I’m from Los Angeles, live in Los Angeles right now, am Latina, am a protest & free speech lawyer. It’s deeply personal for me what’s happening here. Working nonstop, trying not to get sick. What do ppl need? We’re working on trainings, legal support, resources, space for our community to process.

Holy moly this is awesome. For any journalists looking to add interesting local anecdotes to your articles - check this out:

A Safe Place for Science program at Aix Marseille University for US scientists who "feel threatened or hindered in their research...dedicated to welcoming scientists wishing to pursue their work in an environment conducive to innovation, excellence & academic freedom" www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...

Are we still at SXSW?! Yes! Just wrapped a 2nd & tremendous panel on how to build responsible tech by & for Latinx communities. We laid out how to organize & counter the broligarchy w/ tools for allyship across the venture, corporate, & futurist realms. TY @lilsg.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social

“I have come to wonder whether these expressions of despair and surrender are really masking an irrational longing for a magical way out of this nightmare - a hope that some deus ex machina will swoop down and spare us what we are facing.” open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Idgaf I’m still fighting for guaranteed healthcare. Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.” We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽

The new censorship czar for Trump, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, is using investigation into NPR and PBS as an excuse to zero out all funding for the popular public-broadcasting networks. A threat to chill journalists and coverage that might be critical of the administration.

My SXSW panel was officially announced & I'm just thinking how funny that I am finally, after all these years, making it to Austin in March. Of course it's @lilsg.bsky.social that could convince me to go to SXSW to talk about Latinx + responsible AI + civil rights: schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/...

My MLK day piece is up. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

and finally here!