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Terri E. Givens

@profterrig.bsky.social

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Bad ass in poli-sci UBC, Vancouver and Menlo Park, CA. Immigration, race, far right politics. Author of Radical Empathy and Reckoning. French🇫🇷, German🇩🇪, Catsky 🐈 https://linktr.ee/terrigivens

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Terri E. Givens is an author and political scientist. Givens is a professor at the University of British Columbia.

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · May 21

Save the date! October 21st! An earlier than expected publication date for my next book! I’ll be setting up an in-person and virtual book launch, in-person will probably be in Montreal.

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 12h

#BlueskyArtShow #glow

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 12h

Budapest
#Blueskyartshow #Glow

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 3d

Join me for my book launch party/webinar!!!🎉

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Reckoning Book Launch Event . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Join Us for the Online Launch of Reckoning by Dr. Terri Givens Be part of an engaging conversation as Dr. Terri Givens introduces her groundbreaking new book, Reckoning: Creating Positive Change thro...

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 4d

This.

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 13d

Hey - support Black women and our books! Pre-order my book Reckoning at a discount before September 30th - terrigivens.com/reckoning

Reckoning | Terri Givens

The title will be released on October 21, 2025 Anti-racist movements have continued to grow worldwide after the death of George Floyd in 2020. Following the BLM protests, many promises were made to ...

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 14d

This is the secret the Trump regime tried so hard to keep about the Dallas ICE shooting

The names of the dead and wounded

Jose Andres Bordones-Molina

Miguel Ángel García-Hernandez

Norlan Guzman-Fuentes

Fight Trump's dehumanization. Say their names. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/dall...

What the Trump regime doesn’t want you to know about Dallas ICE shooting

The Trump regime's refusal to say the names of the Dallas ICE victims exposes the inhumanity of American fascism.

www.inquirer.com

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 15d

I think #Portland is due for some landscaping work.
Here’s a great place to start! www.portland.gov/parks/washin...

Washington Park - International Rose Test Garden

Located in beautiful Washington Park, the International Rose Test Garden boasts more than 10,000 individual rose bushes, in bloom from late May through October and representing over 610 different rose...

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 15d

So top Portland cops wrote & *testified* that fed agents have been "instigating and causing" conflict.

They said agents were firing pepper balls unprovoked and "without any apparent warning"

When a Portland chief called a federal agent w/ Qs, the agent hung up.

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...

“It makes it extremely difficult for us to deal with, as the folks that are on the other side of this fence have been, night after night, actually instigating and causing some of the ruckus that’s occurring down there,” Dobson said.

“Okay. So it’s your testimony ICE is creating the problem?” Rask asked.

“I’m saying that they’re not following best practice,” Dobson replied.

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 19d

Today’s moment of zen, courtesy of Spokane Falls

Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 25d

Lol.

Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · 27d

Busy week at APSA and with the #CBC

Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · Sep 10

Tuesday morning calm - SF Baylands, Bixby Park

Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · Sep 7

So sad that #California is such a hellscape.

Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · Sep 5

I wish I could play like that! ❤️

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is a time when my regular exposure to Canadian politics causes great confusion. Tabling a bill has the opposite meaning in Canada.

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · Sep 2

So what about all those European settlers?

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Mark Greene @remakingmanhood.bsky.social · Sep 2

Governor Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"

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Reposted by Terri E. Givens, Simon Lester

NPR @npr.org · Aug 29

On Friday, the U.S. is ending its de minimis rule that made it easy for cheap goods to reach consumers. The change will affect roughly 4 million such packages processed each day.

This rule made many online purchases dirt cheap for U.S. consumers. Now it's ending

On Friday, the U.S. is ending its de minimis rule that made it easy for cheap goods to reach consumers. The change will affect roughly 4 million such packages processed each day.

