BONES! bones all around you! bones inside you!

(Warning for brief police violence mention)

In May 2024, the University of California, Irvine, had the pro-Palestine encampment there dismantled and 47 people were arrested, some quite brutally. Among them was Dr. Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, professor of African American studies at UCI. Some may recognize her from a news clip about the arrests, where as she was being detained, she called out the chancellor of UCI for spending money that could have gone toward scholarships and housing on defending genocide.

That same chancellor has a personal, racist vendetta against Dr. Willoughby-Herard, and has decided to pursue disciplinary action against her, even though the charges for protesting were dismissed. She is now on academic suspension and has received a letter of censure for five years.

This leaves her without healthcare while she has chronic health issues, some related to her 2024 arrest. I wanted to share this fundraiser which goes toward her ongoing medical and legal needs: https://chuffed.org/project/156203-mutual-legal-aid-for-tiffany 

People can support her by continuing to support Palestine. At the same time I think it's also important for a great Black feminist academic to be able to thrive and continue her work within the corrupt UC system and in the very anti-Black Irvine area especially. Speaking of her work, people can find that here if they have access: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2ZgAGXAAAAAJ&hl=en

Thank you Ice and have a great day ❤️

I wanted to use what ‘reach’ I may have here to share the Carolina Wildlife Center’s urgent plea for donations. If they are unable to raise $75,000 to cover ongoing and future care of their wildlife patients, the center will have to close July 20th, 2026. The services provided by CWC to the community are incredibly valuable, and without them, many wild animals will suffer without the care they need.

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Black-and-chestnut Eagle (Spizaetus isidori), family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes, Argentina

ENDANGERED.

photograph by Luciano Massa

Argentina - photograph by Aldo Grangetto

Argentina - photograph Adrian Grilli

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