Lauren Moton

Stand With Minnesota A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation

crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours.

please keep sharing with your networks.

Thank you for sharing this important work! And amplifying mine! There are so many overlaps across our studies.

Thank you so much! 💗

Thank you, Stefan! Hope to see you at ASC in November!

✨ Exciting Career Update ✨ Thrilled to share I’ve started as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at CUNY @JohnJayCollege! 🎉 It's a joint appt. in Criminal Justice + International CJ, continuing my work on human trafficking & gender-based violence. Let's collaborate!

Thank you!!

My 10th publication (and first solo article) is officially out! 🥳 Based on my diss research, it explores how sex workers involved in HTICs define their own victimhood, using ideal victim theory.

✨ It’s open access until July 20, check it out here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lBbP6FI3r...

New publication in Anti-Trafficking Review! We explore how familial and community social ties impact Ethiopian women domestic workers' decisions to seek out notoriously exploitative work abroad.

✨ Check out the open access special issue here: antitraffickingreview.org/index.php/at...

“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th...

The way the government treats houseless people and the way people talk about them on Nextdoor are unconscionable.

Just looked this back up for something I'm working on, and think it bears repeating.

The NYC subways are incredibly safe. What people see is not violence, but disorder.

That person (and they are a person) sleeping on the train poses very little risk, however unsettling ppl find them.

Graphic from the US Supreme Court web page that says: Oral Argument starts at 10 a.m. Click play button to start.

LISTEN NOW: The US Supreme Court hears arguments in US v. Skrmetti, on whether Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...

Harris County’s longest-serving death row inmate has a lawyer for the first time in decades Clarence Curtis Jordan, Harris County’s longest-serving death row inmate, has legal representation for the first time in nearly four decades.

A mentally ill man sat on Texas death row for 36 YEARS without a lawyer and no one noticed - until now.

Excellent reporting by @amari-clare.bsky.social

houstonlanding.org/harris-count...

I want to talk about my trans son, the other trans people I know and love, and the need to fight for their rights. But I keep just circling back to this more basic statement:

If 320 donated by 25 we will meet the goal today, donate if you can
We can do it today I swear ♥️
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Ten book covers: How We Get Free, Hope in the Dark, Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Palestine in a World on Fire, Let This Radicalize you, Socialism... Seriously, The Black Antifascist Tradition, Elite Capture, Class Struggle Unionism, and Unbuild Walls. More details at the included link.

For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free

Another world is possible if we fight for it

www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...

Collective Trans Resource List 11-2024 Resources for Our Trans, Gender Expansive, & Non-Binary Community, Our Families, & Allies This list is constantly being updated to best support our communities who may reach out requesting support. I...

Good morning, I'm trans.

I'm ignoring news about who thinks trans people deserve rights & bodily autonomy. I'm focusing on being out & supporting trans ppl in my communities.

Here's a list of resources, I forget who made it initially (sorry!) but it looks good.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I started an academic criminologists/criminal justice scholars starter pack.
This is an ongoing starter pack that I am still expanding, so please let me know if you'd like to be added (sorry for any omissions!), and please share if you find it useful.
go.bsky.app/SL8dP7Z

#ASC2024 #criminology

Trafficking Survivors and Advocates Are Being Harassed by ‘Sound of Freedom’ Fans Survivor leaders in the anti-trafficking movement are attempting to confront the issues around the surprise blockbuster film – and facing a hail of invective in the process.

“Thus far, Sound of Freedom has grossed $155 million+ at the box office. The amount of money the film has made is almost unreal to the survivors doing anti-trafficking work, who often struggle to fundraise for things as small as the cost of a bus ticket.”