"Keep organising. Even those against you, will need you one day. You got to be where people are hurting. If you do the work, the work will do the work" @TheRevAl
Takeaways from @AmnestyKenya@irunguhoughton@NickOguttu @austexanywhere meeting @NationalAction in New York
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu refused to sit and watch injustice meted out against the people of South Africa by the apartheid government at the time when it was costly to stand up against the regime.
The world has lost a dedicated human rights champion.
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The US Congress blew a historic opportunity by rejecting the #GeorgeFloyd Justice in Policing Act (2021) last month. It also contains ideas that should kick-start another round of police reforms in Kenya.
#StandardSettingKE
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This is Ombeyi village in Muhoroni, Kisumu County. I'm just wondering if #StayAtHome can work for them when their houses and property are being swept. Only solution is to converge in evacuation centre in hundreds for safety during this Coronavirus Pandemic. Pls retweet.
Mr. @NYGovCuomo and @NYCMayor, great job! We have 10 tailors and many more on call ready to make masks at Harlem Artisans Market. We only lack the materials to start. We want to help New Yorkers.
ABOLISH national exams. They aren’t about education. No — they only deny young people opportunity, stunt human potential, and stratify society. Let’s stop locking young people out through this obscene charade @DonaldBKipkorir@WMutunga@KoinangeJeff@ahmednasirlaw@EduMinKenya
Congratulations Mwende! ✊🏾 to the millions of Kenyans in the Diaspora. Working daily to sustain thousands of households in Kenya. Enduring racism and discrimination in far-away countries due to lack of opportunities at home. Keeping the economy going with their remittances.
"Kuna wahamiaji wenye vibali na wasio na vibali, lakini kibinadamu, wote ni sawa na wote wana haki."
@NickOguttu wa @SafariYangu_ Marekani, taasisi inayowasaidia wahamiaji hususan kutoka Africa wakati wa mkutano wa haki za binadamu, uhamiaji na vijana. https://t.co/HTWGF6FRJo
"You think you are driving the machine, and yet it is driving you, and suddenly other hands than yours are on the wheel."
- V.I. Lenin on tool-being before it was cool
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