In 2013, I was featured and/or quoted on various media platforms.
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Lend Your Voice Against Violence with ‘Uproar Chicago’ Audio Project by Casey Cora, DNAinfo Chicago, February 15, 2013
Closing Cages: People Power Helps Stop Youth Incarceration by Victoria Law, Truthout, March 11, 2013
UChicago screens Angela Davis film by Yasmin Nair, Windy City Times, March 13, 2013
Chicago activists gather to discuss inner city violence by G’Jordan Williams, Torch, March 25, 2013
Violence Voicemail: Dispatches from Chicago’s danger zones by Rachel Cromidas, April 23, 2013
More police, more arrests, more fear by Dawn Turner Trice & Lolly Bowean, Chicago Tribune, April 26, 2013
Black Students Make Up 75 Percent of School-Linked Arrests, Study Says by Darryl Holiday, DNAinfo Chicago, June 3, 2013
What’s in a nickname? It could be a lot by Lolly Bowean, Chicago Tribune, July 14, 2013
Sense of loss comes from moving backward in ‘post-racial’ world by Dawn Turner Trice, Chicago Tribune, July 16, 2013
Lawmakers Call to Arm Prison Rape Victims with Legal Aid by Susan Du, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, July 31, 2013
Activists protest sexual abuse of incarcerated youth by Yasmin Nair, Windy City Times, August 4, 2013
Families out of reach, incarcerated youth often silent about sexual assaults by Yana Kunichoff, Chicago Now, August 9, 2013
Event looks at Trayvon Martin case through queer, feminist eyes by Yasmin Nair, Windy City Times, August 21, 2013
New Federal Act Seen as ‘First Step’ in Reducing Prison Rape, Especially Among Young by Susan Du, The Chicago Bureau, August 23, 2013
We Got It Wrong by Daily Beast, August 23, 2013
Here’s 15 Smart Women of Color on Twitter by Von Diaz, Colorlines, August 27, 2013
Waiting a Year for Mental Health Assessment by Sarah Du, The Chicago Bureau, August 28, 2013
Angela Davis on Guns, Violence, and History by Yasmin Nair, Windy City Times, September 9, 2013
Angela Davis Addresses Gun Violence in Chicago by Martha Rosenberg, Op-Ed News, September 12, 2013 (also in Alternet)
An App to Help Women Avoid Street Harassment by Judith Ohikuare, The Atlantic, September 13, 2013
Chicago’s image takes a hit by Laura Petrecca and Yamiche Alcindor, USA Today, September 22, 2013
#31forMARISSA: Justice for One, Justice for All, by Esther Armah, Ebony Magazine, October 1, 2013
Marissa Alexander Supporters Call for Release, Not a New Trial by Aura Bogado, Colorlines, October 10, 2013
The School-to-Prison Pipeline: A Nationwide Problem for Equal Rights by Molly Knefel, Rolling Stone, November 7, 2013
‘World Without Prisons’ Envisioned by Artists, Jailed Teens by Casey Cora, DNAinfo Chicago, November 12, 2013
Mandatory minimum bill ignites maximum backlash by Maria Casteluci, The Columbia Chronicle, November 18, 2013
This New Bill Could Put 2,500 More People In Prison: Meet the Organization Trying to Stop It by Nur Lalji, Yes! Magazine, November 27, 2013
On the criminalization of young black and brown boys. by Jamie Nesbitt- Golden, Hood Feminism, December 9, 2013
From the ground up: Opinions on ending the crowding at Cook County Jail byYana Kunichof, Chicago Reporter, December 19, 2013
Radio
Why is it so hard to expunge juvenile records in Cook County? by Linda Paul, WBEZ, February 4, 2013
African Diaspora Today with Dr. Carol Adams, WVON, June 8, 2013 (discussed Assata Teach-Ins)
Pivot Point with Maya Rockeymore, June 16, 2013 (discussed surveillance)
Speaking about Youth Incarceration and Sexual Violence Morning AMp, Vocolo, June 19, 2013
Beyond Zimmerman: Race, Guns, and Unequal Justice, Amy Beth Arkawy Radio Show, July 26, 2013
African Diaspora Today with Dr.Carol Adams, WVON, August 3, 2013 (talked about sexual violence against incarcerated youth report)
Intersectionality, Academia & Feminism Morning AMp, Vocolo, September 18, 2013
Television
School-to-prison pipeline: Chicago at the tipping point Fox 32, July 9, 2013
If You Want Peace, Fight For Justice with Angela Davis, September 7, 2013, CAN-TV
Emanuel pushes for tougher gun penalties, Fox 32, October 14, 2013