This is a space where grassroots activists, community organizers, business leaders, investors, philanthropists, people of faith + policymakers converge to collaborate, convene + catalyze change. We aim to amplify the voices + efforts of those on the ground doing the deep work.
Excited that @smallmart Michael Shuman & I w interview @nataliefoster on her brilliant idea and the book about it. @neighborecon give people a guarantee. https://t.co/IJfQeaIuCE
My crowdfunding cherub group led by @DevinThorpe invested in this fund to reduce energy costs at the block level in under resourced neighborhoods. @neighborecon fits in @ImpactAlpha local capital database we are curating for them. https://t.co/oIXwuZlBTg
It is where we followed disasters in real-time and heard directly from folks with boots on the grounds. It’s where you learned about protest and where we mourned together when someone was murdered by the police
Twitter’s destruction is not on accident.Twitter is where organizing happened, where scientist shared real covid info, where folks with disabilities built community to find mutual aid . It’s where folks from Palestine taught folks from Ferguson how to handle teargas from police.
MEET THE FACULTY
Poet, fiction writer and memoirist, Karen Brennan is the author of nine books including the forthcoming Rabbit in the Moon: The Mexico Stories, and Television, a Memoir, a hybrid collection of micro-memoir and lyric essays. Read more at: https://t.co/TDYtK2PvCN
I'll take this one.
The idea that affirmative action or diversity, equity & inclusion policies equal lower standards is something that a lot of people believe.
Instead of citing what "I believe" like Elon did, let's use facts & a something I like to called "math"
A thread.