Felicia Henry
@_graced4this
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PhD. LMSW. Sociology, carceral state & disasters. RIP Daddy. ❤ 2 Cor 12:9. Founder: @btw_movement #BlackLivesMatter
Washington, DC
Joined August 2013
Grateful to the @HazCenter team, especially Jolie Breeden for all of her support, my co-curators of I’m Literally Taking It Out the Mud, Janay Nachel Frazier, @thisisdehistory and most importantly, the Black women whose stories who captured in this project. ✨
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“The solutions to the most pressing disaster challenges lie with those most deeply affected by them. Artivism amplifies their voices.” So excited that I got to write this piece about artivism (art-based activism) and disaster research - check it out below!
Learn how creative methods like artivism can be used to achieve social justice and reduce suffering in this latest #ResearchCounts. https://t.co/XqmLulXIZI
@_graced4this, @BTW_Movement
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Thrilled to announce that the first issue of Journal Disaster Studies has now been published! You can read more about our journal on the @PennPress blog. A direct link to our first issue (in open-access) is available here:
New on the blog: @JDS_Disasters launches first open-access issue. Read about this initiative and access content on our blog: https://t.co/kGzWQMuh64
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Check out this compelling talk by Felicia Henry (who joins @AmericanU this fall) she references her work with those in the criminal legal system under supervision during the pandemic. https://t.co/OaevMRwlQ0
@_graced4this #BlueHens #Disaster #DRC60 (2/3)
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What is artivism and how are those studying disaster impacts using it in community-led, driven, and designed research? @UDelaware @UDResearch @UDBidenInst @UDSocCJ @_graced4this #BlueHens #Disaster #DRC60 (1/3)
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Honored to be a part of the family of these brilliant scholars ✨ @BAFFellows
Bill Anderson talks were 🔥. We heard stories of rural needs & strengths, inclusion of people with disabilities, daily experiences of communities of color during disaster, & about groups supporting LT recovery. Excited to learn more about these researchers’ work! #HazWS
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I met many homeless people in Grants Pass—with jobs that didn’t add up to rent, with disabilities or such trauma they couldn’t work. I know the faces of the people the Supreme Court just said should be in jail for sleeping outside. Now every city can do the same.
I went to Grants Pass, Oregon, a town of 40,000 people that’s about to re-write homelessness policy for the entire United States. I found a perfect encapsulation of our national crisis. https://t.co/gzLGEcjlwd
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Sitting is not a crime. Resting is not a crime. Sleeping is not a crime. Camping is not a crime. Being poor is not a crime. Needing help is not a crime. Homelessness is not a crime, it’s a policy failure.
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This ruling is deplorable. This country systemically creates poverty & suffering, then punishes people for it. Fines and incarceration for folks already experiencing criminalization & vulnerability? Alas, onward to a more expansive carceral state. @NYTimes
nytimes.com
The case is likely to have broad ramifications for how cities across the country respond to homelessness.
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Conditions in prisons during heat waves pose deadly threats to incarcerated people and prison staff: https://t.co/Y3tYWmX2D1
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A survey conducted in Texas state prisons finds that many lack basic resources like cold water, ice and air conditioning to help incarcerated people and staff keep cool during heat waves.
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Resources: No Justice, No Resilience: Prison Abolition As Disaster Mitigation in an Era of Climate Change :
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Disasters are becoming more frequent and destructive while the consequences for incarcerated persons have grown increasingly visible. Simultaneously, scholars, individuals, and communities are...
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We remember that freedom ain’t really free unless it includes those detained and incarcerated, those whose lives are intentionally hidden behind bars to keep them and us out.
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Places like NY are trying to establish heat mitigation for prisons, influenced by the work of orgs like @CANY_1844. But ultimately, no mitigation strategy will be effective w/o recognizing the legacies of oppression that put folks behind bars. As we commenmorate #Juneteeth
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I’ve been thinking of folks who are incarcerated this week in record-breaking heat. Most facilities don’t have air conditioning, let alone working fans. Temps can be several degrees hotter inside these antiquated buildings. People are literally roasting. @fema take action.
BREAKING: We w/@AFLCIO @NationalNurses @SEIU @sunrisemvmt @CPDAction legally petitioned @fema to treat extreme heat & wildfire smoke as major disasters to unlock critical funds to save workers & impacted communities. https://t.co/jLf8URaTpy
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Br Malcolm X would have been 99 today. He was assassinated at only 39. His wisdom on “progress” is evergreen.✊🏽 “If you stick a knife 9 inches in & take it out 6—that’s not progress. Progress is healing the wound. They wont even admit the knife is there.” https://t.co/KiDdCB1lj6
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Friday morning of the DRC's 60th Anniversary Workshop highlighted our featured presentations, delivered by several workshop attendees. 🧵#DRC60Workshop @UDelaware @UDResearch @ProfDisaster @AmishTrivedi @Jdlazo @_graced4this @mitchstripling @sidersadapts #UDel #BlueHens
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Andrea James, founder and executive director of .@thecouncilus, sends a clear message to President Biden: "Clemency NOW. End the incarceration of women and girls!" #FREEHERNOW
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