The Katal Center
Katal develops intergenerational leadership and organizing capacity to build community-based power and win systemic change for equity, health, and justice.
Our Work
New York organizing campaigns
We’re organizing in NYC and across the state – #ShutRikers #CutShutInvestNY
Membership
Through organizing together we can build and exercise collective power to advance equity, health, and justice.
Trainings and Coaching
We provide training in community organizing, advocacy, and more.
Katal in the news
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Bill would ease parole violation penalties, with support from prosecutors
ALBANY — A new bill seeks to reduce the number of people jailed for minor violations of their parole terms. The bill would mandate alternatives to detention for certain minor parole violations…
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Second Rikers-System Death in a Week Strikes 41-Year-Old at Davoren Center
A 41-year-old detainee died early Tuesday morning at the Robert N. Davoren Center on Rikers Island after suffering a medical emergency during a corrections officer’s tour, marking the second dea…
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N.Y. advocates call on Hochul to fully staff state’s jail and prison watchdog agency
Prison reform advocates say Gov. Kathy Hochul isn’t holding up her end of the bargain when it comes to appointing commissioners to fully staff the State Commission of Correction (SCOC), which is New…
