In Defense of Rev. Everett Mitchell
“Mediatrackers’” Attempted Slander Can’t Touch the Reverand’s Outstanding Work, Leadership, and Reputation by Karma R. Chávez Last week, I hosted a panel at UW-Madison called, “Best Policing Practices?...
View ArticleFrom Salgado to Grayson: The Historical Legacy of State Violence Against...
by Karma R. Chávez Nestora Salgado is an indigenous Mexican woman, a US citizen, and currently a political prisoner in Mexico. Two weeks ago marked the 2-year anniversary of her incarceration, and...
View ArticleSystems That Divide Us
Reflections on the Loss of Skylar Lee, the Need for Solidarity and the Complexity of Oppressions by Karma R. Chávez Last February I attended the Creating Change conference in Denver. Creating Change is...
View ArticleOpen Letter Addressing Racist Incidents at UW
by Dr. Karma R. Chavez Dear Dean Berquam and Chancellor Blank, I am writing to you about the racist incidents that have happened in the last several days on this campus, one against a Native American...
View ArticlePotentially Devastating: Why the Attack on Tenure at UW Matters
by Karma R. Chavez On March 10, the UW Board of Regents passed what I can only describe as extreme changes to System tenure policies. These policies, much to the contrary of the public statements of...
View Article#TheRealUW: ‘Too Many Racist Stories, Not Enough Space For Them’
by Karma R. Chavez #TheRealUW has been used by students of color on UW-Madison’s campus to draw attention to what life is like for them at the flagship campus. After a rash of reported hate incidents...
View Article‘Now is the Time for Big Ideas’
A Call for Community Control of Campus Police by Karma R. Chávez On April 14th during UW-Madison Professor Dr. Johanna F. Almiron’s Afro-American Studies Class, Black Visual Culture, the University of...
View ArticleJuneteenth: No Place for Police
By Karma R. Chávez I’m not Black; I’m Chicana. So if that matters to you as to where critique comes from, then feel free to take what I am about to say with a grain of salt. However I do believe our...
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