POWER Northeast

Building collective power to undo white supremacy and organize for human rights inc. education, healthcare, economic dignity & reforming mass incarceration.

[POWER Northeast @POWER_NORTHEAST]

@boys8n @Bambimaven @clovapus Science once believed that white men had bigger brains than white women and folks of color; that the world was flat and the sun revolved around the earth. #ComeAgain

[JustLeadershipUSA @JustLeadersUSA]

A NYS contract with @JPay_com will give 52,000 incarcerated people "free" tablets.

@PrisonPolicy found they will be charged:

- 35¢ per email
- $3.50 for deposits less than $20
- $9 for a 30 minute video chat

JPay makes $9 million over 5 years. This cannot happen.

[POWER Northeast @POWER_NORTHEAST]

Loving this! @ Wordsjunky https://t.co/R4xyATjhYR

[CHIKA 🧚🏾‍♂️ @oranicuhh]

A letter to Kanye Omari West. Over his own beat. 🤮

[POWER Northeast @POWER_NORTHEAST]

How we organize! https://t.co/PH40mKx4Bz

[Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II @RevDrBarber]

Having practiced white supremacy for decades, Tom Farr has demonstrated defiance of equal protection. Every senator who condemned racism in 2017 must vote to prevent him from having power on the federal judiciary. https://t.co/oRKRNqJolr

[TIME @TIME]

"Not a drill." Students hid in classrooms as shooter kills 2 at school https://t.co/aio3eBSMcf

[POWER Northeast @POWER_NORTHEAST]

@sarahg1243 @TIME It’s not ALL children. Mostly the white male ones.

[Samuel Sinyangwe @samswey]

One-third of all people killed by strangers in America are killed by police. 97% of the officers are not charged with a crime, 99% are not convicted. Even in the most egregious cases the system refuses to hold police accountable: https://t.co/1lpFvmDp4C

[Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II @RevDrBarber]

When asked if he would repent of his civil disobedience, Thoreau said, “If I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. What demon possessed me that I behaved so well?” In the face of so much injustice, we all need to stop behaving so well. #MoralResistance

[Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II @RevDrBarber]

There’s a nonviolent army of love rising to break every chain of injustice. #PoorPeoplesCampaign https://t.co/2PbxdTdKLp

[The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare @strengthencare]

RT to tell @RepCharlieDent: Don't use tax reform to derail health coverage.

[Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II @RevDrBarber]

People are not poor b/c they spend their money on ‘women & booze,’ @ChuckGrassley. Working people are poor b/c we inherited an unjust distribution of wealth & ppl like you work to keep it that way.

[Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II @RevDrBarber]

@ChuckGrassley When you’ve been seduced by Koch money & intoxicated by power, it can be hard to see clearly. But Scripture is sobering: “He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has lifted up the humble.”

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

We don’t know who is going to have the next big idea in this country, but they’re probably going to need to get online to do it. The decision made today by @realDonaldTrump’s @FCC only tilts the playing field to favor the rich & powerful who have already made it. #NetNeutrality

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

This guy’s bank got a $1.4B bailout in 2008. Now GOP & Dem Senators want to roll back rules on his bank. That’s how DC works, & it stinks.

[Amy Siskind @Amy_Siskind]

Okay, can we go back to a 26 year-old lesbian whose wife is African American won a state Senate race in Okla-fucking-homa last night - in a district Trump won +40 with 67% of vote a year ago! That's not just a shift, that's a tectonic shift.

[PA Health Access @pahealthaccess]

CALL FOR STORIES:

Among the many reasons to oppose the tax bill that will be up for a vote this Thursday in the... https://t.co/77XecPhRlU

[AFSC @afsc_org]

Important questions & statement on #Charlottesville by Jude-Laure Denis, executive director of @POWER_NORTHEAST https://t.co/kqvzpT2NFb

[Faith in Action @FIAnational]

“Commit to doing the work of interrupting how white domination manifests inside of you" @POWER_NORTHEAST https://t.co/0PWc8hPlgm