Tarik Endale
@tarikendale.bsky.social
DC born, PG County raised, Ethiopian roots.
Clinical Psychology PhD candidate at Columbia University. Global Public Mental Health.
https://www.tarikendale.com/
Clinical Psychology PhD candidate at Columbia University. Global Public Mental Health.
https://www.tarikendale.com/
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Tarik Endale
@tarikendale.bsky.social
· Jun 24
Honored to write with this group about addressing mental health effects of historical and contemporary racism through Black-led grassroots community healing efforts, including ABPsi’s Sawubona Healing Circles
Every circle is a reminder: “We are each other’s medicine”
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Every circle is a reminder: “We are each other’s medicine”
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
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NO COOPERATION, END THE OCCUPATION
August 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
NO COOPERATION, END THE OCCUPATION
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Residents are finding all sorts of ways to fight ICE: They're recording and reporting. They're wheatpasting and sharing know-your-rights materials. And they're stepping up to care for each other, from delivering groceries to walking kids to school. 51st.news/dc-residents...
With cellphone cameras and tip lines, D.C. residents find small ways to fight ICE
How neighbors and school communities are organizing against the immigration crackdown.
51st.news
August 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Residents are finding all sorts of ways to fight ICE: They're recording and reporting. They're wheatpasting and sharing know-your-rights materials. And they're stepping up to care for each other, from delivering groceries to walking kids to school. 51st.news/dc-residents...
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Trump's DC takeover runs into resistance in courthouse. A grand jury refused three times to indict a woman accused of assaulting an FBI agent and a magistrate said an arrest followed the "most illegal search I’ve seen in my life" @rizzotk.bsky.social Mike Laris www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge
A federal magistrate judge said one arrest in D.C. was preceded by the “most illegal search I’ve seen in my life” and another lacked “basic human dignity.”
www.washingtonpost.com
August 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Trump's DC takeover runs into resistance in courthouse. A grand jury refused three times to indict a woman accused of assaulting an FBI agent and a magistrate said an arrest followed the "most illegal search I’ve seen in my life" @rizzotk.bsky.social Mike Laris www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Grand jury laughs off felony for ‘Sandwich Guy’ after 'unhinged' Trump admin response
A D.C. grand jury refused to indict the man accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal agent in D.C. @chrislhayes.bsky.social has the latest.
A D.C. grand jury refused to indict the man accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal agent in D.C. @chrislhayes.bsky.social has the latest.
Grand jury laughs off felony for ‘Sandwich Guy’ after 'unhinged' Trump admin response
YouTube video by MSNBC
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August 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Grand jury laughs off felony for ‘Sandwich Guy’ after 'unhinged' Trump admin response
A D.C. grand jury refused to indict the man accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal agent in D.C. @chrislhayes.bsky.social has the latest.
A D.C. grand jury refused to indict the man accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal agent in D.C. @chrislhayes.bsky.social has the latest.
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In a statement responding to @mayorbowser.bsky.social’s comments today on the ongoing presence of federal agents in the city, @freedcproject.bsky.social says: “D.C. needs these federal forces out immediately. Every hour that they are still here is an hour that people in D.C. are in danger.”
August 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
In a statement responding to @mayorbowser.bsky.social’s comments today on the ongoing presence of federal agents in the city, @freedcproject.bsky.social says: “D.C. needs these federal forces out immediately. Every hour that they are still here is an hour that people in D.C. are in danger.”
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New: Stephen Miller says Trump's focus on DC is meant to help Black residents. But people living in the city's historically Black wards don't want this kind of help
So what could the feds actually do for wards 7/8? I asked and a federal police takeover didn't make the list:
wamu.org/story/25/08/...
So what could the feds actually do for wards 7/8? I asked and a federal police takeover didn't make the list:
wamu.org/story/25/08/...
Trump says his crime crackdown is helping the District’s Black communities. Here’s what Southeast residents actually want
Residents of Wards 7 and 8 say Trump could do many things to improve their communities. Most wouldn’t include the current surge of federal law enforcement and takeover of local police.
wamu.org
August 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
New: Stephen Miller says Trump's focus on DC is meant to help Black residents. But people living in the city's historically Black wards don't want this kind of help
So what could the feds actually do for wards 7/8? I asked and a federal police takeover didn't make the list:
wamu.org/story/25/08/...
So what could the feds actually do for wards 7/8? I asked and a federal police takeover didn't make the list:
wamu.org/story/25/08/...
