Black people choosing rest is a threat to racial capitalism. That will always draw outrage from Americans.

some of y’all not even mad that i’m gay, some of y’all mad that i’m gay and still succeeding.

Imagine trying to get home after a full shift and you see this… Chicago could not care less about the workers who make it run

I'd say that our biggest public safety issue is lack of consistent messaging. Lollapalooza is proof of that. Read my words in The TRiiBE's newsletter and become a paid subscriber, since we won't be getting clicks from Da Baby this weekend.

Newsrooms that equate education with college degrees will ALWAYS fail to understand & adequately cover POC, immigrant communities like #Cicero. This headline is 🗑

Read about how our 2020-21 Ida B. Wells fellow Irene Romulo became the founder of Cicero Independiente, an impactful, community focused English and Spanish language newspaper in Cicero, IL: poynter.org/locally/2021/h… Poynter

NEW: Check out this worksheet we created for the TJ Skill-Up Institute with Project NIA. We hope that it is useful for organizers, to help build and deepen skills, relationships, and structures for your #TransformativeJustice practice: interruptingcriminalization.com/s/Skill-Relati…

i’m on a webinar learning about my ‘personal brand’ and why I need to use Twitter more so here’s a picture of my baby with her gabán

systemic change is needed & comes from people, not institutions or elected officials. As the only independent news in Cicero i see our role as one of amplifying local organizing, documenting our own history & investigating wrongdoing by those w institutional power

I mainly used the NU library to take naps and 'study' w/ friends late into the night but I 💯 support workers unionizing

the students that I spoke with were very clear that girls are not the only ones who have periods but adults on FB are being weird as hell about this one simple demand ciceroindependiente.com/english/morton…

i was 12 riding the blue line between Cicero & Logan Square to finish off 8th grade in CPS. My bro and I would sing out loud to pass time despite the stares

We’re excited to announce that you can now listen to The Backstory from Type Investigations on podcast! We also have a new episode out: Research Fellow @pacvarez talks to Irene Romulo about reporting on the criminalization of youth in Chicago suburbs: open.spotify.com/episode/47uB1n…

Brilliant and beautiful 💜💜

Not many know that Beto in Chicago in back after being deported in 2020. I got a chance to write about the organizing that made this happen. A better world is possible 🔥🔥

I’ve been able to record so much simply using the recording app on my phone. Moments that I’ll never get back but will be able to share w others so we know where we’ve been

“Pushing back collectively conveys a lot of power, and that power does create changes, even though those may feel small at times,” says Xanat Sobrevilla of OCAD. “It’s about persistence and continuing to hope more than anything.” 🕊️ prismreports.org/2022/01/20/dep… by Irene Romulo

“Any victory, any step forward, any change in policy or even the small victory of having folks be able to return after being deported, is a testament to the strength of the movement and all the sacrifices and hard work that everyone has done” - Bárbara S.G Irene Romulo 🙏

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