Justice Shorter

Living joyfully in my truth as a Black Blind Lesbian Woman. I advise/organize through capacity bridging, dream building & collective healing.

[Justice Shorter @JusticeShorter1]

EMprints are officially here! Check out over 20 free Disaster Justice themed coloring pages, activity pages and journal pages. Visit https://t.co/yGFpbSHCsz to print & pass them on!

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

Airport security force wheelchair bound disabled Black man to stand—unaided on feet for many minutes.

He's now suffered over 30 silent seizures—in just the past 2 weeks.

"I was afraid they would just see an angry Black dude with dreadlocks... and not a brain injury," said mom.

"He was very upset, so if you see another video of me in his face it was just me trying to calm him down."

Airport security offered no explanation for the search not being allowed in his wheelchair—and even called over a supervisor.

Vince "Fresh The Dj" Colston suffered a traumatic brain injury with paralysis on one side of his body—after being hit by a car while riding his motorcycle.

This caused severe mobility impairments that make him wheelchair dependent.

The incident occurred at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada.

[Nina vs. the World @ninamonei]

Mike Brown was barely 18
Trayvon was 17
Cyrus was 14
Tamir was 12

They kill our children and then call it “self defense”. They lynch them and call it “suicide”. They punished Karmelo for not dying.

[liz 💥 @lizaboth]

They hate Mexicans and abortions and trans people but will use Mexican stem cells to alter god’s will for their bodies

[Vilissa Thompson @VilissaThompson]

We're officially ONE DAY AWAY from the debut of the 2nd @RampYourVoice! Conference!

I'm proud to share about the @Tinu Abayomi-Paul Award, named after our beloved community member.

https://t.co/4yrjzGndif

#Disability
#2026RYVConference
#RampYourVoiceConf
#BlackDisabledVoices

[Truthout @truthout]

Climate gentrification is slamming Miami’s Black neighborhoods, as wealthier residents flee flood-prone coastal areas and drive up rents, speculation, and land grabs in higher-elevation communities once dismissed and redlined.

https://t.co/7XHNihWBmi

[adam mahoney (he/him) @AdamLMahoney]

ONE YEAR AGO, the most destructive tornado in 15 years tore through St. Louis’ Black neighborhoods

Today, most blocks still look the same.

This is what disaster recovery looks like under Trump when it hits poor Black communities:
https://t.co/fiCtGvQCRy

[UAINE @mahtowin1]

Akwesasne Mohawk and other kids with disabilities were held in wooden boxes at the Salmon River School District in NY as recently as 2025.
Sweeping reforms are coming.
https://t.co/HbmzQIGw0m

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

Krystal Clark says she is in constant pain from what she believes is toxic mold exposure inside Michigan’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility. After 16 years behind bars, she says her body is deteriorating while her cries for help continue to go unanswered. Now, lawmakers and advocates are urging Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to grant her early release before it’s too late. Human dignity should not end with incarceration!

[ebonically intelligent papi 🌻 @julianakilrose]

This is propaganda. There’s no pressure on them to do this. there are, however, choices. These choices are called price gouging.

[Lee Merritt @LeeMerrittesq]

On August 26, 2025, 19-year-old Black autistic college student Victoria Lang was locked out of her dorm in Wichita Falls, Texas and went to a downtown McDonald’s to change her clothes while she waited for housing to be sorted out. A manager called 911, claiming she’d been in the restroom too long and assuming she was homeless.

Wichita Falls police officers Daniel Wilson and Douglas Gulley responded; body cam footage shows Wilson choking, dragging, and hogtying Lang as they force her out of the restroom, into the restaurant, and into a patrol car — force the department later labeled “unnecessary and excessive”. Both officers left the Wichita Falls Police Department, with Wilson fired in November 2025 and Gulley resigning afterward.

On May 6, 2026, the city finally released five angles of body cam and cruiser video from the arrest, and days later a grand jury indicted former officer Daniel Wilson over his actions in that McDonald’s bathroom.

🎥: @TexomasHomepage

[Scalawag @scalawagmag]

Decades of exposure to cancer-causing chemicals are sickening Black residents at alarming rates. But courts and the company responsible for the contamination say the burden of proof is on the community.

https://t.co/rMw29jlcls

[Vilissa Thompson @VilissaThompson]

It's TIIIMMMMEEEEE!!!

Registration is now open for the 2nd @RampYourVoice! Conference!

Sign up so that you don't miss Black #disabled brilliance on Friday, June 5th, 2026.

Registration link: ⬇️
https://t.co/P8D1MM1GED

#Disability
#2026RYVConference
#RampYourVoiceConf

[WTOP @WTOP]

SaVanna Wanzer, a transgender advocate who is credited with founding events that celebrated D.C.'s transgender community, died at age 63.

https://t.co/bU2MpBO2uX

[Scalawag @scalawagmag]

Incarcerated people are often dispatched to help clean up disaster sites or assigned to work in the industries that fuel climate change.

https://t.co/N5pbfMwFB4

[Vilissa Thompson @VilissaThompson]

If you missed the update, check it out!

We're under 50 days... get ready!

[Justice Shorter @JusticeShorter1]

I Haven’t Been Home In 2 Years: What My Family’s House Fire Revealed About Who Gets to Rebuil… https://t.co/RcBfbU4NHV

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

Reminder that ICE is still detaining a disabled double amputee named Rodney Taylor.

He was grabbed in Jan 2025.

Denied access to his prosthetic legs.

Forced to crawl across dirty floors.

Put in solitary.

His health is rapidly declining.

Make noise for Rodney.

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

24-year-old Hunter Adkins, who lived with muscular dystrophy, died after a fall while being assisted onto an Allegiant Air flight. A lawsuit alleges he was placed in a wheelchair without safety straps while boarding was rushed. What happened to Hunter raises serious concerns about how passengers with disabilities are treated when it matters most. https://t.co/xFpwxq5eUj

[adam mahoney (he/him) @AdamLMahoney]

NEW: Imagine your water runs brown, smells like poop, your yard floods with sewage every time it rains — and the government still says your water “meets standards”

That’s life in Cahokia Heights, a Black town where Congress just cut infrastructure funding
https://t.co/zB2kGXlmHV

[Dae @daeshikjr]

Thousands forced to evacuate on Oʻahu. Homes, businesses, medical patients needing electricity to stay alive. Hawaii’s Dole Plantation owns a dam that needed to be repaired. $20M to fix it. But Dole said it couldn’t afford repairs, while paying $92.4M in dividends since 2023.