Syeda Davidson (she/her)
@syedadavidson.bsky.social
Just an awkward, middle-aged punk who somehow scored a role as a senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Michigan (@acluofmichigan.bsky.social).
Views expressed here are my own.
Views expressed here are my own.
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Thank you to everyone who voiced their fierce opposition to Center Line entering into an agreement that allows their police officers to do federal immigration enforcement – round up and detain immigrants – on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Thank you to everyone who voiced their fierce opposition to Center Line entering into an agreement that allows their police officers to do federal immigration enforcement – round up and detain immigrants – on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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Anyone can become disabled. Advocacy matters now.
✅ Support access
✅ Amplify disabled voices
✅ Challenge ableism
✅ Demand inclusive policy
#DisabilityRights #DisabilityJustice #AccessForAll
✅ Support access
✅ Amplify disabled voices
✅ Challenge ableism
✅ Demand inclusive policy
#DisabilityRights #DisabilityJustice #AccessForAll
July 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Anyone can become disabled. Advocacy matters now.
✅ Support access
✅ Amplify disabled voices
✅ Challenge ableism
✅ Demand inclusive policy
#DisabilityRights #DisabilityJustice #AccessForAll
✅ Support access
✅ Amplify disabled voices
✅ Challenge ableism
✅ Demand inclusive policy
#DisabilityRights #DisabilityJustice #AccessForAll
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“One of the biggest concerns for us is that lack of transparency and accountability. It’s the lack of knowing what’s going on behind closed doors that we’re afraid of.” Liz Balck, ACLU-MI Policy Strategist
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-go...
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-go...
As ICE detention center opens, ‘dangerous times to be an immigrant in Michigan’ | Bridge Michigan
A big ICE detention center just opened in a small Michigan village. With an 1,800 bed capacity, it could become one of the largest in the country. Supporters see an economic boon, while detractors fear the isolation and conditions for detainees.
www.bridgemi.com
June 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“One of the biggest concerns for us is that lack of transparency and accountability. It’s the lack of knowing what’s going on behind closed doors that we’re afraid of.” Liz Balck, ACLU-MI Policy Strategist
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-go...
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-go...
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The Trump administration's baseless deployment of the National Guard is plainly retaliation against California, a stronghold for immigrant communities, and is akin to a declaration of war on all Californians.
June 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The Trump administration's baseless deployment of the National Guard is plainly retaliation against California, a stronghold for immigrant communities, and is akin to a declaration of war on all Californians.
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❗️HB 4338-4342 are up for a vote on the House floor Thursday May 1!
📢 CALL your state representative to voice your opposition!
☎️ Find your rep: www.house.mi.gov
#mileg
📢 CALL your state representative to voice your opposition!
☎️ Find your rep: www.house.mi.gov
#mileg
May 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
❗️HB 4338-4342 are up for a vote on the House floor Thursday May 1!
📢 CALL your state representative to voice your opposition!
☎️ Find your rep: www.house.mi.gov
#mileg
📢 CALL your state representative to voice your opposition!
☎️ Find your rep: www.house.mi.gov
#mileg
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"No administration should be allowed to circumvent the law to unilaterally strip students of their status, disrupt their studies, and put them at risk of deportation.”
April 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"No administration should be allowed to circumvent the law to unilaterally strip students of their status, disrupt their studies, and put them at risk of deportation.”
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“We have comprehensive civil rights protections for transgender students in our state. We believe taking those actions in the executive order violates those laws.” Jay Kaplan, LGBTQ+ Rights Project Staff Attorney
www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/202...
www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/202...
Michigan LGBTQ+ students are speaking out against hate to counter Trump rhetoric
As some in their communities are emboldened in homophobic and transphobic views, these Michigan youth are combating hate.
www.chalkbeat.org
March 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“We have comprehensive civil rights protections for transgender students in our state. We believe taking those actions in the executive order violates those laws.” Jay Kaplan, LGBTQ+ Rights Project Staff Attorney
www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/202...
www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/202...
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STATEMENT FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LOREN KHOGALI (THREAD)
I am a white, cisgender, straight, economically-secure woman, and a U.S. citizen. I am loaded with privilege to spend. For those of us with privilege to spend, now is the time (long past, actually).
I am a white, cisgender, straight, economically-secure woman, and a U.S. citizen. I am loaded with privilege to spend. For those of us with privilege to spend, now is the time (long past, actually).
March 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
STATEMENT FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LOREN KHOGALI (THREAD)
I am a white, cisgender, straight, economically-secure woman, and a U.S. citizen. I am loaded with privilege to spend. For those of us with privilege to spend, now is the time (long past, actually).
I am a white, cisgender, straight, economically-secure woman, and a U.S. citizen. I am loaded with privilege to spend. For those of us with privilege to spend, now is the time (long past, actually).
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"If this administration does not want to protect the rights of transgender people and their allies, we want them to know that we will."
apnews.com/article/acl...
apnews.com/article/acl...
ACLU moves to take up gender identity lawsuit that EEOC is abandoning following Trump's order
The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking to represent two restaurant workers in a gender identity discrimination lawsuit after a U.S. agency that enforces civil rights laws filed to drop the case to comply with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order targeting transgender people.
apnews.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"If this administration does not want to protect the rights of transgender people and their allies, we want them to know that we will."
apnews.com/article/acl...
apnews.com/article/acl...
RIP David Johansen
Breaking News: David Johansen, who as frontman of the New York Dolls was in the vanguard of glam and punk rock, has died at 75.
David Johansen, Who Fronted the New York Dolls and More, Dies at 75
In the 1970s, he and the transgressive Dolls were proto-punk pioneers. He later refashioned himself as the pompadoured lounge lizard Buster Poindexter.
