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“If I dont tell my story no one will. Nothing will change.” Thats what Nilda said to us after detained, separated from her 2-year-old. Bravest person I’ve met. Inspired this video. Watch. Visit whiletheywait.org to help others like her #whiletheywait
In June 2018, my org (@BklynDefender) mobilized social workers & attorneys to help reunite parents & children sent to NYC by ICE. That’s how we met Nilda & Keyden. Survived separation. Now struggling to survive in U.S. #whiletheywait for asylum. Help: whiletheywait.org.
Just got off phone w/ Nilda. She asked me to ask you all to please watch this 👇. Then if moved, go to whiletheywait.org to help others like her #whiletheywait in the US for legal status w/ next to nothing. She told her story to help others.
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This is Nilda & her 2-year-old. Forcibly separated in Texas. Nilda was held in 5 detention centers over 2 months. Told: “This is what happens when you come to our country.” She doesn’t know what happened to Keyden. Just that’s he’s changed. Their story:
I met Nilda shortly after reconnecting w/ Keyden. My office (@BklynDefender) mobilized teams of bilingual social workers & immigration attorneys when ICE sent children to NYC. Ensured planned reunions actually happened & provided trauma counseling. Nilda & Keyden were clients.
She was strong from the beginning. Clear that she wanted to tell her story. “If I don’t, nothing will change.” She recounted the harrowing journey. Why she fled her home in La Ceiba, Honduras & risked everything to come to the U.S. She expected: “A country of freedom & safety.”
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2018 *issue* wrap up. I broke down some criminal justice issues this year. Brought some public defender perspective on critical, local & national intervention points to end mass incarceration. Thread of threads.

1. Cash bail, Pretrial Detention.
2. The terror of gang databases.
3. Criminal “discovery” in NY. Or how NY’s archaic evidence laws (worst in country) allow prosecutors to withhold the most critical evidence in a case until the day of trial.
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Unhinged: Read the official Twitter account for the Sergeants Benevolent Association. Representing 13k current/retired NYPD Sergeants. Publicly attacking NYPD head for speaking out against a Sergeant who killed a 66 y/o Black woman with mental illness with two close range shots.
Here, the Sergeant’s Benevolent Association saying that NYPD Commissioner is “full of crap” and calling him “NO BALLS JIMMY” for supporting end to racist NYPD enforcement of marijuana. Who is running this account?
The public position of one of the largest NYPD unions is “serve, protect, and defend each other under any circumstance.” —>>

“The way to thank NYPD cops? DON’T SCREW THEM OVER POLITICs [sic] & stand with them when times are tough.”
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Dear world. It’s time to correct some assumptions about #autism. I am #actuallyautistic and fortunate enough to be professionally diagnosed. I would appreciate your taking the time to read this thread so you can learn about autism from a person with autism.
One of the biggest assumptions people make is that autism involves intellectual disability. This is incorrect. Autism often shows up in combination with a variety of other disorders and ID is one of them but the vast majority of people with autism do not have ID.
The official statistic most often quoted is between 31% (according to Autism Speaks) and 38% (according to the CDC) of autistic children have a diagnosis of intellectual disability. Note that this is a SEPARATE diagnosis. It is not inherent to autism.
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So, I've waded through the Evangelical Alliance's new pastoral "guidelines" for interacting with trans people (ughh, the things I do to expose #transphobic #ciswits to the world), and let's just say it's time to tear this particular sh*t-bag a new hole.

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CW: #Transphobia, #ConversionTherapy, #Zucker, #Religiously #driven #zealotry

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So, straight off the bat, first page of text, the use of #language is . . . well, yeah, see for yourself:

"It is important to remember that transgender is not simply an issue to be debated;" - p5, #Transformed

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When such language gets reinforced by insisting...

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I want to tell you guys a story about how it all started #10YearsALearner #10YALpodcast
In 2008, I worked as a PR and marketing executive at an event and image consulting company in VI and I was treated well. But I wanted more. I wanted a bigger challenge so I told Kely dear friend and inspiration @iamtheOsagie #10YearsALearner #10YAL
@iamtheOsagie 2 weeks later.. I got a call from @iamtheOsagie and that was the beginning of an adventure…

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me: Who?
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Some people asked for a continuation of my #LessWrong abuse thread. Some people told me I was polluting Kathy's legacy and twisting her words. Some people said I made up my abuse, that I threw in Michael Vassar and Andrew Rettek to get more views.

So I guess I'm continuing.
Before I go on, I wanted to thank @davidgerard at @RationalWiki and the folks at r/Sneer Club for helping propagate Kathy's note. I also want to thank @bi_gendian for being an amazing co-spear carrier and friend.
I also want to include links to some of Kathy's works before I talk about my own abuse some more. Her note is what allowed me to come out publicly in a way that could be spread.
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