Since I’m the only Indigenous person in the academic spaces I navigate, I’m always asked about land acknowledgements. So here are my common responses bc I try to keep in mind that everyone uses their “only X friend” to justify their racism at times. 🧵
Looking forward to sharing a work with Tritriangle next week in Chicago - would love to see you : ) also, so much of my thinking about sound this spring was in the context of this excellent study group: https://t.co/GrhcQBYkM4
This week, January 14-16! Don't miss "Art && Code: Homemade"—a free online festival of new media arts at the intersection of digital tools, crafty approaches, DIY cultures, and pocket supercomputing: https://t.co/QS4cAJozg4
A good read on the history of underwater recording by @craigeley (and if you happen to be reading moby dick rn, even better, 🐳). thanks @eleona for sharing this, some good things to read/listen to here https://t.co/WVrsT3Ga8l
🌫️〰️Tomorrow: With collaborators Alex Young & Erin Mallea, a livestream acoustic and video portrait of sites along the Mon Valley and Marcellus Shale region. W/ donations -> @CoalfldJustice@IENearth https://t.co/ozOLo1U66r Christopher Riggs 3pmEST, we're on at 3:30EST 〰️🌫️〰️〰️
On Monday, the Allegheny School Board is discussing and possibly voting on a police MOU that would keep cops in school. Please come out to push for cops out of schools.
Pittsburgh and Allegheny County folks, I made a template of a message in support of these demands that you can copy and paste to easily email the mayor and county executive: https://t.co/LkZzcwkTvS
Black activist collective demands Pittsburgh and county commit to a dozen changes on policing within a week - PublicSource | News for a better Pittsburgh https://t.co/vHG2A8rcOL
In my first story for @PublicSourcePA, I write about advocates' reignited call to remove Pittsburgh public school police. Arrest data being analyzed by @ACLUpa suggests that between a third and a half of juvenile arrests are school-related in Pittsburgh: https://t.co/1yzgXyFlWQ
Hey man this dude really worked hard, facilitated conversations, engaged institutions, collected donations, put up his own bread, reached out to collleages, dealt wit my ass, and is making #thereform happen 💐 💐 💐
@MPD_150 - This fact sheet that breaks down the problem with MPD and highlights proven community safety models we already have right here in Minneapolis and throughout the country.
"Several of us on the council are working on finding out, what it would take to disband the MPD," says Minneapolis City Councilmember Fletcher.
https://t.co/BbWBNjRWtJ
My friend @WAptekar made @NYPDPoliceRadio & live tweets the NYPD radio, very useful for protesters to stay safe. Follow for live tweets. They need help live tweeting from mutuals or ppl who know them irl. Im volunteering to help listen & tweet.
I want to be on the streets and can't. I'm high risk for COVID19 and can't take the chance. And there are many of us who can't either. A few years ago some dear ones and I wrote this, "26 ways to be in the struggle if you can't be in the streets." https://t.co/i3OMRQ403p