The Peter Mack and Jamie Mayerfeld Human Rights Fund has supported my dissertation writing during my residence in the People’s Republic of China in the year of 2021. My dissertation, entitled “Cruel Activism: Affect, Labor and Governance of Feminist and LGBT Rights NGOs,” explores the political, economic, and affective dimensions of precarity surrounding NGO activism

UWCHR reports on concerns related to health and safety in immigration detention at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, WA, including COVID-19 risks; and reviews transparency and oversight mechanisms including the potential for increased state and local regulation.

Prof. Dan Berger argues that the safest measure to “flatten the curve” of the coronavirus pandemic is to massively and quickly reduce the number of people incarcerated in jails, prisons, and detention centers.