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This is the DC police choosing to collaborate with the feds. Not being forced. Choosing too. Like they have consistently chosen to work with them for decades. Because there is no daylight between them, their tactics, or their violent goals.
Just In: D.C. police are now allowed to notify federal immigration enforcement agencies of people who are not in custody, including during traffic stops, the chief of police said in an executive order.
DC police now allowed to notify ICE of people not in custody, police chief says
D.C. police are now allowed to notify federal immigration enforcement agencies of people who are not in custody, including during traffic stops, the chief of police said in an executive order Thursday...
www.nbcwashington.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is the DC police choosing to collaborate with the feds. Not being forced. Choosing too. Like they have consistently chosen to work with them for decades. Because there is no daylight between them, their tactics, or their violent goals.
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"In interviews with Spectator, 16 current and former administrative staff across seven schools and academic centers [at Columbia] described a climate of fear, isolation, and institutional neglect."
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/08...
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/08...
‘Fear and silence’: Amid campus protests, sympathetic staff report stifled dissent, University retaliation, and painful exits
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www.columbiaspectator.com
August 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"In interviews with Spectator, 16 current and former administrative staff across seven schools and academic centers [at Columbia] described a climate of fear, isolation, and institutional neglect."
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/08...
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/08...
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Fresh off bribing Trump, Columbia is now taking a sledgehammer to its graduate programs. If this succeeds, only grads independently wealthy enough will remain.
I’m sure Chris Rufo knew some schools would cave easily, but I doubt he anticipated that one would enthusiastically take his side.
I’m sure Chris Rufo knew some schools would cave easily, but I doubt he anticipated that one would enthusiastically take his side.
“Not filling the Core preceptorships would be a tremendous loss both for graduate students in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and for all undergraduates who take classes in the Core.”
- Joanna Stalnacker, former Chair of Literature Humanities at Columbia
Read more from The Columbia Spectator
- Joanna Stalnacker, former Chair of Literature Humanities at Columbia
Read more from The Columbia Spectator
‘Textbook union busting’: As SWC-UAW negotiations stall, Columbia replaces grad student teaching positions with external recruits
Every year, Columbia graduate students apply for competitive instructor positions in the hopes of teaching Literature Humanities or Contemporary Civilization. Those who earn a teaching position, also ...
www.columbiaspectator.com
August 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Fresh off bribing Trump, Columbia is now taking a sledgehammer to its graduate programs. If this succeeds, only grads independently wealthy enough will remain.
I’m sure Chris Rufo knew some schools would cave easily, but I doubt he anticipated that one would enthusiastically take his side.
I’m sure Chris Rufo knew some schools would cave easily, but I doubt he anticipated that one would enthusiastically take his side.
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SWC is not the only union targeted by Columbia during contract negotiations. We are appalled at Barnard’s firing of 77 workers, including union siblings of UAW local 2110. The mass layoff impacts the livelihoods of workers as well as Barnard and Columbia's educational mission.
Barnard lays off 77 full-time staff members in collegewide ‘restructuring’
<i>This is a developing story. Check back for updates.</i>
www.columbiaspectator.com
August 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
SWC is not the only union targeted by Columbia during contract negotiations. We are appalled at Barnard’s firing of 77 workers, including union siblings of UAW local 2110. The mass layoff impacts the livelihoods of workers as well as Barnard and Columbia's educational mission.
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In 1968, Columbia suspended 73 students for protesting Columbia’s investment in war and theft of Harlem land. More than half the suspensions were reversed. Public pressure WORKS! We can do it, too. tinyurl.com/cupopuni-let...
August 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
In 1968, Columbia suspended 73 students for protesting Columbia’s investment in war and theft of Harlem land. More than half the suspensions were reversed. Public pressure WORKS! We can do it, too. tinyurl.com/cupopuni-let...
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Columbia just expelled or suspended 80 students for protesting in favor of Palestinian rights. Suspended students can only be readmitted if they "apologize"--otherwise the suspension converts to an expulsion.
www.axios.com/2025/07/22/c...
www.axios.com/2025/07/22/c...
Columbia punishes students involved in pro-Palestinian protest
It comes as Columbia seeks a deal with the Trump administration to reinstate millions in federal funding.
www.axios.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Columbia just expelled or suspended 80 students for protesting in favor of Palestinian rights. Suspended students can only be readmitted if they "apologize"--otherwise the suspension converts to an expulsion.
www.axios.com/2025/07/22/c...
www.axios.com/2025/07/22/c...
