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Center for Racial and Disability Justice
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Promoting justice for people of color, people with disabilities, and individuals at the intersection of race & disability. Based at Northwestern Law. Reposts not endorsements. https://linktr.ee/nlawcrdj
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Health care shouldn’t depend on your job or being seen as “productive.” Linking care to employment reinforces racist and ableist inequities, shutting out disabled people & communities of color. Health justice means decoupling care from work.

Read the full blog: nlawcrdj.medium.com/health-justi...
Illustration of a diverse group of people standing before a bright city skyline and the Statue of Liberty. Two people hold a large banner that reads “HEALTH JUSTICE FOR ALL.” Below, a Medium preview card displays the title “Health Justice for All: Your Job Shouldn’t Decide If You Live” with the CRDJ logo in the top left corner.
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) reframes disability as “suffering,” treating disability as the problem and death as the solution. When society denies access, support, & care, those failures get labeled “personal tragedy,” and death becomes the relief.

Learn more: www.crdjustice.org/maid [1/10]
A blue slide with a large white “3” on the left and the words “Report Out” and “Legalizing Ableism” below it. On the right is an image of three people smiling and sitting on a porch, holding mugs. The text on the report cover reads “Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Report” by Kate Caldwell, PhD. A white arrow icon is in a dark blue circle at the bottom right. Footer text: “CRDJustice.org | 1.”
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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The LA fires exposed a major breakdown in government accountability. Even with protections in place, aid was slow, coordination stalled, & the response relied on prison labor & international crews—revealing the gap between law on paper versus reality. [1/7]

crdjustice.org/inclusive-disaster-relief
A nighttime scene of Los Angeles during a wildfire, with orange flames illuminating the sky behind silhouettes of palm trees blowing in strong wind. White text reads: “The LA Fires: What They Revealed About Government Accountability.”
November 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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1 in 5 law students has a disability. Disabled law students show some of the highest levels of engagement in legal education, yet law schools continue to fall short in support, belonging, and accessibility. LSSSE’s findings make this clear. Check out their new report: lssse.iub.edu/what-we-do/r...
thelssse.bsky.social LSSSE @thelssse.bsky.social · 17d
📢 The 2025 LSSSE Annual Report is here!

This year, we focus on the experiences of law students with disabilities—their strengths, challenges, and the ways they enrich legal education.

👉 Read the full report now: lssse.indiana.edu/what-we-do/r...

#LSSSE #LegalEducation #DisabilityInLawSchool
Graphic announcing the 2025 LSSSE Annual Results. The text reads: “2025 Annual Results. This Annual Report documents both the strengths and the struggles of law students with disabilities. Our goal is not only to call attention to the barriers students with disabilities face but also to elevate the many ways they enhance and enrich legal education.” On the left, a photo shows three individuals walking outside near palm trees and a building. Overlay text says: “Disability in Law School.” On the right, a quote reads: “Law students with disabilities do so much on their own… But they are missing necessary institutional support. Law schools should meet them at least halfway, providing them with the structural tools they need to thrive.” – Meera E. Deo, Director of LSSSE Bottom text: “Read the full report on our website!” with the LSSSE logo and tagline “Understanding Legal Education.”
November 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
crdjustice.bsky.social
Rest in power, Alice Wong.

A fierce disability justice oracle, storyteller, and now ancestor.

She taught us that disabled wisdom lights the future, and that our stories must never be erased.

We mourn. We fight. We carry her work forward.
Thank you, Alice. For everything you gave us.
thrasherxy.bsky.social Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 7d
“With so many marginalized communities, we’re basically the oracles…we’re the ones who see shit before it happens.” In June 2020, I interviewed Alice Wong for TVU before she lost her ability to speak. I asked her how she’d first learned of SARS-CoV-2. She began with the 2016 election of Trump:
November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
crdjustice.bsky.social
MAiD is often framed as autonomy, but when people lack care, housing, and support—and when poverty, racism, and disability bias shape their choices—autonomy isn’t real. Real autonomy depends on expanding care and access, not turning to MAiD to solve inequality.

Learn more: CRDJustice.org/MAiD [1/8]
A teal slide with a large white number “2” and the text “Report Out: The Myth of Choice.” To the right is the cover of CRDJ’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Report featuring three people sitting together and smiling. A large white arrow is in the bottom right corner.
November 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Our Fall 2025 Newsletter is here! 🍂🦔

Read the full fall newsletter and sign up to get future CRDJ updates, resources, and opportunities straight to your inbox.

