
- Dr. Angela Yvonne Davis, Feminist Political Activist, Professor, Author, Former Member of the Black Panther Party
- Dr. Angela Yvonne Davis, Feminist Political Activist, Professor, Author, Former Member of the Black Panther Party
April 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“When Black women stand up— as they did during the Montgomery Bus Boycott—as they did during the Black liberation era, earth-shaking changes occur.”
- Dr. Angela Yvonne Davis, Feminist Political Activist, Professor, Author, Former Member of the Black Panther Party
- Dr. Angela Yvonne Davis, Feminist Political Activist, Professor, Author, Former Member of the Black Panther Party
Since Ida B. Wells-Barnett and the anti-lynching movement till the BLM moment, Black social workers are the backbone of social work movements.
March 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Since Ida B. Wells-Barnett and the anti-lynching movement till the BLM moment, Black social workers are the backbone of social work movements.
Today is Gideon Day, the day that guaranteed the right to an attorney when facing a criminal charge.
But full representation requires access to evidence and discovery. Gov. Hochul is trying to FULLY REPEAL NY’s discovery laws. We won’t go back #ProtectKaliefsLaw #DefendDiscovery
But full representation requires access to evidence and discovery. Gov. Hochul is trying to FULLY REPEAL NY’s discovery laws. We won’t go back #ProtectKaliefsLaw #DefendDiscovery
March 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Today is Gideon Day, the day that guaranteed the right to an attorney when facing a criminal charge.
But full representation requires access to evidence and discovery. Gov. Hochul is trying to FULLY REPEAL NY’s discovery laws. We won’t go back #ProtectKaliefsLaw #DefendDiscovery
But full representation requires access to evidence and discovery. Gov. Hochul is trying to FULLY REPEAL NY’s discovery laws. We won’t go back #ProtectKaliefsLaw #DefendDiscovery
Higher Ed: “We are an inclusive institution that values diversity in academic & student advancement in social change!”
Also Higher Ed: *Arrests, expells, & revokes students’ degrees for protesting & violating their First Amendment rights (that they teach)*
Also Higher Ed: *Arrests, expells, & revokes students’ degrees for protesting & violating their First Amendment rights (that they teach)*
March 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Higher Ed: “We are an inclusive institution that values diversity in academic & student advancement in social change!”
Also Higher Ed: *Arrests, expells, & revokes students’ degrees for protesting & violating their First Amendment rights (that they teach)*
Also Higher Ed: *Arrests, expells, & revokes students’ degrees for protesting & violating their First Amendment rights (that they teach)*
When school resource officers outnumber counselors in a school, we need to ask ourselves, “Is this place a school or is it prison.”
February 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
When school resource officers outnumber counselors in a school, we need to ask ourselves, “Is this place a school or is it prison.”
“The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.”
- Huey P. Newton, Black Revolutionary, Political Activist, Founder of the Black Panther Party
- Huey P. Newton, Black Revolutionary, Political Activist, Founder of the Black Panther Party
February 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.”
- Huey P. Newton, Black Revolutionary, Political Activist, Founder of the Black Panther Party
- Huey P. Newton, Black Revolutionary, Political Activist, Founder of the Black Panther Party
To be Latino/a/x and work for DHS, ICE, or Border Patrol is beyond wild. Like, to actively play a part in destroying families, violating human & civil rights, and abuse power of authority while “claiming” your “culture” and playing respectability politics is self-hate at its core.
January 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
To be Latino/a/x and work for DHS, ICE, or Border Patrol is beyond wild. Like, to actively play a part in destroying families, violating human & civil rights, and abuse power of authority while “claiming” your “culture” and playing respectability politics is self-hate at its core.
“Community policing” are not athletic leagues, youth programs, and playing basketball with kids.
Community policing holds officers accountable, transparency with collected data, full oversight of civilian complaint review boards during disciplinary proceedings, and gaining community trust.
Community policing holds officers accountable, transparency with collected data, full oversight of civilian complaint review boards during disciplinary proceedings, and gaining community trust.
January 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“Community policing” are not athletic leagues, youth programs, and playing basketball with kids.
Community policing holds officers accountable, transparency with collected data, full oversight of civilian complaint review boards during disciplinary proceedings, and gaining community trust.
Community policing holds officers accountable, transparency with collected data, full oversight of civilian complaint review boards during disciplinary proceedings, and gaining community trust.
On Dec. 9th, 2024, Robert Brooks was beaten to death by employees of Marcy Correctional Facility while others employees, including medical staff, stood by and watched.
Robert should be alive today.
Justice for Robert Brooks 🕊️
Robert should be alive today.
Justice for Robert Brooks 🕊️
December 31, 2024 at 12:39 AM
On Dec. 9th, 2024, Robert Brooks was beaten to death by employees of Marcy Correctional Facility while others employees, including medical staff, stood by and watched.
Robert should be alive today.
Justice for Robert Brooks 🕊️
Robert should be alive today.
Justice for Robert Brooks 🕊️
It’s funny how Luigi is considered a “terrorist” after killing 1 CEO yet Netanyahu gets an invitation to the White House and receives a standing ovation while committing a genocide against Palestinians and has a warrant for his arrests for war crimes by the ICC… #Day443
December 24, 2024 at 2:40 PM
It’s funny how Luigi is considered a “terrorist” after killing 1 CEO yet Netanyahu gets an invitation to the White House and receives a standing ovation while committing a genocide against Palestinians and has a warrant for his arrests for war crimes by the ICC… #Day443