Alison Cornyn
@acornyn
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Artist, TED Resident, Picture Projects Studio, faculty: SVA Design for Social Innovation, Also: @Incorrigibles0 @PictProjects @Prison_Memory
Brooklyn, NY
Joined December 2008
New exhibit 'Unearthing the Light' explores themes of loss and remembrance around the 'New York Training School for Girls'
wamc.org
Before it became a prison for men, Hudson Correctional Facility spent decades as the Women’s House of Refuge and the reformatory New York Training School for Girls. A new art exhibit in Staatsburg,...
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Photos above all appear in this recent @washingtonpost article, They Took the Children: U.S. Created Indian Boarding Schools to Destroy Cultures and Seize Land, gift article available here:
washingtonpost.com
For 150 years, U.S. policy forced Native American children into boarding schools built to eradicate their culture and assimilate them into White society.
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What North America or France couldn't do, Mexico did. Congratulations to Mexico for electing a female scientist. "Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first female president in landslide victory"
theguardian.com
Former Mexico City mayor’s Morena party also on track for possible two-thirds supermajority in Congress
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Dear @nypost & Don Henley, there's #NoSuchThing as a "16 year old prostitute." She was a victim of child sex trafficking & commercial rape. Children can't consent to sex, let alone commercial sex. Words matter. Do better.
nypost.com
Don Henley recounted the cocaine-fueled night when he was busted with a 16-year-old prostitute — calling it a "regret" he still lives with more than four decades later as he took the stand.
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When I showed https://t.co/55IzzA8H0S to Ariel in Lisbon, his immediate reaction was: "Love it! And it doesn't sell anything"––:) So we added 'What We Do' leading to themes and rates. Wherever you are, we will tell your story. https://t.co/tYb7K1uc3A
dandyvagabonds.com
Claudine Boeglin is creative leader with expertise in clear, impactful and original visual thinking and concepts.
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“Victims are often not seen and treated as children,” Vafa said. “They are denied that sense of innocence. They are not seen as victims of crime. And so, they are instead blamed and punished for their victimization.” Our ED @yvafa on why we need the #TSRA. @RussellFrySC @tedlieu
We were glad to have a chance to discuss the newly introduced Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, which would provide criminal record relief to survivors of human trafficking at the federal level— filling a critical gap. https://t.co/e9n9Yf4ULs
#criminalizedsurvivors
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“This is an industry that cannot be held accountable for its wrongdoing. This is an industry that cannot be taken to court no matter what they do. That is unacceptable…there has to be accountability.” -@SenatorDurbin #ProtectKidsOnline
We just held a hearing with the CEOs of five social media companies, offering never-before-seen insight into Big Tech’s failure to protect kids. WATCH @SenatorDurbin and @LindseyGrahamSC speak with survivors and advocates after the historic hearing.
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BREAKING: Dozens of popular food brands—from Kellogg's to Coca-Cola and McDonald's to Land O Lakes—and the major store chains that stock them have just been exposed for using prison labor in their supply chains in this revealing feature on prison farms. https://t.co/Qek4yweQcp
apnews.com
In a sweeping two-year investigation, The Associated Press found goods linked to prisoners wind up in the supply chains of everything from Frosted Flakes cereal and Ball Park hot dogs to Gold Medal...
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The Lasting Influence of Denise Scott Brown https://t.co/Xhvrqk3szo via @JSTOR_Daily
daily.jstor.org
Recognizing Scott Brown’s work is necessary for understanding American architecture in the second half of the twentieth century.
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Formerly incarcerated women demand accountability for enduring harm in University of Pennsylvania medical experiments. https://t.co/pt5SEBNrEI
truthout.org
Formerly incarcerated women demand accountability for enduring harm in University of Pennsylvania medical experiments.
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Carceral Facilities Have Been Most-Sued Under Adult Survivors Act, Court Data Shows https://t.co/ihWBKlNNbV via @NYLawJournal
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The trauma of sexual assault followed by career erasure is heartbreaking. I'm sending love and support to Julia Ormond as she reclaims her power and demands accountability. #MeToo
Actor Julia Ormond is suing Harvey Weinstein for sexual battery. She is also suing CAA for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty; Miramax for negligent supervision and retention; and The Walt Disney Company for negligent supervision and retention.
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Leonard Mack was exonerated last week after 47 years of wrongful conviction. His case is the longest wrongful conviction in U.S. history to be overturned by DNA evidence to date. https://t.co/xB9FxCl7HH
people.com
Leonard Mack's conviction for a 1975 rape was thrown out after new DNA testing excluded him as the attacker.
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Far too many girls become involved in the legal system for behaviors that pose no threat to public safety. We know what works– community-based services and support, not handcuffs.
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"Purchasing sexual acts is not a harmless pastime for lonely men...but rather is a practice of gender-based violence, often laced with racism, and always with misogyny and dehumanization." -@tainabienaime @CATWIntl
womensenews.org
The law requires an understanding that purchasing sexual acts is not a harmless pastime for lonely men or a way to feed uncontrollable sexual urges, but rather is a practice of gender-based violence.
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Want to learn more about the fight to end mass incarceration in the United States but don't know where to start? Check out our list of recommended books, movies, and more:
vera.org
Criminal Legal System: 📚 Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration , by Emily Bazelon Bazelon argues that…
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Today, the @NYCMayor and @NYCCouncil reached a handshake agreement for the FY24 budget with $17 million in shortsighted and dangerous cuts to six nonprofit service providers at Rikers Island and other city jails. Read our statement: https://t.co/YIVfQr1hT3
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The New York State Assembly will not vote on the Protect In-Person Visits bill unless @CarlHeastie hears from more New Yorkers about how important it is for the bill to be passed. We need your support and ask that everyone take these steps TODAY. Spread the word!
The NYS Assembly convenes today for a special session. Join us in urging NYS Assembly Speaker @CarlHeastie to schedule a vote on the Protect In-Person Visits bill that would ensure video conferencing cannot replace visits in NY's prisons and jails.
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California has half of America's street homeless. A new study explains (some of) how the slide into homelessness takes place.
time.com
A large new study asked almost 3,200 homeless people from all over California about what would have helped them avoid losing their housing.
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