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
RIP David Johansen
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If this administration won't protect the rights of the transgender community, we will.
We are seeking to intervene in a federal transgender rights lawsuit after the @USEEOC informed the court that it was abandoning its claims against a Culver’s restaurant in Clarkston, MI.
Read in full here: www.aclumich.org/en/press-re...
Read in full here: www.aclumich.org/en/press-re...
ACLU Seeks to Intervene in Transgender Employment Discrimination
DETROIT – The ACLU of Michigan announced today that it is seeking to intervene in a federal transgender rights lawsuit after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) informed the
www.aclumich.org
February 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
If this administration won't protect the rights of the transgender community, we will.
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ALL children regardless of immigration status have the right to a public education guaranteed by the US and MI constitutions and state laws. The Trump administration revoked the "sensitive locations" policy which limited immigration enforcement actions at schools.
February 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
ALL children regardless of immigration status have the right to a public education guaranteed by the US and MI constitutions and state laws. The Trump administration revoked the "sensitive locations" policy which limited immigration enforcement actions at schools.
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There’s a bill in the State House that would gut Prop 2. Please go to legislature.mi.gov and tell your State Reps and State Senators to oppose HJR B.
January 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
There’s a bill in the State House that would gut Prop 2. Please go to legislature.mi.gov and tell your State Reps and State Senators to oppose HJR B.
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Denying transgender students the right to meaningfully play sports or access a bathroom or locker room is cruel and harmful.
Trans students belong in sports, our communities, and every aspect of public life. #mileg
Trans students belong in sports, our communities, and every aspect of public life. #mileg
January 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Denying transgender students the right to meaningfully play sports or access a bathroom or locker room is cruel and harmful.
Trans students belong in sports, our communities, and every aspect of public life. #mileg
Trans students belong in sports, our communities, and every aspect of public life. #mileg
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Immigrants in Michigan often fall victim to abuse and discrimination at the hands of police officers and immigration agents.
In collaboration with @Michimmigrant, we created a comprehensive preparation guide on immigration enforcement.
Please share.
michiganimmigrant.org/resources/a...
In collaboration with @Michimmigrant, we created a comprehensive preparation guide on immigration enforcement.
Please share.
michiganimmigrant.org/resources/a...
January 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Immigrants in Michigan often fall victim to abuse and discrimination at the hands of police officers and immigration agents.
In collaboration with @Michimmigrant, we created a comprehensive preparation guide on immigration enforcement.
Please share.
michiganimmigrant.org/resources/a...
In collaboration with @Michimmigrant, we created a comprehensive preparation guide on immigration enforcement.
Please share.
michiganimmigrant.org/resources/a...
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Good morning and Happy Monday to everyone who was disappointed with this year's election results, but will NOT be staging a January 6th insurrection beating cops and attacking the Capitol, not today or ANY day.
We love our democracy too much for that.
We love our democracy too much for that.
January 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Good morning and Happy Monday to everyone who was disappointed with this year's election results, but will NOT be staging a January 6th insurrection beating cops and attacking the Capitol, not today or ANY day.
We love our democracy too much for that.
We love our democracy too much for that.
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1/ Every year of my life there have been local Christmas news stories about food pantries. These are presented as Good News, a respite from bad news. Not once has there been a story about why they exist at all. It’s great that churches and Girl Scouts and other regular people do this but
December 24, 2024 at 1:28 PM
1/ Every year of my life there have been local Christmas news stories about food pantries. These are presented as Good News, a respite from bad news. Not once has there been a story about why they exist at all. It’s great that churches and Girl Scouts and other regular people do this but
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As the Michigan House of Representatives has adjourned for the year, we are left reflecting on the stark gap between what could have been and what was delivered.
December 19, 2024 at 11:43 PM
As the Michigan House of Representatives has adjourned for the year, we are left reflecting on the stark gap between what could have been and what was delivered.
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Thank you, MI House members, for passing House Bills 5300-5303, which are vital to affirming LGBTQ+ Michiganders’ gender identity. #mileg
December 16, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Thank you, MI House members, for passing House Bills 5300-5303, which are vital to affirming LGBTQ+ Michiganders’ gender identity. #mileg
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Thank you @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social, for championing SB 1082 and to the MI Senate for passing it today. This is essential legislation to protect Michiganders’ personal reproductive health information from being collected and shared without their permission or knowledge. #mileg
December 5, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Thank you @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social, for championing SB 1082 and to the MI Senate for passing it today. This is essential legislation to protect Michiganders’ personal reproductive health information from being collected and shared without their permission or knowledge. #mileg
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Thank you to the members of the MI House Criminal Justice Committee who voted yesterday to support Juvenile Life Without Parole (JLWOP) & Second Look.
@Rep_Andrews @StateRepTCarter @KellyBreenMI @RepStephYoung @NoahArbit @Emily77D @votepenelope @SpeakerJoeTate
@Rep_Andrews @StateRepTCarter @KellyBreenMI @RepStephYoung @NoahArbit @Emily77D @votepenelope @SpeakerJoeTate
December 4, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Thank you to the members of the MI House Criminal Justice Committee who voted yesterday to support Juvenile Life Without Parole (JLWOP) & Second Look.
@Rep_Andrews @StateRepTCarter @KellyBreenMI @RepStephYoung @NoahArbit @Emily77D @votepenelope @SpeakerJoeTate
@Rep_Andrews @StateRepTCarter @KellyBreenMI @RepStephYoung @NoahArbit @Emily77D @votepenelope @SpeakerJoeTate