Lea Salim - advocacy Intern

Lea is a junior at Barnard College studying Middle Eastern Studies, with a focus on state violence, surveillance, and immigrant justice. Her research looks at how policing and surveillance impact Arab and immigrant communities in New York City, and how those systems connect to transnational forms of control like borders and occupation. She has experience in feminist and abolitionist organizing, and is interested in supporting community-led alternatives to policing. Lea hopes to pursue a career in public interest law and is committed to research and advocacy that support efforts to build worlds beyond policing and incarceration.