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if you're an academic—especially if you're in the NYC area—please read and sign this open letter, a pledge against replacing union labor at Columbia.
the university has a frustratingly long, lurid history of union-busting; take no part in it.
the university has a frustratingly long, lurid history of union-busting; take no part in it.
The cynicism is appalling, even for Columbia.
We call on our fellow workers in higher ed: sign the open letter to CU & pledge not to replace our labor. tinyurl.com/core-open-letter
Let's fight together for more just and democratic workplaces for all
We call on our fellow workers in higher ed: sign the open letter to CU & pledge not to replace our labor. tinyurl.com/core-open-letter
Let's fight together for more just and democratic workplaces for all
Open letter to Columbia administration on replacing union labor in the Core Curriculum
Here is the open letter we are asking our allies in higher education to sign on to. We will periodically update signatories in the document. It would be very helpful to us if you can provide your full...
tinyurl.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
if you're an academic—especially if you're in the NYC area—please read and sign this open letter, a pledge against replacing union labor at Columbia.
the university has a frustratingly long, lurid history of union-busting; take no part in it.
the university has a frustratingly long, lurid history of union-busting; take no part in it.
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At a moment when the problems our world is facing feel insurmountable, I found a lot of inspiration in this. My friend and reporter Allison Herrera sat down with recently freed Leonard Peltier, one of the longest-serving political prisoners in the U.S.
Leonard Peltier talks freedom, future after nearly 50 years in prison
After spending most of his life behind bars, Leonard Peltier now lives in a home on the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa reservation in North Dakota. He says he has no regrets but still harbors…
www.mprnews.org
July 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
At a moment when the problems our world is facing feel insurmountable, I found a lot of inspiration in this. My friend and reporter Allison Herrera sat down with recently freed Leonard Peltier, one of the longest-serving political prisoners in the U.S.
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@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social on universities and the pro-Palestine movement:
www.thedriftmag.com/we-will-not-...
www.thedriftmag.com/we-will-not-...
“We Will Not Win on Our Own”
In April 2024, Columbia’s administration brought in the New York Police Department to dismantle the tents that had been set up by pro-Palestinian protesters occupying the university’s South Lawn.
www.thedriftmag.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social on universities and the pro-Palestine movement:
www.thedriftmag.com/we-will-not-...
www.thedriftmag.com/we-will-not-...
We win together. Don’t let them divide you.
Amazing news: Princeton & its prosecutors pressed charges against 13 students for a pro-Palestine protest, then offered to dismiss charges against 12 if one, @aditilrao.bsky.social, pled guilty.
Instead, everyone held firm, and today the case was DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE & arrest record expunged!!!
Instead, everyone held firm, and today the case was DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE & arrest record expunged!!!
July 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
We win together. Don’t let them divide you.
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Columbia is attempting to expel SWC members for joining a teach-in on Palestine honoring Basel al-Araj, a Palestinian revolutionary and teacher at the Popular University in the West Bank. Stand with student workers fighting to keep their jobs. tinyurl.com/cupopuni-let...
Demand Amnesty for Students of the Basel al-Araj Popular University
[Read the fact sheet and download a social media toolkit at tinyurl.com/cupopuni-factsheet] On May 7th, an autonomous group of students launched the Basel al-Araj Popular University in Butler library...
tinyurl.com
July 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Columbia is attempting to expel SWC members for joining a teach-in on Palestine honoring Basel al-Araj, a Palestinian revolutionary and teacher at the Popular University in the West Bank. Stand with student workers fighting to keep their jobs. tinyurl.com/cupopuni-let...
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Activists say the City University of New York is escalating its repression against Palestine activism by suspending a student leader and terminating the positions of four faculty members who have been active in protesting Israel's genocide in Gaza.
mondoweiss.net/2025/07/cuny...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/07/cuny...
#Palestine #Israel
CUNY suspends student activist leader, fires four faculty members in escalation of repression against Palestine activism
Activists say the City University of New York is escalating its repression against Palestine activism by suspending a student leader and terminating the positions of four faculty members who have been...
mondoweiss.net
July 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Activists say the City University of New York is escalating its repression against Palestine activism by suspending a student leader and terminating the positions of four faculty members who have been active in protesting Israel's genocide in Gaza.
mondoweiss.net/2025/07/cuny...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/07/cuny...
