Destine Lord (she/her) 🍉✊🏾

Anti-Oppression and Inclusion Consultant - inclusion without belonging is violence

[. @Omgemeraldddd]

The literacy crisis isn’t that people can’t read the words. It’s that they can’t understand the context, infer meaning, recognise nuance, identify contradictions, or draw logical conclusions from what they’ve read

[Global Centre for Pluralism @GlobalPluralism]

On September 30, we had the privilege of listening to two incredible women: Rose LeMay, Indigenous author, advocate and 2021 Global Pluralism Award recipient, and Tanya Talaga, award-winning Anishinaabe journalist and author.

Their conversation touched on some difficult but essential questions: What does reconciliation truly mean in practice? How do we confront ongoing denialism? And what would it take to build a future in which Indigenous children can thrive with the same opportunities as other children in Canada?

When asked about the most significant positive change for Indigenous peoples, Tanya pointed to education: changing curricula and teaching history as it happened. She also called on all of us to stand up against residential school denialism and to envision a future that is inclusive and bright for all children in Canada.

Rose emphasized the need for significant systemic change, reminding us that “the more you know about history, the more urgent reconciliation becomes.”

She challenged us to turn that understanding into action: learn about the people we vote for, understand their policies and plans concerning Indigenous peoples, vote, and learn how to intervene when we witness racism against Indigenous people.

We are grateful to Rose and Tanya for their honesty, wisdom and hope, and to @_TheHonestTalk for hosting and facilitating this important conversation.

#ReconciliACTION #IndigenousVoices #TruthAndReconciliation #IndigenousPeoples

[Art Canada Institute @artcaninstitute]

“The Enchanted Owl” is an awe-inspiring print from Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013) which commands its viewer to rest in the moment and engage with its warm presence.

🎂 Today we celebrate what would have been the artist’s 99th birthday.

[CONSEQUENCE @consequence]

Tom Morello's Power to the People festival has announced a free YouTube livestream.

The event, which goes down this Saturday, promises performances from Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Joan Baez, Public Enemy, Dopkick Murphys, Jack Black, Serj Tankian, Cypress Hill, and more.

https://t.co/rLq2FWwCOJ

[Canadian Dimension @CDN_Dimension]

Residential school denialism is "part of a willful strategy to create chaos and confusion about the truth so as to block the path to healing, justice, and reconciliation."

Read an excerpt from TRUTH BEFORE RECONCILIATION, out now from @umanitobapress: https://t.co/Aslbhpqq7Q

[Destine Lord (she/her) 🍉✊🏾 @DemandDifferent]

Another rough day of losses in arts and culture. The Mighty Sparrow, too?? NOOOO 😢

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Mighty Sparrow, King of Calypso Music, Dead at 91

"He was an institution in the entertainment industry, well admired for his skill and finesse as a singer, songwriter and mentor"
https://t.co/tjsXgX9su7

[Destine Lord (she/her) 🍉✊🏾 @DemandDifferent]

I’m so sad to hear this news. 😢 I loved this show as a and still watch whenever it’s on.

[TMZ @TMZ]

Dennis Haskins, best known for playing Principal Richard Belding on "Saved by the Bell," has died at 75 💔🙏 https://t.co/MXzGD47eNL

[The New Republic @newrepublic]

Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. https://t.co/6tV30STfyc

[Destine Lord (she/her) 🍉✊🏾 @DemandDifferent]

The kind of leader you choose to be matters. Be like Nneka!

[The Players’ Tribune @PlayersTribune]

Tonight, @nnekaogwumike will play her final @WNBA game. Throughout her career, both on and off the court, she has been instrumental in changing the game for women’s basketball, including leading the charge in 2018 when @TheWNBPA opted out of their CBA. Her message was clear — bet on women: “This is not just about business. This is deeply personal. This is about the kind of world we want to live in.

I am an elite athlete. I am an MVP. I am a daughter. I am a sister. I am a No. 1 draft pick. I am a WNBA player and I am the president of the WNBPA.

And I want young female athletes to dream about playing in a vibrant and thriving WNBA. I want them to dream of having it all.

I don’t want the best and the brightest female athletes in the world dreaming about playing in the NBA. I don’t want the best and the brightest young girls growing up thinking that men are the pinnacle. I want those girls dreaming about growing up into the best women they can be.

