Kee Tobar is a disability justice attorney at Community Legal Services. She has an expertise in the intersections of race and disability and age. Before becoming a disabilities justice attorney, she worked as a civil rights attorney focusing on juvenile justice and national child welfare issues.
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Jun. 18, 2021 8:00 am
On Juneteenth, let’s start to address the separate and unequal treatment of our Black elders
The response to COVID-19's disparate impact on Black nursing home residents most egregiously illustrates the devaluation of Black life by American systems, institutions, and government, says guest columnist Kee Tobar.
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May 28, 2021 9:36 am
Opinion: Historical underinvestment and continuing discrimination is violence against the AAPI community
When we discuss housing and rent affordability in Philadelphia, when we discuss the need to secure and extend public benefits, when we discuss wage theft — we must include the AAPI community in our campaigns, says guest columnist Kee Tobar.
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Dec. 10, 2020 8:30 am
Opinion: A fatal force
Walter Wallace Jr. is not alone — 1,331 people living with severe mental illness have been killed by the police in the U.S. since 2015. More than 30% of them were people of color, says guest columnist Kee Tobar.
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Jun. 28, 2018 8:48 am
Ending the ‘closet to poverty pipeline’ for LGBTQ youth
Stoneleigh Fellow Kee Tobar celebrates Pride Month by "making sure that the most vulnerable amongst us are not so consumed with survival that they cannot participate in the joy and celebrations that are integral to it."