Queen Nanny of the Maroons.
Born 1686: Ghana 🇬🇭
Died 1733/1750: Jamaica 🇯🇲
For over 30 years, it is said she fought and freed over 800 enslàved people on the island of Jamaica. There are many stories about her, it is said she was a queen in Ghana from the warrior Ashanti tribe when she was captured and brought to Jamaica where she later escaped and led an armed revolt against the British Empire in the mountains and jungles of Jamaica for two decades.
It is said she used guerilla warfare to fight the British who suffered great loss and later settled with a peace treaty to spare their men. She was said to also be a powerful spiritual voodoo priestess who would use her powers to shield her fighters from the attacks of the British.
One British officer who was lucky to survive her encounter described her as being small, muscular, and strong with intense eyes. She wore a girdle with at least 10 different combat kn iv es. Queen Nanny is Jamaica's only female hero, and there are still Maroons living in Jamaica today.
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If ODSP is not increased, there will be more homelessness because you can’t survive on $1300 a month. Rent alone is higher than that. So, that already puts you at -$700. And, you have to eat! Increasing ODSP will directly help reduce homelessness. #DougFordFailedOntario
Nearly 500,000 people rely on ODSP, which provides max $1,368/month.
It isn’t enough to live on, and it's not even enough to cover rent in Toronto.
This is why it's such a big deal that the Ontario Liberal Party has promised to *double* ODSP.
Dear @fordnation@OntarioPCParty@OntarioPCCaucus
ODSP is Ontario Disability Support Program.
Ontario Works is OW.
ODSP isn't OW
They're Different.
Your doctors screen people on #ODSP to make sure they need it. Repeatedly.
You are failing Disabled People to their deaths.
$1,368 a month isn’t enough to live on—but that’s all Doug Ford gives people with disabilities while handing billions to his rich friends.
Ontario Liberals will permanently double ODSP and index it to inflation—because no one should be forced to live in poverty. #ODSP #MoreForYou #OnPolit