And I want them to dream about the league that I know ours can become. A league that has a fair and consistent work environment. A league that treats its players as the world-class athletes they are. A league that invests in its future. A league that believes in us as much as we believe in it.

And it’s not just me who wants this. I’m one of 144 WNBA players....

To me, opting out means not just believing in ourselves, but going one step further: betting on ourselves. It means being a group of empowered women, in the year 2018, not just feeling fed up with the status quo, but going one step further: rejecting the status quo. And it means taking a stand, not just for the greatest women’s basketball players of today, but going one step further: taking a stand for the greatest women’s basketball players of tomorrow.

Does opting out mean that we have all of the answers right now, and that we’re about to propose a way to fix every problem in the W overnight? Of course not.

Does it mean we’re saying this league is broken, and we need to start the whole thing over from scratch? Not even close. We love this league. We’ll always love this league. The WNBA means everything to us....

It’s believing in what you know……. and then being alright with what you don’t know. And while we don’t know what the future has in store for this league — we do know that there’s never been a better time to be a part of it.

We believe in women, we believe in the WNBA, we believe in the WNBPA, and we believe that, wherever the finish line is for this movement that we’re a part of…… we’re just not there yet.

We’re opting out because women’s basketball’s potential is infinite.

We’re opting out because there’s still a lot more work to be done. And we’re betting on ourselves to do it.” https://t.co/Ur9u1hmQVj

[Destine Lord (she/her) 🍉✊🏾 @DemandDifferent]

PM Mia Mottley’s leadership should be studied. You can stand firmly on side with no bullshit AND maintain compassion and humanity for others. Barbados is lucky to have her.

[Mia Amor Mottley @miaamormottley]

Every human being has equal value. Every single one.

At the United Nations General Assembly, I challenged a world that still decides whose lives deserve protection and whose suffering can be ignored.

No race is superior. No people are disposable. Until we honour that truth, "everywhere is war" remains a warning we have failed to heed.

What the world needs now is love, with the courage to confront injustice and defend our shared humanity.

Love and a little kindness. For everyone.

[PmAmTraveller @pmamtraveller]

fifth-generation Gullah Geechee sweetgrass basket weaver Corey Alston standing next to one of his large, contemporary sculptural basket creations.

[Destine Lord (she/her) 🍉✊🏾 @DemandDifferent]

Ooooo chile! 👀

[nathan fielder @nathanfielder]

Here is official trailer, You Can See Everything

[Destine Lord (she/her) 🍉✊🏾 @DemandDifferent]

@KeeganMatheson 😂😂😂😂

[Destine Lord (she/her) 🍉✊🏾 @DemandDifferent]

“The problem isn’t that we women can’t take a joke. It’s that violence against women isn’t one, and we have reason to be wary around those who think it is.” https://t.co/Qmse7e4nAR

[Educator @DrAnnLopez]

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor”.

-Desmond Tutu

[Destine Lord (she/her) 🍉✊🏾 @DemandDifferent]

The myth of neutrality will end us all.

[Destine Lord (she/her) 🍉✊🏾 @DemandDifferent]

Yet another example of a Black person being punished for responding appropriately to the racist and misogynist threats against them. This is so embarrassing for Carnegie Mellon.

“Respectful workplace” practices only serve to protect the perpetrators of oppression.

[Carnegie Mellon University @CarnegieMellon]

Dr. Uju Anya is currently on voluntary professional leave from the university and is not teaching courses on our campus this academic year. We are deeply concerned by recent hostile and threatening social media posts by Dr. Anya and are reviewing this matter closely.

[Destine Lord (she/her) 🍉✊🏾 @DemandDifferent]

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[Politics Global @PolitlcsGlobal]

🚨🇨🇦 NEW: Mark Carney and Emmanuel Macron have discussed the possibility of allowing Canadians to live and work in the EU visa-free

This comes amid Carney’s pushes for a closer alliance with the EU following the deterioration of trade relations with the US

[@WSJ]

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

I absolutely LOVE this.

Christian Bale spent roughly 17 years fighting to make this happen.

This week, his foster-care village opened in Palmdale, California: 12 homes built specifically to help keep siblings together when they enter foster care.

[Destine Lord (she/her) 🍉✊🏾 @DemandDifferent]

I am here for independent journalism!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Congratulations to @washingtonsun and may Bezos or his ilk never, ever darken you door.

[The Washington Sun @washingtonsun]

Welcome to The Washington Sun.
https://t.co/XpDhB9OsHY