Echoing Ida

Harnessing the power of media for justice. A @FwdTogether home for Black women and non-binary writers.

[5hahem @shaTIRED]

bell hooks said “To be loving is to be open to grief, to be touched by sorrow, even sorrow that is unending.”

we carry people on with us. we carry their legacies and teachings with us, with every step we take and every act of love we enact on ourselves and others. even in grief.

[Renee Bracey Sherman @RBraceySherman]

Please just donate to abortion funds or give of your time, or call Schumer to make him abolish the filibuster before it’s too late, or tell your President to actually say something about what’s going on, or talk to your family to get them involved locally.
https://t.co/vovlfndb2Y

[SisterSong: National Women of Color RJ Collective @SisterSong_WOC]

Let's be real about why folks don't want us to talk race theory and white supremacy - might have to reckon with the role they've played in holding up systems of opression!

[Jamila Perritt MD MPH @Reprorightsdoc]

I know y’all really hate our kids but damn, y’all REALLY hate our kids…

[autistic-coded character @SherrondaJBrown]

there are multiple, overlapping things to take away from the #GABBYPETITO situation:
1) googling "missing white woman syndrome" will help you understand a lot of it
2) situations like this are often a result of police failure because they rarely regard white men as real threats

[Echoing Ida @EchoingIda]

"Black artists working in the subject of Black folks tirelessly chip away at the residue of grief, suffering and humiliation to ask the question most pertinent to liberation: “what can be?” @donnie_moreland https://t.co/Rz9WMzQSvM

[Mic @mic]

Rooted in white supremacy and anti-Black Islamophobia, the post-9/11 era saw the proliferation of security theater — security measures that look like they're doing a lot when, in reality, not much is being achieved, reports @BaconTribe. https://t.co/UvHWTjOMij

[Survived & Punished NY @survivepunishNY]

For folks coming home from state cages, therapy is in high demand. But sadly it’s an almost entirely unmet need.

That’s why we’re so excited for @prisonculture’s REBUILD project to connect folks coming home w/ therapists of color. Please support this work https://t.co/QuXVu6yiYD

[SAALT @SAALTweets]

"'The Western savior narrative vis-a-vis Afghanistan is a framing of Afghanistan as in need of Western help, as dependent on Western help — rather than as a Western-exploited and Western-ravaged people and land,' said @ShabanaMir1 ."

@BaconTribe for @mic: https://t.co/OOM7cVDWQk

[Dr. Chelsea Mikael Frazier @Amazon_Scholar]

“I love myself in error and correctness.” - Toni Cade Bambara

[The Nap Ministry @TheNapMinistry]

We must stop expecting the same level of energy, work output, engagement and productivity from people during this global pandemic. Chill. People are deeply grieving, ill, tired, on the edge, worried and have anxiety. Calm down with your rushing & requests.

[Dr. Cynthia Greenlee @CynthiaGreenlee]

Nature does provide. For the @nytimes, I walked woods and sniffed plants with @blackforager, and chatted w/ the Gholston family, @EcoGreenQueen, @LadyDanni1, and ethnobotanist Justin Robinson. After, I noticed pokeweed growing right beside my driveway.

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[Echoing Ida @EchoingIda]

"Through keeping us chasing after the bag and working ourselves to the bone, capitalism puts blinkers on our eyes about what is possible – whilst simultaneously erasing the visibility of movements that show us that there has to be another way." @itmeNoni
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[Echoing Ida @EchoingIda]

A reminder: we are much more than the things we provide to others ♥️♥️

[Simone Biles @Simone_Biles]

the outpouring love & support I’ve received has made me realize I’m more than my accomplishments and gymnastics which I never truly believed before. 🤍

[translashmedia @translashmedia]

Black transgender activists at the 2nd annual #BlackTransLivesMatter rally in Baltimore demanded a public education inclusive of queer history, as well better access to health care, employment, the enforcement of nondiscrimination policies, and more.
https://t.co/IR0fo59B7H

[Imara Jones @imarajones]

Thank you ⁦@politico⁩ for spotlighting the #AntiTransHateMachine and me and my team’s work ⁦@translashmedia⁩ to spotlight the totally manufactured crisis of anti-trans legislation. #lgbt #protectranskids https://t.co/zI3akCmcK2