Laura is a transgender woman who was granted asylee status by the United States in 2004 because of the extreme abuse and harassment she endured by the Colombian government due to her gender identity and sexual orientation. In 2008, she got into an abusive relationship and called the police. When they arrived, her abuser told … Read more
The most difficult thing I have ever had to face as a mother and an aunt is being labeled and categorized as a “Sexual Offender.” Before I went to prison, I would have said that my motherly instincts gave my life a sense of purpose. I would never intentionally harm nor place any child at … Read more
Over the past five years, there has been a resurgence of resistance, awareness, and action around police violence, sparked by the August 2014 killing of Michael Brown by Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson, and the subsequent uprisings that spread in waves across the country to New York City, Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Minneapolis, and beyond, … Read more
“We never talk in this family. Until it’s too late,” my sister exclaimed as we finished a heart to heart. She was right. We don’t speak. We internalize our demons and expect our loved ones to support us without specifying how, or why. Eventually, our armor corrodes and our festering wounds are exposed. Both my … Read more
The first death comes byBullet. The second, when they’veforgotten your name. Excerpt from Testify (Octopus Books, 2017).Originally published in Sink Review Issue #18
Barnard alum (’97) Dean Spade talks about the need to shift from policy advocacy to strategies to reduce police interactions in this clip from the Invisible No More conference Policing Sex and Gender panel.
Communities United for Police Reform Director Joo-Hyun Kang breaks down broken windows policing and its impacts on women, trans and gender nonconforming people in this clip from the Invisible No More conference Criminalizing Webs panel.
Mariame Kaba shares the evolution of her thinking around police violence from Eleanor Bumpurs to the Move 9 to police abolition in this clip from the Invisible No More conference From Combahee to Stonewall to Say Her Name & Beyond panel.
The following is an edited transcript of the comments that journalist and author Victoria Law made during “Policing Motherhood” at Invisible No More in November 2017. In her remarks, Law brings Dorothy Roberts’s opening analysis and statistics to life with two poignant stories uncovered in her reporting on women, gender, and criminal justice issues that … Read more
I was married with three children and a fourth on the way. During the time I was pregnant with my last child – my daughter – there were so many complications happening in my life. We were facing eviction from our apartment. I was on probation for a drug case from five years prior – … Read more
