emma velez
@protestotoro.bsky.social
Chicanx Okie | decolonial feminist philosopher 🍉 | cry bby | views my own 🫀👁️🫁🧠🦷
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emma velez
@protestotoro.bsky.social
· Apr 20
Finally got to meet her in person 🌊💧😭💙🩵🧿
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Juana Alicia. 2004. La Llorona’s Sacred Waters
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Juana Alicia. 2004. La Llorona’s Sacred Waters
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“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Consider signing on to support our colleagues at the New School!!
"Faculty and staff—who have given decades of their lives to the university—have been given less than two weeks to accept insulting “offers” and pack up as early as January 2, 2026."
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Stop the Cuts at the New School
The restructuring proposed by the New School’s upper administration will harm faculty, students and the larger New School community. Faculty and staff—who have given decades of their lives to the univ...
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December 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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The goal of the Trump administration is an ethnic cleansing that is actively being enacted, and that promises to destroy the diversity & freedoms that were ever the strength of this imperfect nation.
My latest in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My latest in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ethnic cleansing of the US will destroy it | Heba Gowayed
Trump’s racist remarks on Ilhan Omar and Somali immigrants reveals his vision for the US as a white Christian nation
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The goal of the Trump administration is an ethnic cleansing that is actively being enacted, and that promises to destroy the diversity & freedoms that were ever the strength of this imperfect nation.
My latest in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My latest in @theguardian.com.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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Rümeysa Öztürk should never have been ripped away from our Somerville community.
I'm glad that she'll be able to continue her research, teaching, & service to our district while her case plays out.
The Trump Administration must stop targeting her & restore her visa without delay.
I'm glad that she'll be able to continue her research, teaching, & service to our district while her case plays out.
The Trump Administration must stop targeting her & restore her visa without delay.
A federal judge has allowed a Tufts University student from Turkey to resume research and teaching while she deals with the consequences of having her visa revoked by the Trump administration, leading to six weeks of detention.
Turkish student who criticized Israel can resume research at Tufts after visa revoked, judge rules
The arrest of Rümeysa Öztürk was among the first as the Trump administration began targeting foreign-born students and activists involved in pro-Palestinian advocacy.
nbcnews.to
December 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Rümeysa Öztürk should never have been ripped away from our Somerville community.
I'm glad that she'll be able to continue her research, teaching, & service to our district while her case plays out.
The Trump Administration must stop targeting her & restore her visa without delay.
I'm glad that she'll be able to continue her research, teaching, & service to our district while her case plays out.
The Trump Administration must stop targeting her & restore her visa without delay.
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The American Association of University Professors said 40% of full-time faculty members — or 169 academics — have received voluntary separation or early retirement offers, making it the “largest attempted firing of faculty currently taking place in the nation.” #AcademicSky
The New School faces identity crisis amid planned layoffs, reorganization
The storied leftist university faces a $48 million deficit.
gothamist.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The American Association of University Professors said 40% of full-time faculty members — or 169 academics — have received voluntary separation or early retirement offers, making it the “largest attempted firing of faculty currently taking place in the nation.” #AcademicSky
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i do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
December 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
i do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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“Wherever life can grow, it will. It will sprout out, and do the best it can.”
Remembering Gwendolyn Brooks, who left us 25 years ago today, with her wisdom on vulnerability as strength and her advice to writers www.themarginalian.org/2017/04/19/g...
Remembering Gwendolyn Brooks, who left us 25 years ago today, with her wisdom on vulnerability as strength and her advice to writers www.themarginalian.org/2017/04/19/g...
Gwendolyn Brooks on Vulnerability as Strength and Her Advice to Writers
“Wherever life can grow, it will. It will sprout out, and do the best it can.”
www.themarginalian.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“Wherever life can grow, it will. It will sprout out, and do the best it can.”
Remembering Gwendolyn Brooks, who left us 25 years ago today, with her wisdom on vulnerability as strength and her advice to writers www.themarginalian.org/2017/04/19/g...
Remembering Gwendolyn Brooks, who left us 25 years ago today, with her wisdom on vulnerability as strength and her advice to writers www.themarginalian.org/2017/04/19/g...
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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It's been a very busy day so am getting a late start to inviting any and everyone to support the Another World Toy Drive that I am co-organizing this season.
Toy purchase link: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen gift purchase link: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Thanks in advance for any support.
Toy purchase link: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen gift purchase link: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Thanks in advance for any support.
December 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It's been a very busy day so am getting a late start to inviting any and everyone to support the Another World Toy Drive that I am co-organizing this season.
Toy purchase link: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen gift purchase link: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Thanks in advance for any support.
Toy purchase link: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen gift purchase link: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Thanks in advance for any support.
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Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
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On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning.
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning.
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Somehow people will still balk when folks talk about how the roots of policing are slavery and anti Blackness.
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Somehow people will still balk when folks talk about how the roots of policing are slavery and anti Blackness.
