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"Four activists were detained in Poland on 23 March for aiding migrants crossing the Belarusian border. They currently face three months of pre-trial arrest. “When they helped refugees from Ukraine they were heroes, now for providing that same help in Podlasie, they are criminals,” said Grupa Granica, an organisation helping migrants and refugees, to which the detained activists belong. The organisation said the activists were providing humanitarian aid to a family with seven children who had been stuck at the border for three months." Read more In a recent " Conversation on Ukraine " at Brooklyn College, I said: International migration research: migrants’ and refugees’ experience at borders is mediated by intersection of race, gender, religion, national origin, status, physical ability & sexuality. Politicians’ rhetoric, news analysis, & public sentiments on whom we think of as deserving & entitled to being allowed to easily cross borders and secu...

The Howard Zinn Quote still resonates: “Civil disobedience, that’s not our problem. Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves, and all the while, the grand thieves are running the country. That’s our problem.” Let the kleptocrats give back our stolen wealth so that we can fix our infrastructure, schools, hospitals, and also offer worthwhile social protection to our people. Let the masses enjoy the full benefits of citizenship in Nigeria. Let the leaders and political class repent and build peace with justice. This is no time for politics as usual.

#SomberTuesday #NigerianWomenArise #EndPoliceBrutalityinNigeriaNOW #EndSars #EndSWAT #EndImpunity #LekkiTollGate #Nigeria The Howard Zinn Quote still resonates: “Civil disobedience, that’s not our problem. Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves, and all the while, the grand thieves are running the country. That’s our problem.” Let the kleptocrats give back our stolen wealth so that we can fix our infrastructure, schools, hospitals, and also offer worthwhile social protection to our people. Let the masses enjoy the full benefits of citizenship in Nigeria. Let the leaders and political class repent and build peace with justice. This is no time for politics as usual. https://youtu.be/5iTC215xpX8

#SomberTuesday #NigerianWomenArise #EndPoliceBrutalityinNigeriaNOW #EndSars #EndSWAT #EndImpunity #LekkiTollGate #Nigeria The Howard Zinn Quote still resonates: “Civil disobedience, that’s not our problem. Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves, and all the while, the grand thieves are running the country. That’s our problem.” Let the kleptocrats give back our stolen wealth so that we can fix our infrastructure, schools, hospitals, and also offer worthwhile social protection to our people. Let the masses enjoy the full benefits of citizenship in Nigeria. Let the leaders and political class repent and build peace with justice. This is no time for politics as usual.

#EndPoliceBrutalityinNigeriaNOW #EndSars #EndSWAT #EndImpunity #LekkiTollGate #Nigeria The Howard Zinn Quote: “Civil disobedience, that’s not our problem. Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves, and all the while, the grand thieves are running the country. That’s our problem.” Let the kleptocrats give back our stolen wealth so that we can fix our infrastructure, schools, hospitals, and also offer worthwhile social protection to our people. Let the masses enjoy the full benefits of citizenship in Nigeria. Let the leaders and political class repent and build peace with justice. This is no time for politics as usual. https://youtu.be/5iTC215xpX8

Please join me this week, Friday and Saturday Dec. 3 and 4, for a webinar hosted in partnership with The Social Science Research Council’s African Peacebuilding Network, the Lagos Studies Association and Nigerian Studies Association: "Insurgency, Banditry, Abductions and Human Security in West Africa: Nigerian Women’s Perspectives." The two-day webinar will take place 9 AM - 2 PM Eastern Time, and 3 PM - 8 PM Nigeria Time via Zoom. The webinar will comprise of four panels, two panels on each day. Panel I: "Trends in Violence and What that Means for Nigeria" https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84320355634 Panel II: "Insurgencies" https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89622311748 Panel III: "Banditry and Abductions" https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88404470421 Panel IV: "Gender-Sensitive Policy Solutions" https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86596046972

  Please join me this week, Friday and  Saturday Dec. 3  and 4, for a webinar hosted in partnership with The Social Science Research Council’s African Peacebuilding Network, the Lagos Studies Association and Nigerian Studies Association: "Insurgency, Banditry, Abductions and Human Security in West Africa: Nigerian Women’s Perspectives." The two-day webinar will take place  9 AM - 2 PM Eastern Time , and  3 PM - 8 PM  Nigeria Time via Zoom. The webinar will comprise of four panels, two panels on each day. Panel I: "Trends in Violence and What that Means for Nigeria"  https://us02web.zoom. us/j/84320355634 Panel II: "Insurgencies"  https:// us02web.zoom.us/j/89622311748 Panel III: "Banditry and Abductions" https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 88404470421 Panel IV: "Gender-Sensitive Policy Solutions"  https://us02web. zoom.us/j/86596046972