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'Good is not a thing you are. It's a thing you do.' 💖💜💙🏳️‍🌈 #EduColor #BlackLivesMatter #LoveThyNeighbor Opinions are my own.

[🔥 CEO Branding Expert @Ceo_Branding]

🚨 Kamala Harris Wins @NAACP Chairman Award! You Don’t Have to Agree with Her to Acknowledge Her Impact.

🇺🇸 In America, we don’t just celebrate the winners. We celebrate those bold enough to step onto the field.

When Biden stepped out, Harris stepped in with just 107 days to go (less than 60 before early voting began) and down by 150 electoral votes in internal polling. She got that gap closer, but fell well short.

Harris has been awarded the NAACP Image Chairman Award. And before dismissing it, consider this:

🔹 The NAACP was founded in 1906, when segregation was still law. It played a crucial role in dismantling Jim Crow, securing voting rights, and advancing civil liberties. While times have changed, its impact remains. Consider how historical Harris accomplishments were and tie that to this orgs founding purpose.

🔹 Harris has had a prestigious career; from breaking barriers as Attorney General to serving as Vice President, the highest-ranking woman in U.S. history.

You don’t need to agree with her politics to acknowledge her significance. She means something to millions of Americans. There is no need to minimize that!

That’s what the award represents.

Are we able to tip our hats to those we disagree with or has our society become too petty to do so? What is the point of being a “sore winner?” Normally victors have much to be thankful for. I hope that is the case here.

📽️ Watch the moment: ⬇️

[रक्षा @raksha]

Ramadan Mubarak!

[Street Medic @RndmStreetMedic]

For fucks sake.

MASKS. Get masks, specifically 95s or better. Don't go places without them, especially indoors with people you don't know (or even some you do).

Opt for outside interactions that are well ventilated and remember...bring a mask with you.

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

I actually read all 216 pages of Florida's new state social studies standards, and the enslaved-people-benefitting-from-slavery is not even the worst part. They basically created a K-12 course in Caucasian Race Theory

Here's the top 10 problems I found:

https://t.co/jFEPFCxYHo

[रक्षा @raksha]

Maybe @GCloudBackup will work better than Google One's backup system?

We can hope

[Kimberly Nguyen-Poet Laureate of Pay Transparency @knguyenpoetry]

But keep in mind that’s a status change from repayment to forbearance and back to repayment. Your interest will capitalize twice because your loans will have changed status technically 2 times. Your interest will also capitalize if you change repayment plans.

[Kimberly Nguyen-Poet Laureate of Pay Transparency @knguyenpoetry]

Your loans come with 36 months of forbearance, which are months you can skip payments for any reason no questions asked. If you reconsolidate, it’s considered a new loan with a new 36 months of forbearance. Don’t reconsolidate until you have to if you want to maximize this.

[Kimberly Nguyen-Poet Laureate of Pay Transparency @knguyenpoetry]

One of the income driven repayment plans also pauses interest on your subsidized loans and pays for 50% of the interest on your unsubsidized loans for 3 years! But you have to renew the plan every year! Don’t forget otherwise the clock keeps ticking but you don’t get the benefits

[Kimberly Nguyen-Poet Laureate of Pay Transparency @knguyenpoetry]

If you lose your job, your minimum payment can be $0 and be counted as a valid on-time payment. You need to call your student loan servicer and apply for an income driven repayment plan. In fact any time your income changes, you can ask for your minimum payment to be recalculated

[Kimberly Nguyen-Poet Laureate of Pay Transparency @knguyenpoetry]

The government has many existing forgiveness programs—teacher loan forgiveness, public service loan forgiveness to name a few—call your student loan servicer to learn about eligibility!

[Kimberly Nguyen-Poet Laureate of Pay Transparency @knguyenpoetry]

You only get one 6 month grace period per loan. So if you take a year off school, your 6 month grade period is used at that time for the loans you already have, and when you graduate, those loans immediately become due because you already used the grace period.

[Kimberly Nguyen-Poet Laureate of Pay Transparency @knguyenpoetry]

This means that if you’re graduating, and you have the ability to pay down that interest, you should because otherwise it’ll get added to the balance your interest rate is calculated off of! Until the status changes, the accrued interest and principle balance is separate!

[Kimberly Nguyen-Poet Laureate of Pay Transparency @knguyenpoetry]

I used to work in student loan servicing and here are the top things I think people need to know about their federal student loans and how to make them manageable if you’re really struggling to pay them. A thread:

[RailroadedUnderground @RailroadUnderg1]

They have been introducing tablets in California prisons. One of the features on these new tablets is the ability to receive messages and photos from family. This is great right? But ofcourse the Correctional Officers have found a way to abuse this. 🧵📱

[Akshaya Kumar @AkshayaSays]

@hrw It feels impossible to ignore France’s colonial history in Algeria as we consider the way so many folks are comfortable in dehumanizing Nahel. So I’m adding here important context via @alwaystheself

[Akshaya Kumar @AkshayaSays]

@hrw If you see #FrenchRiots trending today, or headlines about clashes between law enforcement and protesters, I challenge you to read our work about how French police profile these communities. #SayTheirNames

[Akshaya Kumar @AkshayaSays]

@hrw We can’t imagine the pain Nahel’s mother feels: “On Tuesday he gave me a big kiss and said: ‘Mum, I love you,’” she said. “I told him: ‘I love you, take care.’ An hour later, what do they tell me? They’d shot my son. What will I do? He was my life” https://t.co/yg0a81SupW

[Akshaya Kumar @AkshayaSays]

@hrw We followed this up with a 2020 report spotlighting that French police police engage in ethnic profiling (that is, making assumptions about who is more likely to be a delinquent based on appearance, including race and ethnicity, rather than behavior) https://t.co/pjx6wPIiOM

[Akshaya Kumar @AkshayaSays]

Nahel’s death is part of a pattern of abusive policing targeting Arab men @hrw has previously researched. Check out our in depth 2012 report here https://t.co/6UFXmsMyPa

[Akshaya Kumar @AkshayaSays]

People are taking to the streets. In grief and solidarity. And watch how the French police respond. Telling this man, “go back to Africa” when challenged about Nahel’s death