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"Juanito" shares, "I am an irrigator. Right now my job is to water the celery so it will be ready to harvest for Thanksgiving. It is thanks to us farm workers, and the hard work we do in the fields, the holiday produce which so many enjoy will be on our tables." #WeFeedYou
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Juanito" shares, "I am an irrigator. Right now my job is to water the celery so it will be ready to harvest for Thanksgiving. It is thanks to us farm workers, and the hard work we do in the fields, the holiday produce which so many enjoy will be on our tables." #WeFeedYou
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I ran into an advocate who told me that the 9 men detained from Canal Street last month struggled to find legal representation. Historically, Black immigrants experience disproportionately *more* removals than any other group. Anti-Black racism fuels US immigration in *every* way.
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I ran into an advocate who told me that the 9 men detained from Canal Street last month struggled to find legal representation. Historically, Black immigrants experience disproportionately *more* removals than any other group. Anti-Black racism fuels US immigration in *every* way.
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CHARLOTTE: “More than 20,000 students missed school Monday”
Standing up to Trump’s lawless ice goon raids
Standing up to Trump’s lawless ice goon raids
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
CHARLOTTE: “More than 20,000 students missed school Monday”
Standing up to Trump’s lawless ice goon raids
Standing up to Trump’s lawless ice goon raids
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Ana Mendieta should be a mere 77 years old today.
The Cuban American feminist artist was likely murdered by her husband at 36, in 1985.
May her memory and work be for a revolution. ❤️🔥
The Cuban American feminist artist was likely murdered by her husband at 36, in 1985.
May her memory and work be for a revolution. ❤️🔥
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Ana Mendieta should be a mere 77 years old today.
The Cuban American feminist artist was likely murdered by her husband at 36, in 1985.
May her memory and work be for a revolution. ❤️🔥
The Cuban American feminist artist was likely murdered by her husband at 36, in 1985.
May her memory and work be for a revolution. ❤️🔥
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WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
![On official UC letterhead:
UNIVERSITY
OF
CALIFORNIA
James B. Milliken President
Office of the President
1111 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94607
universityofcalifornia.edu
CAMPUSES Berkeley
Davis
Irvine
UCLA
Merced
Riverside San Diego San Francisco
Santa Barbara Santa Cruz
MEDICAL CENTERS
Davis
Irvine
UCLA
San Diego
San Francisco
NATIONAL LABORATORIES Lawrence Berkeley Lawrence Livermore Los Alamos
DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
November 18, 2025
Dear Chancellors:
I'm writing with regard to the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP) and the program's associated faculty hiring incentive.
As you know, for more than 40 years, PPFP has provided postdoctoral research fellowships, professional development, and faculty mentoring to scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service advance the academic and research missions of the University of California.
Since 2003, UC campuses that hire current and former PPFP fellows into ladder-rank positions have been eligible for a hiring incentive funded by the University that provides support for newly hired fellows for five years. Since the creation of the incentive, more than $162 million has been invested by the University to support PPFP faculty hires. This commitment has enabled our campuses to successfully recruit and retain outstanding faculty across a range of disciplines.
Given the myriad challenges currently facing UC - including disruptions to billions of dollars in annual federal support, as well as uncertainty around the state budget- reasonable questions were raised in recent months about whether the University could maintain the commitment to current levels of incentive funding. After considering a recommendation to sunset the incentive program due to these significant fiscal constraints, I consulted with all of you as well as faculty and campus academic administrators and systemwide Academic Senate leadership.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
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"This narrative that faculty are indoctrinating students is a manufactured crisis...You can trace it back to a network of right-wing think tanks, but it seems the university is treating it as if it is real.”
- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
University of Texas silent on Trump compact as deadline looms
Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer tying priority federal funding to campus policy changes.
www.texastribune.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"This narrative that faculty are indoctrinating students is a manufactured crisis...You can trace it back to a network of right-wing think tanks, but it seems the university is treating it as if it is real.”
- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
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615 of the estimated 3,000+ detained immigrants who were kidnapped in Chicagoland during Midway Blitz are expected to be eligible for bond this week. The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund shows up for people in detention who need bond, but it costs, at minimum, $1,500 per person. Pls help them.
A Midwest Bond Fund Is Helping Detained Chicago Immigrants Return To Their Families
The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund launched in 2020 to provide bond assistance to people navigating the complex immigration legal system. That mission has become more difficult under the second Trump a...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
615 of the estimated 3,000+ detained immigrants who were kidnapped in Chicagoland during Midway Blitz are expected to be eligible for bond this week. The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund shows up for people in detention who need bond, but it costs, at minimum, $1,500 per person. Pls help them.
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“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
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Last week at a daycare center in Chicago, employee Diana Santillana was violently abducted and detained by immigration agents in front of young children.
Tara Goodarzi’s three-year-old son witnessed the aftermath of the arrest.
Tara Goodarzi’s three-year-old son witnessed the aftermath of the arrest.
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Last week at a daycare center in Chicago, employee Diana Santillana was violently abducted and detained by immigration agents in front of young children.
Tara Goodarzi’s three-year-old son witnessed the aftermath of the arrest.
Tara Goodarzi’s three-year-old son witnessed the aftermath of the arrest.