Prayers for my Jewish Colleagues as they lead their communities into the High Holy days.
Be gentle with yourselves as you prepare and lead folks through these sacred days.
🧵The #LittleRockNine integrated Little Rock Central High School 66 years ago today. In 2023, many are hard at work to prevent children from learning that this vitriol and racism existed then and that it exists now.
If there was ever a symbol of the lack of health in a system, it's how Mitch McConnell's health and dignity mean nothing in comparison to holding on to a senate seat.
(McConnell's politics and related actions have been abhorrent, but he's still a human being)
On this day in 1955, Emmett Till, 14, was kidnapped and brutally murdered for whistling at a white woman.
His killers, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, allegedly saw Till whistle at a white women at a gas station.
A THREAD
just a reminder that the religious right didn’t originally begin as a movement to oppose abortion but to oppose racial integration in the 1960s. white supremacy is a feature of white evangelicalism, not a flaw
You know what's fun? Listening to "The Handmaid's Tale," in the same week that news headlines are talking about a GOP plan to replace our current form of government with a fascist dictatorship, if they win the white house in 2024. 😳😳😳
Michigan is now the seventh state to guarantee free breakfast and lunch for students, news that comes as a relief for some educators who say they've had to personally step up to find snacks for food-insecure kids struggling to learn while hungry.
https://t.co/e3ErLEuEDR
Purposely using incorrect pronouns to refer to someone is transphobic, but it won't land you in jail or with a fine. Here are a few things the Hate Crime Act will actually do:
4th July, 1844 — Edmonia Lewis was born.
Edmonia was the first professional black sculptor and one of the most celebrated neoclassical sculptors of her time.
‘The Death of Cleopatra’ is one her most recognised works. It depicts the famous Cleopatra in the moment of her death.