Fall newsletter link: tr.ee/oHkJVuM2Ie
Sign up for our newsletter: tr.ee/fiyK6-icv8

#DisabilityJustice #RacialJustice
A dark gray graphic with large cream-colored text that reads “CRDJ’s Fall Newsletter Is Here!” The word “Fall” is in orange. Below, smaller text says “A Season of Reflection, Resistance, & Renewal.” Orange fall leaves are scattered along the bottom left, and the Center for Racial & Disability Justice logo appears in the bottom right. A dark gray graphic with the Center for Racial & Disability Justice logo at the top left and an illustrated envelope with a notification bubble at the top right. Text reads: “Read our Fall Newsletter and subscribe to get CRDJ updates, resources, and opportunities delivered to your inbox!” An orange arrow points to an orange banner across the center with the URL “CRDJUSTICE.ORG.” At the bottom, a cute illustrated hedgehog holds a fall leaf as more leaves fall around it.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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When access to health care, housing, or support is unequal, “choice” isn’t freedom—it’s coercion. CRDJ’s MAiD Report exposes how systemic inequities, racism, and poverty shape who feels forced into MAiD, and how injustice hides in plain sight.

Learn more: www.crdjustice.org/maid [1/8]
Graphic with a teal background and large text reading “1 REPORT OUT Racial Justice & MAiD.” To the right is the cover of CRDJ’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Report, featuring three people smiling together while holding mugs. The Center for Racial and Disability Justice logo appears at the top right. Text at the bottom reads “CRDJustice.org | 1,” with a white arrow icon in a navy circle.
November 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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If you’ve never read it, you absolutely should. Not a thing happening since 2020 has been a shock to me (Grief inducing? yes. Angering? yes. Shocking? No.), in part because of this book.

Also, in part because of Imani 🖤 please do yourself a favor & follow Imani on all platforms.
imanibarbarin.bsky.social Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 12d
If you don’t get it yet.
Cover of Capitalism and Disability by Marta Russell
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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📣 Now available: CRDJ’s Inclusive Disaster Relief Toolkit! Building on our guide, this Toolkit applies a lens of racial & disability justice to reimagine disaster relief with new research, policy tracking, & design tools for inclusive planning & recovery. www.crdjustice.org/inclusive-di...
Cover image for CRDJ’s Building Inclusive Disaster Relief 2.0: A Toolkit on Disability Justice in Recovery & Rebuilding. The background shows a wildfire blazing through trees under a smoky evening sky. Bold white and yellow text reads: “BUILDING INCLUSIVE DISASTER RELIEF 2.0 – A Toolkit on Disability Justice in Recovery & Rebuilding.” The Center for Racial & Disability Justice logo appears in the bottom right corner.
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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If I may; another take from personal perspective: #SonyaMassey #Disability #MentalHealth

medium.com/@Ms.AWashing...
Sonya Massey’s Life Mattered: Calling for Help, Risking Harm: The 911 Crisis for Black Lives
Ms. AWashington | ARW-RAW
medium.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
crdjustice.bsky.social
The police killing of Sonya Massey shows how disability, race, and gender converge in deadly encounters—and why we must reimagine crisis response around care, not control.
Read our new blog: “When a Call for Help Becomes Lethal” at nlawcrdj.medium.com/when-a-call-...

#DisabilityJustice #SonyaMassey
A graphic from the Center for Racial & Disability Justice shows a still from police body-camera footage of a woman standing in her doorway at night, holding a phone and facing a sheriff’s deputy in dark tactical gear. Warm indoor light contrasts with the dark porch. Text below reads: “When a Call for Help Becomes Lethal: The Case of Sonya Massey and the Criminalization of Disability — by CRDJ Staff → Medium,” with key phrases highlighted in red.
November 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Swing was more than music—it was resistance in motion.

Born in Black communities under Jim Crow, swing became a sound of joy, improvisation, and collective defiance.