#Palestine #Israel
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it's an interesting theory and international-comparative research design, I recommend giving it a read. it is a nice counterweight to the consensus view among many quantitative social scientists (the answer to high rates of interpersonal violence is hiring more cops)
@robmickey.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social let me post the working paper
Why doesn't police reform work? Because police depts can't credibly commit to their end of the bargain (doing more/better/riskier work in exchange for more $)
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/35o94...
Why doesn't police reform work? Because police depts can't credibly commit to their end of the bargain (doing more/better/riskier work in exchange for more $)
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/35o94...
July 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
it's an interesting theory and international-comparative research design, I recommend giving it a read. it is a nice counterweight to the consensus view among many quantitative social scientists (the answer to high rates of interpersonal violence is hiring more cops)
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Which is what identity politics as coined by the Combahee River Collective, was intended to do. Be the center of a critical politic that builds solidarity within and across identities that share that questioning of power, not a replacement for that critical politic.
Mamdani does what I've been calling constructive politics: appeals to identity as a building block of solidarity rather than a replacement for it. love to see it
Mamdani turned up at BAYO at Barclay Center yesterday and said he was going to fight to get Haiti off the travel ban and he said Haiti correctly
June 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Which is what identity politics as coined by the Combahee River Collective, was intended to do. Be the center of a critical politic that builds solidarity within and across identities that share that questioning of power, not a replacement for that critical politic.
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There's a lot to be said about identity, solidarity. But a simple place to start: the people who are willing to fight for their neighbors when their neighbors have different problems have a very, very good chance of having neighbors to fight with when you all share problems
June 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
There's a lot to be said about identity, solidarity. But a simple place to start: the people who are willing to fight for their neighbors when their neighbors have different problems have a very, very good chance of having neighbors to fight with when you all share problems
Honored to write with this group about addressing mental health effects of historical and contemporary racism through Black-led grassroots community healing efforts, including ABPsi’s Sawubona Healing Circles
Every circle is a reminder: “We are each other’s medicine”
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Every circle is a reminder: “We are each other’s medicine”
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
June 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Honored to write with this group about addressing mental health effects of historical and contemporary racism through Black-led grassroots community healing efforts, including ABPsi’s Sawubona Healing Circles
Every circle is a reminder: “We are each other’s medicine”
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Every circle is a reminder: “We are each other’s medicine”
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
“it ultimately matters little whether violence is meted out by the police, the hospital, or both working in concert. Then, as now, the challenge is in building the political consciousness and systems of care necessary to move towards a healthier social order.”
June 24, 2025 at 4:51 AM
“it ultimately matters little whether violence is meted out by the police, the hospital, or both working in concert. Then, as now, the challenge is in building the political consciousness and systems of care necessary to move towards a healthier social order.”
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“They’re not going to call the police to defend them, they’re going to call us.”
The incredible story of community members organizing effectively against ICE. lataco.com/union-del-ba...
By @theglutster.bsky.social
cc: @uniondelbarrio.bsky.social
The incredible story of community members organizing effectively against ICE. lataco.com/union-del-ba...
By @theglutster.bsky.social
cc: @uniondelbarrio.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“They’re not going to call the police to defend them, they’re going to call us.”
The incredible story of community members organizing effectively against ICE. lataco.com/union-del-ba...
By @theglutster.bsky.social
cc: @uniondelbarrio.bsky.social
The incredible story of community members organizing effectively against ICE. lataco.com/union-del-ba...
By @theglutster.bsky.social
cc: @uniondelbarrio.bsky.social
“[Black Panthers] job was not only to offer care… that’s important… but their job was also security. My problem with contemporary politics is y’all disappeared the security aspect… you’re just doing the social worker aspect.”
Joy James and @girlcloudnine.bsky.social
lux-magazine.com/article/joy-...
Joy James and @girlcloudnine.bsky.social
lux-magazine.com/article/joy-...
Not Your Guru - Lux Magazine
Theorist Joy James on the failures of academic radicalism and new zones of struggle.
lux-magazine.com
June 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
“[Black Panthers] job was not only to offer care… that’s important… but their job was also security. My problem with contemporary politics is y’all disappeared the security aspect… you’re just doing the social worker aspect.”
Joy James and @girlcloudnine.bsky.social
lux-magazine.com/article/joy-...
Joy James and @girlcloudnine.bsky.social
lux-magazine.com/article/joy-...