Felicia Henry

Grateful to the @HazCenter team, especially Jolie Breeden for all of her support, my co-curators of I’m Literally Taking It Out the Mud, Janay Nachel Frazier, @thisisdehistory and most importantly, the Black women whose stories who captured in this project. ✨

“The solutions to the most pressing disaster challenges lie with those most deeply affected by them. Artivism amplifies their voices.” So excited that I got to write this piece about artivism (art-based activism) and disaster research - check it out below!

Thrilled to announce that the first issue of Journal Disaster Studies has now been published! You can read more about our journal on the @PennPress blog. A direct link to our first issue (in open-access) is available here: muse.jhu.edu/issue/53160/pr…

Check out this compelling talk by Felicia Henry (who joins @AmericanU this fall) she references her work with those in the criminal legal system under supervision during the pandemic. youtube.com/watch?v=2Q6EjP… @_graced4this #BlueHens #Disaster #DRC60 (2/3)

What is artivism and how are those studying disaster impacts using it in community-led, driven, and designed research? @UDelaware @UDResearch @UDBidenInst @UDSocCJ @_graced4this #BlueHens #Disaster #DRC60 (1/3)

Honored to be a part of the family of these brilliant scholars ✨ @BAFFellows

@UDelaware @UDResearch @AAndresen315 @StormChaserMike @Eileen_Young @ProfDisaster @_graced4this @BAFFellows @YajairaAyala04 @nnenia @NormaDoneghy #HazWS #BlueHens @UDelaware @UDResearch @BAFFellows @DisasterArchive @CorneliaPosch

@UDelaware @UDResearch @AAndresen315 @StormChaserMike @Eileen_Young @ProfDisaster @_graced4this #HazWS #BlueHens @UDelaware @UDResearch @BAFFellows @YajairaAyala04 @_graced4this @nnenia @NormaDoneghy

I met many homeless people in Grants Pass—with jobs that didn’t add up to rent, with disabilities or such trauma they couldn’t work. I know the faces of the people the Supreme Court just said should be in jail for sleeping outside. Now every city can do the same.

Sitting is not a crime. Resting is not a crime. Sleeping is not a crime. Camping is not a crime. Being poor is not a crime. Needing help is not a crime. Homelessness is not a crime, it’s a policy failure.

This ruling is deplorable. This country systemically creates poverty & suffering, then punishes people for it. Fines and incarceration for folks already experiencing criminalization & vulnerability? Alas, onward to a more expansive carceral state. @NYTimes nytimes.com/2024/06/28/us/…

Conditions in prisons during heat waves pose deadly threats to incarcerated people and prison staff: theconversation.com/conditions-in-…

Resources: No Justice, No Resilience: Prison Abolition As Disaster Mitigation in an Era of Climate Change : doi.org/10.1089/env.20…

I’ve been thinking of folks who are incarcerated this week in record-breaking heat. Most facilities don’t have air conditioning, let alone working fans. Temps can be several degrees hotter inside these antiquated buildings. People are literally roasting. @fema take action.

Br Malcolm X would have been 99 today. He was assassinated at only 39. His wisdom on “progress” is evergreen.✊🏽 “If you stick a knife 9 inches in & take it out 6—that’s not progress. Progress is healing the wound. They wont even admit the knife is there.”

Friday morning of the DRC's 60th Anniversary Workshop highlighted our featured presentations, delivered by several workshop attendees. 🧵#DRC60Workshop @UDelaware @UDResearch @ProfDisaster @AmishTrivedi @Jdlazo @_graced4this @mitchstripling @sidersadapts #UDel #BlueHens

Andrea James, founder and executive director of .@thecouncilus, sends a clear message to President Biden: "Clemency NOW. End the incarceration of women and girls!" #FREEHERNOW