We're hiring! TechTonic Justice is seeking its first National Communications Director. Help shape the national conversation on AI's impact on low-income communities and build our communications program in the name of justice!
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For the people AI leaves behind. A multidimensional, community-based effort to strengthen local justice movements + build long-term power. Launched 11/19/24. Founder: @kevindeliban.bsky.social Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/techtonicjustice
The Collaborative Research Center for Resilience has a new report for advocates wanting to understand tech, politics, and the current fight to protect our dignity. Check it out on their website today: thecrcr.org/wp-content/u...
Freedom should mean healthcare, food, income, support, and the right to challenge systems that deny them. One year after H.R.1 became law, low-income people have to fight even harder for care, access, and dignity. Rights don’t protect themselves. We do.
We’re hiring! TechTonic Justice is seeking Fall 2026 Legal Externs to support our advocacy efforts at the intersection of tech justice and poverty law. Apply by July 17. jobs.gusto.com/postings/tec...
Legal Externship at TechTonic Justice, Inc.
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TechTonic Justice is growing! Help us welcome Maya Hazarika Watts, our new California Staff Attorney. Maya brings deep experience in legal aid, public benefits, public health advocacy, and economic justice to the fight for systems that give people power to access the resources they need.
Today is the 27th anniversary of Olmstead v. L.C., the Supreme Court case that confirmed unjustified institutionalization of disabled people is discrimination and that states must work to integrate disabled people into community settings Decades of disability rights organizing made this possible.
Visibility without safety isn’t liberation. Juneteenth reminds us that recognition is not freedom, especially when history and rights are under attack. Pride reminds us that being seen can still leave people exposed. AI Justice means systems that protect dignity, safety, choice, and access.
TechTonic Justice is growing! Help us welcome Ryan, our new Arkansas State Organizing Director. Ryan brings deep roots in Southern organizing, faith work, advocacy, and a commitment to building power in the fight for systems that help people access the resources they need.
We’re hiring! TechTonic Justice is seeking a California State Organizing Director to join our team of do-gooders and lead our ground-level advocacy efforts. Come join us! https://jobs.gusto.com/postings/techtonic-justice-inc-california-state-organizing-director-c6b2a637-f546-4d70-8fcd-90fd0d4da792
Exemptions don’t protect people if the system makes them too hard to access. https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/administrations-last-minute-restrictions-likely-to-worsen-impact-of-medicaid-work
Landlords love AI because it gives them more ways to screen, score, reject, and profit from basic human needs. Everyone deserves a fair shot at a safe home. Read Inescapable AI for more. https://www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/inescapable-ai
A few moments from the Equal Justice Conference 📸 EJC brings together advocates working to expand access to justice. Andrea Reyes and Sue Garcia Nofi represented TTJ in conversations on Medicaid, automation, and fighting harmful tech in public benefits systems.
TTJ submitted comments opposing The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed rule imposing punitive paperwork burdens. The comment period is closed, but the risks remain: paperwork traps, data matching, surveillance, and more ways to lose housing. Read Inescapable AI to learn more.
TV news alert! Meet Nick, the disabled man suing the state of Nebraska for using algorithms to cut his Medicaid home-care, his sister, and the Legal Aid of Nebraska attorneys fighting alongside. Proud that TechTonic Justice is co-counsel on the case. Brief cameo from me here.
TechTonic Justice@techtonicjustice.bsky.social · 3mo agoNicholas Bessey faces a nearly 40% cut after an assessment his sister says had serious errors. Watch the story, featuring a cameo from TTJ president Kevin De Liban: https://www.1011now.com/2026/05/16/nebraska-lawsuit-challenges-interrai-waiver-cuts-after-disabled-mans-funding-drops-40/
Nicholas Bessey faces a nearly 40% cut after an assessment his sister says had serious errors. Watch the story, featuring a cameo from TTJ president Kevin De Liban: https://www.1011now.com/2026/05/16/nebraska-lawsuit-challenges-interrai-waiver-cuts-after-disabled-mans-funding-drops-40/
Nebraska lawsuit challenges interRAI waiver cuts after disabled man’s funding drops 40%
Nicholas Bessey may be 44 years old, but his sister Angela said he has the cognitive function of a three-year-old. It’s due to a genetic disorder called Fragile X syndrome.
