Check out @AFalomo reading his amazing poem, "S.W.A.T, ALWAYS" for the docuseries! The screening for the whole series is this Friday so be sure to get your tickets! https://t.co/aPYxi55h01
@arianathepoet I don't know friend, it seems like, "few things [are] more disappointing than realizing people would rather pay a ridiculous amount of money to live alone than" live with you.
Black Houston(s): Research, Policy & Activism Past & Future(s) on March 23-24, 2023.
Who's submitting? Who's attending? @valchanelle @uyive_@SecundaJoseph@jonubian @yobholmes @ShesGonnaHaveIt @LoyceGayo https://t.co/tuz05Irvs8
Taniquewa from Texas Tenants For Change wisely points out that tenants in HUD housing often are more aware of their rights than the majority of tenants and how organizing helped her expand those rights.
Watch the whole replay at https://t.co/LaFTAepCPM #spotlightforchange
Happy 100th birthday to Howard Zinn, who took young civil rights organizers at their word before almost anyone else and wrote a book about them in 1964.
Second, much of the rampant abuse of home raids by armed cops is geared toward stealing the property of mostly poor people. If you don't know about civil forfeiture you should read this and it will blow your mind: https://t.co/VhBcpNAt4n
BREAKING: Ex-Black Panther Albert Woodfox has died at age 75 from complications related to COVID-19. He survived 43 years in solitary confinement, believed to be the longest such punishment for any prisoner in U.S. history. https://t.co/616i5i4HAt
Iβm reading βall about loveβ and Bell said βthe intensity of sexual intimacy does not serve as a catalyst for respect, care, trust, understanding and commitment.β
#EnHoraBuena:
I am overjoyed to announce that I will be joining the Creative Writing Faculty at Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts - @HSPVA.
I always said, if the time was right, I would return to the classroom to teach creative writing. That time is now.
The expansiveness. What if we had the infrastructure to develop young people like this and connect them with movement work?
And to prevent their visions for the future from being hindered by initiatives like One Houston Together.
"Technology means that we aren't the young people that you were. Students gain access to an abundance of information at an early age, and the power to alter mindsets is extremely rampant."
Southern youth want web safety education to keep their peers safe:
https://t.co/IExFkFjNdV