Our CEO @riyasahashah.bsky.social & incoming Chief Legal Officer @jessicafeierman.bsky.social have fought harmful strip searching of children throughout their careers. Hear from them in on injustice of students being strip searched for minor offenses. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/s...

One last (tush) push to get the #birdgang to enter.

Today CEO @riyasahashah.bsky.social and Senior Managing Director Jessica Feierman attended the Youth Advocate Programs (YAP) summit to share our critical work on behalf of children in the juvenile legal system. It was good to be with colleagues fighting for children’s rights!

For #YJAM2025, our staff and board are reflecting on books from the YJAM book list that speak to us. @riyasahashah.bsky.social, our CEO, offers reflections on a favorite of the list here. Looking for your next read? Check out the 2025 YJAM Reading List here: drive.google.com/file/d/1wIfk...

Check out the newest article from CEO @riyasahashah.bsky.social about the uptick in police militarization, ongoing and evolving surveillance efforts, and the threat these developments pose to Black and Brown children. bit.ly/4nOX4oo #ChildrensRights #Surveillance

Trump’s plan to militarize police will increase surveillance of Black children open.substack.com/pub/riyasaha...

Letter to my former self as I celebrate twenty years with @juvenilelawcenter.bsky.social

What an honor to be in my hometown paper @freep.com

Trump's lies have real consequences. One of the latest involves his attack on children in DC. Read more by my colleague, Marsha Levick and me in today's @inquirer.com

Yesterday, President Trump took to Truth Social to call on Washington, DC to change its laws to charge more children as adults. At Juvenile Law Center, we believe in treating kids as kids and we have been fighting against charging children as adults for half a century. Here's why.

SO excited for my copy of Black Genius to arrive today. @trejohnson.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

Great piece on how research and data should be guiding youth justice transformation from two experts - Liz Ryan and Vincent Shiraldi www.governing.com/policy/why-a...

So happy to have the opportunity to give this keynote at the World Congress satellite event hosted by @bakermckenzie.bsky.social and @americanbar.org

So excited to be participating in this global event on the harm state systems cause children. bakerxchange.com/cv/1b1852098...

Our CEO @riyasahashah.bsky.social is in Humboldt County, California this week with the ABA Section of Litigation Children's Rights Committee. The working group is meeting with tribal leaders to learn about how tribal courts and

An excellent piece on the harm children are facing and how educators can act against these policies. hechingerreport.org/opinion-poli...

(copied from NLG's post elsewhere) NLG Chicago stands with our members Professor Sheila Bedi and Rifqa Falaneh in the face of McCarthyesque intimidation by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Workforce. Read our full statement here: nlgchicago.org/2025/04/03/s...

The only reason that the government is disappearing these students is because they have spoken out for Palestinian #humanrights. Now is the time for universities and law firms to stand with the rest of us and refuse to become a lever for the destruction of our democracy www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/T...

As a @umich.edu alum, what made my experience so amazing was the diversity on campus and that each of us, coming from different backgrounds and perspectives, was able to find a place. I strongly denounce these actions and the Alumni Association's decision to end the LEAD Scholars program.

Read the latest from our CEO @riyasahashah.bsky.social on our values. "This work is hard and will continue to get harder. Keeping children safe from state-imposed harm is an uphill battle. And we will continue to climb." jlc.org/news/driven-...

Driven by our values, we continue to climb open.substack.com/pub/riyasaha...

“offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system.” Bukele said his country would accept only “convicted criminals” and would charge a fee that “would be relatively low for the U.S. but significant for us, making our entire prison system sustainable.”

Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House. We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication. They own what happens next.

an important read.

probably the most mischievous grin ever

Silver Linings Playbook is a great pregame to tonight’s matchup. #GoBirds!

This great piece about my friend and colleague, Marsha Levick, honors the impact she has had on the work I am proud to be doing. Congratulations Marsha on being named a @thephilacitizen.bsky.social citizen of the year! thephiladelphiacitizen.org/citizen-of-t...

Really. Ask me anything!

It shouldn't be that to understand how damaging a policy that attacks a small percentage of people is you need to know how it will eventually affect you. But, some of you need to hear it that way. So, read this.

new @teenvogue.com: @brittneymac15.bsky.social digs into the details of Trump's exec order on trans youth healthcare. I checked with an @aclu.org senior attorney on what trans youth and their families should plan for. in short: no changes RN; stay on top of your healthcare; don't comply in advance.

Just days after Trump returned to the White House, Instagram is censoring abortion content. This is what Aid Access' account looks like right now - posts about how to get abortion medication has been blurred out.

I'm on Substack! open.substack.com/pub/riyasaha...

I am excited to take on this new role, connecting our legacy to a vision for the future.

Great piece in @themarshallproject.org Life Inside series. "becoming a parent drew me even further into this basic knowledge: that if we care about kids, then we must destroy the bars and walls and chains that forcibly separate people who love each other." www.themarshallproject.org/2025/01/10/a...

FairfaxTimes covers @riyasahashah.bsky.social ‘s hire! www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/peo...

This is an excellent piece of reporting. I highly encourage my colleagues working in youth justice to listen! Thank you @jduffyrice.bsky.social for always bringing a thoughtful lens to criminal legal system issues.

Thank you @theimprintnews.bsky.social for this piece!

Juvenile Law Center is turning 50!    Throughout the year we'll be taking a look back at some of our greatest moments and groundbreaking cases. We urge you to follow along and we thank you for your unwavering support! Www.jlc.org/50th

I began my legal career at @juvenilelawcenter.bsky.social nearly 20 years ago. I am beyond humbled and honored to serve in this role.

Congratulations to our own Marsha Levick and all the winners! thephiladelphiacitizen.org/meet-the-cit...

JG16 and Fate Detroit do wonderful work together. So glad to see JG being honored for it.

This is an excellent piece by Nancy Parker of @detroitjusticecen.bsky.social on how police place young people in danger.

Was so proud to have contributed to this important case. Gender Affirming Care is life-saving medical treatment.

Teen Vogue reports from the Supreme Court on the morning of a landmark case that could change access to gender-affirming care across the U.S.

Children deserve champions who put them first. That’s why Juvenile Law Center was among the first in the country to incorporate youth voice into legislative and policy advocacy. Help us today. www.classy.org/give/642570/...

When the U.S. Supreme Court decided children shouldn’t automatically be sentenced to die in prison, we were there. At every critical moment, Juvenile Law Center has helped pave the way towards a brighter future for children. Now is the time to hold the line. www.classy.org/give/642570/...

Good weekend to be a Michigander. Go Lions! Go Blue!