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Community pushback works. Minneapolis Public Schools paused a controversial AI disability services plan after advocates raised concerns. NOTICE is also calling out AI-powered predictive policing in schools. Students deserve support, not surveillance. thenoticecoalition.substack.com/p/the-notice...
The dismantling of the Voting Rights Act is a reminder that we have unfinished business. This fight is ours — and we are going to finish it. Join us. #DayOfAction #VotingRights
A few moments from #TakeBackTech III 📸 The TTJ team was grateful to join organizers, advocates, and technologists building a more just tech future—and to lead two workshops on fighting tech harms in community. We left energized and grounded. Take Back Tech owes us nothing!
Landmark day! Alongside wonderful state + nat'l partners (see below), TechTonic Justice just filed our first lawsuit in our short existence. We're representing Nicholas, a Nebraskan w/ developmental disabilities whose Medicaid home-care services were gutted due to a secret AI-related system. 1/
TechTonic Justice@techtonicjustice.bsky.social · 3mo agoOur new lawsuit challenges Nebraska’s use of an AI-related assessment that cut one disabled Nebraskan’s Medicaid home-care funding by 35%. We’ve joined Legal Aid of Nebraska, Nebraska Appleseed & NHeLP to fight for transparency, due process, and accountability. https://bit.ly/49Dypya
Our new lawsuit challenges Nebraska’s use of an AI-related assessment that cut one disabled Nebraskan’s Medicaid home-care funding by 35%. We’ve joined Legal Aid of Nebraska, Nebraska Appleseed & NHeLP to fight for transparency, due process, and accountability. https://bit.ly/49Dypya
🚨 In Minnesota, NOTICE is building power against surveillance in schools like Minneapolis Public Schools and reimagining safety beyond policing. There’s more to explore in the April newsletter, including how community is leading the way! The April newsletter shares more! #DataJustice #NOTICE
The NOTICE Newsletter: April 2026
Defending youth justice in the digital age.
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From past struggles to present victories, this day is a reminder that progress is built through solidarity, courage, and collective action. 💪
Every major civil rights victory in our history grew out of setbacks like this one. We’ll continue using every tool at our disposal to protect our democracy.
The Supreme Court got it wrong today. Their decision to gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act will leave Black voters and other voters of color even more vulnerable to attacks on our freedom to vote and be represented fairly. Our fight for our democracy is not over.
The Supreme Court issued a decision today in a case called Louisiana v. Callais that will deprive Black and other often-disenfranchised voters of having a meaningful say in who represents them in the halls of government. Read more: capitalbnews.org/louisiana-v-...
Supreme Court Ruling Threatens Black Voting Power Beyond Louisiana
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a district in the Bayou State, finding that the map “is an unconstitutional gerrymander.”
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TechTonic Justice is headed to #EJC2026 on Thurs., May 14! Join us for two sessions on AI, automation, Medicaid, and justice-centered advocacy: 10–11:15 AM EDT | Mecklenburg 3- AI Injustice + Lawyer-Organizer Advocacy. 1:15–2:30 PM EDT | Symphony 2- Equity in Medicaid Automation.
A raise, missed email, move, or life change should not cost someone the care they deserve. But more work rules, paperwork, reporting, and faulty AI tools create more chances to cut people off, even when they still qualify. That’s not accountability. It’s a setup.
NEW JOB! We seek a Chief of Staff to join our fight against AI injustice. The CoS will support us, esp. President Kevin De Liban to raise money, manage relationships, and coordinate teammates + projects. Details in link. $110-130K, DOE. 5/17 deadline. Please share! https://bit.ly/ChiefofStaffTTJ
NEW JOB! We seek a Chief of Staff to join our fight against AI injustice. The CoS will support us, esp. President @kevindeliban.bsky.social, to raise money, manage relationships, and coordinate teammates + projects. Details in link. $110-130K, DOE. 5/17 deadline. Please share!
Chief of Staff at TechTonic Justice, Inc.
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The Nation quoted our Inescapable AI report! AI in public programs can shape whether people get care, afford medicine, keep food on the table, or stay housed. Read more: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ai-luxury-class-social-programs/ https://www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/inescapable-ai