📝 Read our new blog, “A Rhythm of Resistance,” at nlawcrdj.medium.com/a-rhythm-of-... [1/2]
A stylized vintage illustration shows a Black man in a 1940s suit and fedora leaping midair while playing a double bass, surrounded by crowds of people marching and cheering on both sides. Airplanes fly overhead against a tan background, evoking the energy of swing-era resistance. At the top left, the “Center for Racial & Disability Justice” logo appears in white. Below the image, the blog title reads: “A Rhythm of Resistance: Swing Is More Than Music—It Is Resistance in Motion,” followed by “by CRDJ Staff” and the Medium logo.
November 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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kcaldwell.bsky.social
DHS just proposed a new rule letting USCIS collect biometrics from anyone tied to an immigration filing — even U.S. citizens, kids, and sponsors. Includes DNA, iris scans, voiceprints. You can comment by 1/2/2026: www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-19747

🧵 Why this matters ↓
Collection and Use of Biometrics by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to amend its regulations governing biometrics use and collection. DHS proposes to require submission of biometrics by any individual, regardless...
www.federalregister.gov
November 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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On Oct. 23, @alanrozenshtein.com gave remarks on how artificial intelligence could eliminate many of the remaining constraints on presidential power at the University of Toledo Law School’s Stranahan National Issues Forum. Read his speech: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Unitary Artificial Executive
Previous expansions of presidential power were still constrained by human limitations. Artificial intelligence eliminates those constraints.
www.lawfaremedia.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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NEW: Democracy Docket's Live Redistricting Tracker: All the Republican Gerrymanders — and Democrats’ Counter-Moves. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/liv...
Live Redistricting Tracker: All the Republican Gerrymanders — and Democrats’ Counter-Moves
Facing increasingly dire polls, President Donald Trump is determined to prevent Democrats from reclaiming the U.S. House in the 2026 midterm elections. So he’s pressuring Republican-controlled states ...
www.democracydocket.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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📢 New Article & Toolkit!

CRDJ’s Dr. Kate Caldwell & Prof. Jamelia Morgan published “DisCrit Legal Studies: A Method for Legal Analysis” in Wayne State Law Review. It introduces DCLS—a framework uniting Disability Justice & Critical Race Theory to reveal how law reinforces ableism & racism. [1/3]
The image features a promotional graphic with a purple gradient background announcing a new publication and toolkit. At the top left, large white and light-blue text reads “New Article & Toolkit!” In the top right corner is the Wayne State Law Review logo, consisting of a white shield-shaped “W” icon above the words “WAYNE STATE Law Review.” Centered in the image is an open silver laptop displaying the DisCrit Legal Studies webpage. On the laptop screen, a white banner with purple text reads “DisCrit Legal Studies,” with a blue subtitle underneath that says “A Method for Legal Analysis.” Below the banner are three blue panels labeled “Matrix,” “Worksheet,” and “Rubric,” each with a small circular button labeled “Download.” At the bottom of the image, white text on a black marble-textured background reads “Contact us if you need an access copy.” In the lower right corner, a small white globe icon appears next to the web address “CRDJustice.org/DCLS.”
October 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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“We need to remember that SNAP is the safety net,” Lindsay Allen told @sarah-todd.bsky.social at @statnews.com. “Below the safety net is concrete.”

www.statnews.com/2025/10/27/s...
When SNAP benefits run out, 'people can die,' say health experts
“People can die” from even short gaps in nutrition and food access, experts say ahead of SNAP benefits not going out in November.
www.statnews.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Did you know?

About 4.5 million SNAP recipients are babies and toddlers under age 5.

About 11.1 million SNAP recipients are kids aged 5 to 17 years, who need food for healthy growth, learning, & development.

The federal government has the capacity to continue funding SNAP during a shutdown.
11.1% of SNAP recipients are kids under age 5, 27.7% kids 5-17, 41.6% adults 18-59, 19.5% adults aged 60 & older https://www.ers.usda.gov/media/1124/snapparticipantage.xlsx
October 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Building on our DisCrit series, this carousel explores how DisCrit can reshape American law by revealing how racism and ableism are intertwined in legal systems—and how a DisCrit approach can move us from disability rights toward disability justice. Created by summer intern Mary Yoon. [1/13]
Cover with large title “DisCrit in American Law.” Subtext reads “Created by Mary Yoon on behalf of the Center for Racial and Disability Justice.” Below, centered text asks, “How can DisCrit improve American law to better protect disabled people of color from discrimination and harm? Let’s hear from legal scholars in this field to learn more.” An illustration of Lady Justice holding scales and a sword appears on the left, with a soft orange glow behind the word “DisCrit.”
October 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Our latest blog, “From Care to Control,” reveals how Trump’s “Making Health Technology Great Again” policy turns healthcare innovation into surveillance, threatening the rights of disabled people, immigrants, and low-income communities.

