In the year of 2015, theUniversity of Toronto Students' Union filed a lawsuit against Hudson and the outgoing President and Vice-President. The lawsuit demanded Hudson return $277,508.62 in severance pay and overtime, paid on dismissal from her position as student union executive director and approved by the outgoing President and Vice President, alleging that the dismissal prior to the end of her period of tenure was without legal basis and that she was not eligible for overtime payments.[7][8] The lawsuit had alleged that the outgoing executives Bollo-Kamara and Wathey “breached their fiduciary duty” by signing off on 2,589.5 hours of overtime for Hudson, which was included in the severance package upon the termination of her contract. 1,974.5 hours of those 2,589.5 overtime hours were logged in a single entry on April 1, 2015.[9] The severance pay and overtime was paid in the weeks after her slate's loss in the student elections and equated 10% of the union's budget. The lawsuit sought a further $200,000 in punitive damages from the three for breach of fiduciary trust.[10][11] Hudson countersued the student union for $300,000 for breach of a confidentiality clause in her severance agreement and alleging "inappropriate conduct and unwelcome comments from UTSU directors [...] in relation to [her] perceived sexual orientation, gender and race".[8][12][13][14] The lawsuit was settled out-of-court with all parties in 2016 and 2017 and Hudson agreed to repay some of the overtime payment.[8][15]
Hudson started the Toronto chapter of Black Lives Matter after being encouraged by her brother to do something following the police killings ofMike Brown andJermaine Carby.[16] Thousands attended a solidarity rally that she organized withJanaya Khan. After the rally, they contactedPatrisse Cullors to establish the group as the first official chapter of Black Lives Matter outside of the United States.[2] The group has challenged different forms of anti-Black racism in Canada, and has made issues likecarding and defunding the police national conversations.[3][17][18][19]
In 2017, she started the Black Legal Action Centre withZanana Akande andRinaldo Walcott.[20][21] The centre is a legal clinic that provides legal aid services to Black Ontarians and engages intest case litigation.[20]
Hudson is a freelance writer and author. She has published academic writings inRace and Racialization: Essential Readings, Second Edition andNew Framings on Anti-Racism and Resistance, Volume 2: Resistance and the New Futurity[22][23]. She has written forNOW Magazine,The Washington Post,Huffington Post,FLARE Magazine andMaclean's Magazine[24][25][6][26][27]. Her first book,Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada,[28] was released in 2020.
Hudson is a speaker with the National Speakers Bureau of Canada.[4] She has spoken at universities, labour unions, and institutions across Canada, including the University of Toronto, the Canadian Labour Congress, and the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice.[29][4][30]
In 2017, she started the Sandy and Nora Talk Politics podcast with her friend and co-host Nora Loreto.[31][non-primary source needed] The podcast analyzes Canadian news and encourages listeners to become activists in their communities.[32][33]
^Race and racialization : essential readings. Das Gupta, Tania, 1957- (Second ed.). Toronto. February 2018.ISBN978-1-77338-015-5.OCLC1029230388.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
^New framings on anti-racism and resistance. Volume 2, Resistance and the new futurity. Newton, Joanna,, Soltani, Arezou. Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 28 January 2019.ISBN978-94-6351-131-5.OCLC1004225452.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
