Purvi Shah
@purvipoets.bsky.social
Eyeshadow aficionado. Garba queen. Ready for pecan pie. Author of poetry books MIRACLE MARKS & TERRAIN TRACKS. Co-weaver of social practice art w/ Anjali Deskhmukh. RJ Collaborative co-coordinator & author of SEEDING GENERATIONS. Pursuing justice w/ joy.
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Internment, and some hard lessons for the proponents of mass deportation
When the rail cars bearing the entire Bellevue Nikkei farming community pulled out of Kirkland on May 20, 1942, their early crops were nearing harvest and the midsummer crops were in the ground. Almost none of them ever fed anyone. 1/34
January 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Internment, and some hard lessons for the proponents of mass deportation
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We’ve been on the phone with multiple agencies/orgs. They’ve been completely cut off from federal money. We’re talking housing, homeless services, public safety, etc.
I’m calling a press conference today to explain how this could have drastic local impacts to our constituents.
I’m calling a press conference today to explain how this could have drastic local impacts to our constituents.
January 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We’ve been on the phone with multiple agencies/orgs. They’ve been completely cut off from federal money. We’re talking housing, homeless services, public safety, etc.
I’m calling a press conference today to explain how this could have drastic local impacts to our constituents.
I’m calling a press conference today to explain how this could have drastic local impacts to our constituents.
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Hospitals, clinics and medical schools that provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth are at risk of losing federal funding, according to a new executive order signed by Trump on Tuesday.
Trump directs federal government to restrict access to gender-affirming care for youth
The executive order is likely to be challenged in court.
19thnews.org
January 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Hospitals, clinics and medical schools that provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth are at risk of losing federal funding, according to a new executive order signed by Trump on Tuesday.
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If you’re a federal employee, you should know this is a lie. Congress hasn’t appropriated these monies and so it’s literally not there to be spent. Also, federal agencies are limited by law to a max $25K payout in the case of restructuring.
BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨
President Donald Trump's administration is set to offer every single federal worker the chance to take a "deferred resignation" with a severance package of roughly eight months of pay and benefits.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
President Donald Trump's administration is set to offer every single federal worker the chance to take a "deferred resignation" with a severance package of roughly eight months of pay and benefits.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Trump administration will offer all 2 million federal workers a buyout to resign
An email is set to go out to federal workers beginning Tuesday.
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
If you’re a federal employee, you should know this is a lie. Congress hasn’t appropriated these monies and so it’s literally not there to be spent. Also, federal agencies are limited by law to a max $25K payout in the case of restructuring.
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The chaos is by design, and the intent is to overwhelm. We have to stay focused.
January 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The chaos is by design, and the intent is to overwhelm. We have to stay focused.
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This is the photo I always lead with when I teach about her
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January 15, 2024 at 7:04 PM
This is the photo I always lead with when I teach about her
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Dreaming of peace today & in this new year. Re-read this amazing prize-winning story, "Tree of Life," by Sahar Mustafah.
Dreaming of more life, more life.
Dreaming of more life, more life.
January 15, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Dreaming of peace today & in this new year. Re-read this amazing prize-winning story, "Tree of Life," by Sahar Mustafah.
Dreaming of more life, more life.
Dreaming of more life, more life.
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"Genocide is a crime. It is a legal framework. It is unfolding in Gaza. And yet, the inertia of legal academia, especially in the United States, has been chilling." Read the piece that the Harvard Law Review pulled as it was nearing publication: www.thenation.com/article/arch...
The Harvard Law Review Refused to Run This Piece About Genocide in Gaza
The piece was nearing publication when the journal decided against publishing it. You can read the article here.
www.thenation.com
November 22, 2023 at 4:51 PM
"Genocide is a crime. It is a legal framework. It is unfolding in Gaza. And yet, the inertia of legal academia, especially in the United States, has been chilling." Read the piece that the Harvard Law Review pulled as it was nearing publication: www.thenation.com/article/arch...