@aluuv_org Affiliated Community Minister • Georgia Advisory Committee to @USCCRgov • @WNBA • live on ancestral lands of Muscogee Nation, coercively ceded 1821
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR HAZEL DO NOT CALL CHASE OR WHISTLE. Just report sightings to me. 470-867-7530. This is advice from a professional tracker I’m working with. Please share.
If you missed our recent #StopCopCity webinar on police foundations and the threat many of them pose to democracy (or just want to share the recording), the webinar, notes, and other resources now are online at https://t.co/c7ZG0Bz2Cq
At last year’s COP27, world leaders recognized the urgency of climate change, pledging to establish a Loss and Damage Fund for those least responsible yet most affected by climate disasters. 🧵 [thread]
Today three UUs - Shelley Nagrani of UU Metro Atlanta North, Lorraine Fontana of First Existentialist Congregation, and Laura Kearn - were arrested during an "elder" action to #StopCopCity, placing their bodies at the entrance of the construction site.
PC: @atlanta_press
Revered Jonathan Rogers, a Unitarian Universalist minister, is speaking now.
Two Unitarian Universalist clergy participated in todays direct action and have been arrested.
"Give Me Shelter" - This Sunday we will explore the responsibility to provide shelter from violent parts of our society. In honor of lost trans and queer lives. - https://t.co/rLN2rMCzRP
#Georgia Advisory Committee to the @USCCRgov issued our report this week about civil asset forfeiture and its impact in communities of color. It details the abuses, inequalities and systemic injustices inherent in the practice of civil forfeiture: https://t.co/OPaLvsoH04
TODAY: @USCCRgov releases Contemporary Civil Rights Challenges: A View from the State Advisory Committees. The report captures data on persistent civil rights issues, identifies emerging ones & captures how perspectives differ across the U.S.
Read: https://t.co/feH3itLPWk
“That place is not for safety or for human beings—it is just for money” - immigrant detained at Folkston ICE prison calls for complete shut down.
Great new piece in @prismreports by @ashahshahani w @mereyoon#ShutDownFolkston
https://t.co/vpdEBOUgs8
“That place is not for safety or for human beings—it is just for money” - immigrant detained at Folkston ICE prison calls for complete shut down.
Great new piece in @prismreports by @ashahshahani w @mereyoon#ShutDownFolkston
https://t.co/vpdEBOUgs8
Although neither of us are thrilled about the timing of the current omicron surge, @Rev_J_Rogers and I are excited for our first vacation since the pandemic began! N95s and eye protection between here and our hotel in London and hoping for the best 😬
🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
We need to move away from focus on short-term organizational "wins" and "successes." Need to focus instead on building power and movement ecosystems--as organizers have in Jackson, Detroit - Robin Kelley #lawyeringforliberation
Daily reminder: Today in the U.S., corporations will steal $137 million in wages, the rich will steal $2.75 billion in taxes, and 1,300 humans will die from poverty, air pollution, and medical error. Who benefits from the news ignoring it and focusing on low-level crime instead?