Claudia Stellar, PhD
@claudiastellar
Scholar of Race, Policing & National Security I 📕: Blackness & the US Nat’l Security Paradigm I Northwestern PhD I NASM I Sassy 💁🏻♀️I
♥️ this “Dear Neighbor” community box. Leave a song, recipe, a note of encouragement note, or a solution for your neighbor, for your community.
Youngmi is a Korean immigrant and domestic violence survivor fighting for her freedom in the Washington State. Donate to her defense fund and you’ll be entered to win one of several raffle prizes: chuffed.org/project/1517... #FreeYoungmi #FreeThemAll
I asked a woman at my local café where she got her beautiful bag. She said, "I can do better…I can give you one." Ten minutes later, she returned with this bag.
If you thought your morning was going well, wait until you see how easy grating ginger can be. 🎥 fallowchefs #lifechanging #yourwelcome
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social on why we must defend public libraries: “There is a reason the culture warriors hate the library. It is the same reason that Americans should defend it with our rights. No political spin doctor can sell us what is freely given at one: the right to think for ourselves.”
@mayorofchicago.bsky.social delivered a powerful and deeply moving tribute at @gulabjammin.bsky.social’s funeral today.
Update on my beloved sister-friend, @gulabjammin.bsky.social: sharing funeral details and a new fellowship in her honor—the Amisha Patel Arts & Organizing Fellowship—to support artists creating work for grassroots social justice movements. grassrootscollaborative.salsalabs.org/amishafellow...
@gulabjammin.bsky.social & I were roommates for 7 yrs. I can't begin to share how 💔 the loss of her psychical prescence is. She moved through the world like light–joy in her laughter, calm in her presence, fierce in her purpose, & boundless in her love. May she rest in peace & power forever.
Excuse me! Excuse me! May I please have your attention. Before pajamas: dog 🐕♥️ After pajamas: dinosaur 🦖🦕♥️ #DailySable #SableSnaps #DogsOfBlueSky
Thank you! My pup Sable also thanks you (he’ll be getting one!):
In case anyone finds this helpful: The best and safest way to carry someone out of an uncertain situation. If someone appears to have a severe injury, especially to the neck or head, don’t try to move them. Work to keep them safe until medical help can arrive. 🎥 IG: @solcanafitness #FuckIce
Cold as a polar bear ❄️ #DailySable #SableSnaps #DogsOfBlueSky
Cold acknowledged. #DailySable #SableSnaps #DogsOfBluesky
Justice For Renee Nicole Good. May she rest in power. 📸 Nikkolas_Smith
Asked my pup how he felt about the New Year. His response is … relatable.
Sable got new thigh-high snow boots. His confidence skyrocketed to a level that should require a permit. ❄️
Sleighing in my pajamas. Literally. 🛷🐕♥️🎄✨💫 #SableSnaps #DailySable
#CommunityIsKey I ♥️ the small initiatives and projects my community creates. They reflect how we value one another and remind neighbors and visitors alike that we’re connected, and that we truly need one another. “Take a keychain by your neighbor Make a keychain for your neighbor”
What do you mean I can’t chase squirrels? 🐿️ #SableSnaps #DailySable
Cars are being repossessed at record rates. Pawn shops are booming. GoFundMes for groceries/rent keep rising. These aren’t isolated struggles -- they're flashing red warnings of a crisis that will push new families into instability and others into even deeper debt. 📸 @btnewsroom
Reminder: CPD and CBP work hand in hand. People have been turned away by CPD when trying to report ICE abductions happening on private property. Whatever restrictions BJ or JBP impose, CPD has always protected power, not people. CPD's actions tell a story of allegiance—to ICE, not to Chicagoans.
A man ran to the Broadview ICE facility, distraught and searching for his wife, who was taken by ICE at the courthouse despite following the legal process. He tracked her phone to Broadview before the signal cut off. Stopped by police, told only to “look her up,” he sat weeping, terrified, and lost.