Richard Smith Speaks

Richard is a speaker & educator who shares his journey from HS drop-out and spending a decade in prison to college prof & community activist

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@TeamYouTube My account was suspended Oct 4, 2024. I’m still being charged for Premium but can’t access or cancel. Appeals got no response. Need help resolving this ASAP.

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📣 Exciting news! Join us for an enlightening Instagram Live conversation tonight at 8 pm with Richard Smith, Founder of Divine Masculinity Apparel (@divinemasculinity7 on Instagram) and Dr. Bruce Purnell, Director of The Love More Movement.

In this spec…https://t.co/1WFZKXejsQ

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Hello, LinkedIn Community!

Thank you all for your lovely birthday wishes. As the clock ticks closer to the end of my birthday, I've saved the best for last. It's been an eventful day spent preparing for something truly close to my…https://t.co/hsNYYqsuQT https://t.co/opkMkT875j

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Wise words from my younger brother Dwaine Carr, MSW about the value of social work education. Healing is in our DNA. Check it out! https://t.co/DDK7V40JEO

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So excited to be supporting the amazing work of my brother Samuel Simmons at the 15th Annual Community Empowerment Through Black Men Healing Conference next month. https://t.co/Vy7cZiAIx1

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Launching Alignment Global has been both liberating and frightening. When Jorge Vidal and I started this process six months ago, it required a tremendous amount of grace and patience with each other. As we wrestled with our learned fears and doubts. Bu…https://t.co/FAk7jaITS5

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Alignmeant Global LLC is a social
enterprise founded by two men of color with very different lived
experiences (gay Latinx immigrant and straight Black formerly incarcerated person) that have been committed to healing ourselves from interpersonal and syst…https://t.co/qDzdQkmxvL

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Join in this much needed conversation with my dear friends and colleagues. This will be a space of healing and information for survivors and all those seeking to disrupt systems of harm, interpersonal and structural. Elizabeth "E" Ruebman https://t.co/Cj6sbwqiPo

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Greetings!

I have used all of my student aid I need support paying off my financial balance and covering my tuition for the next two semesters to complete my doctoral program.

I wanted a Ph.D. before I even earned my GED. During…https://t.co/2XHJJIKaxR https://t.co/EdFJl2td51

[Ayanna Pressley @AyannaPressley]

Policing is a public health crisis.
Mass incarceration is a public health crisis.
Housing injustice is a public health crisis.
Medical apartheid is a public health crisis.
Racism is a public health crisis.

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@hhawki3 @AyannaPressley You’re fucking coward! Shut up idiot!

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What time is it on the clock of the world? And what are you doing/what can we do to make a difference? #fuxktrauma #healingispossible https://t.co/aNvTR0pHWe

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Just posted a photo https://t.co/L6qW2XhXbb

[Adnan Khan @akhan1437]

The difference between police & correctional officer brutality is that in prison, you go to sleep & wake up to the same officers.

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.@SenatorMenendez @CoryBooker In a post COVID-19 world, we urgently need higher education in prison. Vote to restore Pell Grants for every person behind bars. #EquityIsJustice

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Horrible!

[Ayanna Pressley @AyannaPressley]

In March, I sent a letter to The Occupant of the @WhiteHouse demanding he grant clemency to save the lives of our most medically vulnerable incarcerated men and women.

He’s ignored it but found time to commute the sentence of his corrupt associate.

Despicable.

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“You cannot have a government for and by the people if it is not represented by all of the people” @AyannaPressley #ChangeCantWait #ayanna4congress

[Alex Goldstein @alexjgoldstein]

To any progressive candidate or campaign that has had the charge of “identity politics” thrown at you in an attempt to marginalize and minimize, this from @AyannaPressley is a must watch. Wow. #mapoli #ma7

[JustLeadershipUSA @JustLeadersUSA]

Right now, 25K NYers sit in jail, 70% not convicted. @JustLeadersUSA is building statewide power to demand justice. We need you. #halfby2030