great podcast series from @TheAtlantic about hurricane katrina. at first i thought it an odd focus after 15 years, but dang, once i listened, the parallels that can be drawn to 2020 are uncanny.
https://t.co/TPvIaTsMzV
the broader justice system would be much more difficult to change, but that's the beauty of having a local system. don't try to work top-down; instead go bottom-up. democracy works best at a local level, and the national level will eventually change, too 5/7
i also know that student affairs is fairly progressive, and they seek to do better when their system fails a student. this wouldn't even require a petition - one person could be the catalyst for that change 4/7
Racism is abhorrent, nasty, and must be rejected everywhere at any moment, condemned in a clear way. Racism is the rejection of our common humanity, which is a central aspect against the Charter of the @UN.