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Reposted by Terri E. Givens, Meredith Farkas

Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · Aug 28

CTA: Call Your Member of Congress and U.S. Senators
Regardless of which party your Member of Congress and U.S. Senators belong to, please call them (actually call them on the phone if at all possible) and tell them:

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Urgent CTA: RFK Jr Moving to Destroy CDC. Call Your Reps

Hello my name is [$NAME]. I am a constituent calling from [$CITY/TOWN, $ZIPCODE]. I'm calling to urge [the Senator / the Representative] to demand the removal of RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary.
RFK Jr. is a clear and present danger not just to the health of the American people but to the entire world. Firing CDC Director Dr. Monarez because she was carrying out her duty to ensure that life-saving, safe, and effective vaccines against COVID, a disease which has killed more than 1.2 million Americans, are available to all Americans is inexcusable. RFK Jr's deliberate, determined campaign to undermine the public health mission of CDC has caused the principled resignations of four other senior CDC leaders, including the expert who heads the national center that combats emerging infectious disease — the top CDC official in charge of preventing bird flu from killing millions of us. RFK Jr. is compromising the biosecurity and national security of the United States and endangering me and my family.

Shouldn't Need To Be A Lawyer Patreon.com/mattbc

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Aug 26

Trump and his MAGA movement have mastered the art of projection, accusing the left of doing what they themselves have done. But now, Trump has taken that to a new level, becoming the manifestation of an oppressive state that the right has always warned against. So why aren't more sounding the alarm?

Trump Is The Bogeyman The Right Always Warned Us About

Where is the outrage now that Trump has manifested the right's deepest darkest fears about an oppressive state?

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · Aug 26

Detention of asylum seekers in Australia

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Australia responsible for arbitrary detention of asylum seekers in offshore facilities, UN Human Rights Committee finds

GENEVA - In two landmark decisions, the UN Human Rights Committee has ruled that Australia remained responsible for the arbitrary detention of asylum seekers redirected or transferred to offshore dete...

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · Aug 26

Some thoughts from down under…do you know whose land you live on? Find out here native-land.ca

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Sam D. Schmid @samdschmid.bsky.social · Aug 25

🚨 This overview of quantitative political science data and methods for comparative immigration law is intended for students and scholars of other methodological and/or disciplinary backgrounds.

@migcitizenapsa.bsky.social @migcitpol.bsky.social @globalcit.bsky.social ‪

Sam D. Schmid @samdschmid.bsky.social · Aug 23

🚨New Peer-Reviewed Working Paper @mpimmg.bsky.social

I introduce quantitative political science data and methods to compare immigration law. A revised version will appear as a Chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Comparative Immigration Law.

www.samdschmid.com/publications...

Samuel D. Schmid - Quantitative Methods for Comparative Immigration

Abstract Over the past years and decades, numerous large-scale quantitative datasets to measure various attributes of immigration law have been generated an...

www.samdschmid.com

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · Aug 25

Leaving Melbourne, I had a great visit, hope to get back here soon!

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · Aug 24

Good morning Melbourne

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · Aug 22

Truth.

Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · Aug 22

Not a problem! Enjoy and I’ll be doing some talks in Canada, mainly Vancouver and Montreal, when my next book is published.

Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · Aug 22

I’m already published and my next book will be out in October - you can order with a discount from my website www.terrigivens.com/books/

Books | Terri Givens

Reckoning: Creating Positive Change through Radical Empathy The title will be released on October 21, 2025 Anti-racist movements have continued to grow worldwide after the death of George Floyd in...

www.terrigivens.com

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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · Aug 22

This thread sums up much of what is wrong with journalism today. TL;DR: too many journalists think defaulting to white/cishet = being "unbiased" and impartial; and that considering non-white, non-cishet perspectives is "biased" activism.

And that, folks, is how systemic discrimination works.

sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · Aug 22

So anyway, these guys are all still employed in journalism. I'm not. Journalism didn't break my heart. White supremacy, prejudice, callousness, fascism broke my fucking heart.

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Terri E. Givens @profterrig.bsky.social · Aug 21

Greetings from New Zealand and a reminder that international travel is a great way to practice empathy

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