Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now

PhD Candidate in Black Studies | Writer | Filmmaker | Organizer | Book Me: @ccmntspeakers | email [email protected]

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

My new short film explores love and ancestral power shared across generations of Black women facing housing injustice in Chicago.

Check out the trailer here: https://t.co/12ktDp3wrm

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

Admission alone is not accountability. What is she going to *do* to repair the mess she didn’t just take part in, but led.

This is one of the many reasons people don’t trust abolitionist alternatives to policing and prisons. So much is allowed to just slide.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene just apologized for "taking part in toxic politics."

I don't trust her, but honestly I'LL TAKE IT!

Anyone else feel the same way?

[The Cradle @TheCradleMedia]

Israel destroyed over 1,500 buildings in Gaza since start of ceasefire
https://t.co/XyQxXKeKsD

[The Black Studies Podcast @blstpodcast]

Chelsea Mikael Frazier on the podcast talking about ecology, Black feminism, and Black Studies research. Amazing convo, here or other streams:
https://t.co/e0jjDUcRSV

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

I’m salty/sad because I definitely submitted an application. But honestly more upset that this won’t be available anymore for any of us.

[The Postdoctoral @thepostdoctoral]

UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program - Inside Higher Ed - ... Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, a fellowship established in 1984 to encourage more women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academic careers. - https://t.co/VrHzKyJefq

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

@reelsisters Thank you!

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

Yesterday, I screened my latest film at @reelsisters. I decided to go for a walk in the neighborhood, ended up meeting Spike Lee and talked about how he’s influenced my work. I then had delicious pizza before popping into Gladys Books and wine. NYC, I will always love you.

[reelsisters @reelsisters]

@CharleneCac Charlene, that's truly amazing! Brooklyn & Harlem are special places and you were destined to have that conversation with Spike Lee who btw supported @reelsisters during our very first years! Thank you for sharing — it was a blessing to screen Plenum! ❣️

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

It might be time for me to leave. That was quick.

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

These people bombed and killed people.

[Tim Hogan @timjhogan]

twitter today

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

Nah, this is a drive by situation. I'm not dining in.

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

I've seen the same tweet about men being emotions posted at least three times.

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

LMBO. I came over here to bear witness to the fascist infighting.

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

#MarcellusWilliams faces execution on 9/24 for a crime that DNA proves he didn’t commit. Join me, @innocence, and @the_mip in taking action to prevent this irreversible injustice. #SaveMarcellus https://t.co/c7J7gUqsYF

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

Mao* my bad yall. Cabral has been my mind.

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

This isn’t a direct quote. Folks should read the article.

What Cabral said about ‘No investigation, no right to speak’ would serve so many of us well.

[C.J. Atkins @cj_atkins]

Angela Davis: Electing Harris will open space for more radical struggles https://t.co/RYfi2Qy5fv

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

You’re right! My bad.

[CritiCold🔻 @ColdCriti]

@CharleneCac "No investigation, no right to speak" was Mao actually

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

But, it looks like ‘48 just set off another round of explosions in Lebanon — killing and injuring more people. This is what we’re paying for and endorsing.

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

Just as it is a mistake to think that non-immigrant Black folks just started having anti-immigrant sentiments.

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

If I didn’t talk to a lot of different Black people I would be shocked about what Davis said about Black women and Harris. It is a mistake for organizers to overlook or be condescending about how many Black women are excited about Harris.

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

You can still disagree after you read a thing or learn more. At least it’s grounded. What happens if you don’t? What is missed? Again, I’m talking amongst *us*

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

Most of my biggest mistakes in organizing alongside others happened when I didn’t bother to ask questions first before reaching conclusions and reacting.

It’s something I’ve been working to do differently in the last 6 years or so.

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

People have been killed off of conflict that could’ve been resolved if they spoke to one another. So, when people don’t even bother to read an article before they start dragging Davis (or anyone) I feel grabbed.

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

It’s also the frame shaped by and defined by imperial/colonial actors. I know other people have thought about this more clearly than I have.

[Charlene been gone for a while, over on bsky now @CharleneCac]

I don’t think “terrorism” the right way to describe what ‘48 just did in Lebanon to everyday people. That frame seems ill-fitting and misleading. That was an act (within a decades long campaign) to escalate genocide, colonialism, regional, and international war.