Read here: nlawcrdj.medium.com/from-care-to...
Promotional graphic for a blog post by the Center for Racial & Disability Justice. The image shows a person in profile deep in thought, surrounded by futuristic graphics of circuits, gears, and screens displaying brain scans and heart rate lines. A glowing blue brain is overlaid on their head, symbolizing technology and control. The top-left corner displays the Center for Racial & Disability Justice logo. Below, text reads: “From Care to Control: Why Trump’s ‘Making Health Technology Great Again’ Policy Should Alarm Us All” in black and red font, followed by “by CRDJ Staff → Medium.”
October 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
crdjustice.bsky.social
Let's expand our understanding of DisCrit! “DisCrit Expanded” builds on DisCrit to show how racism and ableism reverberate through time, rupture injustice, and spark new inquiries into justice and inclusion—an invitation to reflect, resist, and reimagine. Created by summer intern Mary Yoon. [1/8]
Title slide with beige background and blurred grayscale silhouettes of people in the background. Large bold text reads “DisCrit Expanded.” Below, smaller text says “The intersections of race and disability on a local, national, and international level.” Caption reads “Created by Mary Yoon on behalf of CRDJ.” A brown circular arrow icon points right. Footer: “1 | CRDJustice.org.”
October 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
crdjustice.bsky.social
The Dept of Ed has proposed removing IDEA's “significant disproportionality” data tracking for disabled students of color. We urge withdrawal & protection of students’ civil rights. [1/8]

Comment by EOD: federalregister.gov/d/2025-16051
More info + our letter: crdjustice.org/public-comment-letters
Image with beige background and the Center for Racial & Disability Justice logo in orange. Text reads: “A Proposed Policy Change Could Harm Disabled Students of Color.”
October 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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pastpunditry.bsky.social
DC friends!! Join us on this Sunday on the National Mall for a teach-in in defense of history and museums, ft. an all-star line-up! We’ll be there from sun-up to sun-down. More info here: linktr.ee/historyteachin
A TEACH-IN IN DEFENSE OF HISTORY AND MUSEUMS. Sunday, October 26th - Sunup to Sundown. Washington, DC - The National Mall, "AMERICA'S FRONTYARD". LECTURES, READINGS, PERFORMANCES, AND CONVERSATIONS IN DEFENSE OF HISTORY AND MUSEUMS. FEATURING KELLIE CARTER JACKSON, NICOLE HEMMER, DEREK MUSGROVE, NATE DIMEO, TRESSIE MCMILLAN COTTOM, AMANDA SEALES, JODY AVIRGAN, JAMES FALLOWS, MARTHA JONES, MARCIA CHATELAIN, PAUL BUTLER, NATHAN CONNOLLY, AND MORE. ORGANIZED BY NATE DIMEO (THE MEMORY PALACE) AND JODY AVIRGAN (THIS DAY). All Welcome. More Info, Sign-Up, Latest Updates https://linktr.ee/historyteachin
October 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Love to see this from @crdjustice.bsky.social highlighting DisCrit. This work was born out of making the experiences of disabled Youth of Color-with racism, ableism & resistance-the center of my work. I am so honored to see others take it up. Thank you Center for Racial and Disability Justice‬!
crdjustice.bsky.social Center for Racial and Disability Justice @crdjustice.bsky.social · Oct 15
DisCrit examines how racism & ableism intersect to shape systems of power that marginalize disabled people of color. It challenges “normalcy” & calls for collective action toward justice. Check out the video, one-pager, & other resources at crdjustice.org. Created by summer intern Mary Yoon. [1/13]
Title text reads “What is DisCrit?” followed by smaller text: “Based on the article ‘Dis/ability critical race studies (DisCrit): theorizing at the intersections of race and disability’ by Subini A. Annamma, David Connor, & Beth Ferri. Written by Mary Yoon on behalf of the Center for Racial and Disability Justice.” The image includes an illustrated group of people. The Center for Racial & Disability Justice logo appears in the upper right corner.
October 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM