Kiara Alvarez, Ph.D.
@kalvarezphd.bsky.social
Bloomberg Assistant Professor of American Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health * Youth Suicide Prevention & Mental Health Equity Researcher * Psychologist * Boricua 🇵🇷 * she/her/ella * views my own
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In an over 2-mile walk, hundreds of students made their way from Little Village Lawndale High School to the Little Village Arch, denouncing recent ICE action and supporting immigrant communities.
Students walk out of Little Village schools, hold march in protest of recent ICE activity
Little Village high school students walked the streets calling for an end to ICE and deportations in Chicago.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
In an over 2-mile walk, hundreds of students made their way from Little Village Lawndale High School to the Little Village Arch, denouncing recent ICE action and supporting immigrant communities.
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Lots of lovely folks want to cook for neighbors, fill community fridges during SNAP shutdown but are intimidated. A mutual aid group in Flatbush, Brooklyn has been feeding 80+ people every single week for a year and a half or so now. Nobody is born knowing how to cook for 80, so here's our guide!
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Lots of lovely folks want to cook for neighbors, fill community fridges during SNAP shutdown but are intimidated. A mutual aid group in Flatbush, Brooklyn has been feeding 80+ people every single week for a year and a half or so now. Nobody is born knowing how to cook for 80, so here's our guide!
Or a to do list where the items say things like “follow up with” and it’s just a set of initials that you can’t place
October 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Or a to do list where the items say things like “follow up with” and it’s just a set of initials that you can’t place
Noooooooo 😫😫😫
October 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Noooooooo 😫😫😫
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My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.
Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books
A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.
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We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
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Crime rates in all three cities have gone down, and in Baltimore at astounding levels, in part by treating crime as a public health crisis, rather than a "need more cops" crisis. popular.info/p/the-secret...
August 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Crime rates in all three cities have gone down, and in Baltimore at astounding levels, in part by treating crime as a public health crisis, rather than a "need more cops" crisis. popular.info/p/the-secret...
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For everyone who has ever asked, on seeing my Baltimore homicide charts, "How did they do that?"
The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year
This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.
popular.info
July 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
For everyone who has ever asked, on seeing my Baltimore homicide charts, "How did they do that?"
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🌱 "During uncertain times, like the current moment, we can either retreat or move forward and plant seeds of change. This moment calls on us to plant seeds."
🌱 Honored to share my blog post in @idsainfo.bsky.social's #HealthEquity Series where I outline key practices and strategies...
🌱 Honored to share my blog post in @idsainfo.bsky.social's #HealthEquity Series where I outline key practices and strategies...
Planting seeds in uncertain times: Holding the line on health equity in HIV
Oni J. Blackstock, MD, MHS, outlines key practices and strategies to continue the work of health equity in HIV in the next installment of the new Health Equity Series.
www.idsociety.org
July 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🌱 "During uncertain times, like the current moment, we can either retreat or move forward and plant seeds of change. This moment calls on us to plant seeds."
🌱 Honored to share my blog post in @idsainfo.bsky.social's #HealthEquity Series where I outline key practices and strategies...
🌱 Honored to share my blog post in @idsainfo.bsky.social's #HealthEquity Series where I outline key practices and strategies...
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I read about this here, along with a ton of other great news stories about species being saved, environments being protected, people living healthier lives, and so much more. Do yourself a favor:
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July 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I read about this here, along with a ton of other great news stories about species being saved, environments being protected, people living healthier lives, and so much more. Do yourself a favor:
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"[It's] as if we’ve collectively agreed that fiscal responsibility is best taught through the ritual humiliation of second graders."
This is an excellent piece, not just about school lunch debt, but how we manage the relationship between working for systemic change and mitigating immediate harm.
This is an excellent piece, not just about school lunch debt, but how we manage the relationship between working for systemic change and mitigating immediate harm.
I Randomly Decided To Pay Off A School’s Lunch Debt. Then Something Incredible Happened.
“I immediately wondered if this was real.”
www.huffpost.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"[It's] as if we’ve collectively agreed that fiscal responsibility is best taught through the ritual humiliation of second graders."
This is an excellent piece, not just about school lunch debt, but how we manage the relationship between working for systemic change and mitigating immediate harm.
This is an excellent piece, not just about school lunch debt, but how we manage the relationship between working for systemic change and mitigating immediate harm.
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This is scandalous. The El Paso SPC is one of the few ICE detention centers owned by ICE itself. Members of Congress cannot legally be turned away from ICE facilities when conducting oversight. Yet these emails say Noem herself is deciding when and how Members can conduct oversight.
This week, ICE illegally denied me entry into a processing facility in my district, and today, they released a statement saying I “[gave] the appearance of a political stunt intended to generate publicity rather than pursue genuine oversight.”
I have some thoughts.🧵
I have some thoughts.🧵
July 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This is scandalous. The El Paso SPC is one of the few ICE detention centers owned by ICE itself. Members of Congress cannot legally be turned away from ICE facilities when conducting oversight. Yet these emails say Noem herself is deciding when and how Members can conduct oversight.
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I would have preferred to quietly conduct my oversight responsibilities as I always have, but ICE chose not to follow the law.
These ‘guidelines’ are illegal, and that deserves public scrutiny.
These ‘guidelines’ are illegal, and that deserves public scrutiny.
July 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I would have preferred to quietly conduct my oversight responsibilities as I always have, but ICE chose not to follow the law.
These ‘guidelines’ are illegal, and that deserves public scrutiny.
These ‘guidelines’ are illegal, and that deserves public scrutiny.
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This week, ICE illegally denied me entry into a processing facility in my district, and today, they released a statement saying I “[gave] the appearance of a political stunt intended to generate publicity rather than pursue genuine oversight.”
I have some thoughts.🧵
I have some thoughts.🧵
July 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This week, ICE illegally denied me entry into a processing facility in my district, and today, they released a statement saying I “[gave] the appearance of a political stunt intended to generate publicity rather than pursue genuine oversight.”
I have some thoughts.🧵
I have some thoughts.🧵
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It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
July 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
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Smart move, and not surprising; the litigators surely knew this was an option and had the amended complaint ready to go.
Wow was that fast--an immigrant advocate group already filed an amended complaint seeking class action relief in its birthright citizenship case in federal court in Maryland
June 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Smart move, and not surprising; the litigators surely knew this was an option and had the amended complaint ready to go.
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(5/5)
🚨 It’s time to flood the zone.
NIH scientists just took a huge risk speaking out. Now it’s our turn.
📜 Read the Bethesda Declaration
✍️ Sign the Public Letter of Support
👯♀️Follow NIHers doing the work: @nihvigils.bsky.social
Read and sign here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
🚨 It’s time to flood the zone.
NIH scientists just took a huge risk speaking out. Now it’s our turn.
📜 Read the Bethesda Declaration
✍️ Sign the Public Letter of Support
👯♀️Follow NIHers doing the work: @nihvigils.bsky.social
Read and sign here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
www.standupforscience.net
June 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
(5/5)
🚨 It’s time to flood the zone.
NIH scientists just took a huge risk speaking out. Now it’s our turn.
📜 Read the Bethesda Declaration
✍️ Sign the Public Letter of Support
👯♀️Follow NIHers doing the work: @nihvigils.bsky.social
Read and sign here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
🚨 It’s time to flood the zone.
NIH scientists just took a huge risk speaking out. Now it’s our turn.
📜 Read the Bethesda Declaration
✍️ Sign the Public Letter of Support
👯♀️Follow NIHers doing the work: @nihvigils.bsky.social
Read and sign here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
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🚨ATTENTION MOMS🚨
Friday, May 30th at 3pm
Meet me outside of the CDC with your pregnant bellies, your babies, your toddlers, your strollers, your signs, and your baby gear.
We are standing up for science and vaccines!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/moms-...
Friday, May 30th at 3pm
Meet me outside of the CDC with your pregnant bellies, your babies, your toddlers, your strollers, your signs, and your baby gear.
We are standing up for science and vaccines!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/moms-...
May 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
🚨ATTENTION MOMS🚨
Friday, May 30th at 3pm
Meet me outside of the CDC with your pregnant bellies, your babies, your toddlers, your strollers, your signs, and your baby gear.
We are standing up for science and vaccines!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/moms-...
Friday, May 30th at 3pm
Meet me outside of the CDC with your pregnant bellies, your babies, your toddlers, your strollers, your signs, and your baby gear.
We are standing up for science and vaccines!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/moms-...
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Care about suicide research? Then you should care about how we measure suicide-related constructs! Very proud to share this viewpoint led by @kirstenchristensen.bsky.social, recently accepted at J Psychopathology and Clinical Science 🥳
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May 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Care about suicide research? Then you should care about how we measure suicide-related constructs! Very proud to share this viewpoint led by @kirstenchristensen.bsky.social, recently accepted at J Psychopathology and Clinical Science 🥳
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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👉 Today, the Trump administration filed a motion in court to end the Flores Settlement - an agreement that provides basic safeguards for the treatment of children in federal immigration custody.
Why does this matter? Let’s break it down: 🧵👇
Why does this matter? Let’s break it down: 🧵👇
May 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
👉 Today, the Trump administration filed a motion in court to end the Flores Settlement - an agreement that provides basic safeguards for the treatment of children in federal immigration custody.
Why does this matter? Let’s break it down: 🧵👇
Why does this matter? Let’s break it down: 🧵👇
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The NIH Director continues to misunderstand (or mischaracterize) the extent to which research is being gutted. I appreciate this program officer for speaking up.
May 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The NIH Director continues to misunderstand (or mischaracterize) the extent to which research is being gutted. I appreciate this program officer for speaking up.
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The argument in the piece cited is that ChatGPT cannot do college level coursework better than a deride because - and I’m taking this slowly — college level coursework is designed to accrue learning to the student…not the machine.
If chatgpt can do a college level course better than a student... what does that say about the standards of the degree... and the usefulness of whatever they are teaching... the only point I'm trying to make... is we need a total rethink on education...
May 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The argument in the piece cited is that ChatGPT cannot do college level coursework better than a deride because - and I’m taking this slowly — college level coursework is designed to accrue learning to the student…not the machine.
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Read my latest:
ICE efforts in DC thwarted by solidarity
Kristi Noem has been denied another camera-ready moment of cruelty.
www.thehandbasket.co
May 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Read my latest:
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Nobody exists exclusively through the lens of struggle. Pick the worst eras, the most oppressed people. You will find rich heritages of art, music, fashion, and games that survived it. Were pioneered during it. Thrived in the midst of it. Why? Because these things give our survival *meaning.*
May 7, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Nobody exists exclusively through the lens of struggle. Pick the worst eras, the most oppressed people. You will find rich heritages of art, music, fashion, and games that survived it. Were pioneered during it. Thrived in the midst of it. Why? Because these things give our survival *meaning.*
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We, along w/ 14 other immigrants’ rights organizations, submitted urgent reports to the United Nations & IACHR, raising the alarm over systematic & grave human rights violations against migrants & asylum-seekers by the U.S. government during the first months of the Trump admin. bit.ly/CHRCLpress
May 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
We, along w/ 14 other immigrants’ rights organizations, submitted urgent reports to the United Nations & IACHR, raising the alarm over systematic & grave human rights violations against migrants & asylum-seekers by the U.S. government during the first months of the Trump admin. bit.ly/CHRCLpress