Patricia M. B. Kitchen

Presbyterian minister; Poconos, New Orleans + Fifth Ave Pres/NY, Parish Associate.

[johncecilprice @johncecilprice]

#Bravo

[Defend the Atlanta Forest/Stop Cop City @defendATLforest]

June, 2023:

1. GBI Director resigned
2. Dekalb DA recused
3. Another $30+ million of public funding stolen
4. 85 acres of forest to be restored
5. 100s more to be defended
6. Another Week of Action ongoing

Show up. Stop Cop City.

[Chicago Commune @chicago_commune]

Impressive letter by Matt Johnson Jr to Atlanta clergy about the movement to Stop Cop City. Includes an preface by Joy James.

Recommended.
https://t.co/qT7F3C73sY

[Joshua Rothman @joshuarothman]

How do you think—in images, words, or something else? In @newyorker, I wrote about our different ways of thinking and the mystery of what happens between our ears. https://t.co/KbYH8oMfoj

[Patricia M. B. Kitchen @ReverendKitchen]

@maddow Excellent @MSNBC panel of female journalists, par excellence! Thank you. Many more nights like this, please.

[Marco @marcorasi1960]

Crescent of water and crescent of light, New Orleans

[The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center @TheKingCenter]

A public health crisis: The firearm homicide rate in the U.S. is 20X higher for all individuals and 43X higher for 15-24 year olds than in all other industrialized countries. We’ve had enough. Help us commit to being #AllInForPeace today. #BELOVE

[Patricia M. B. Kitchen @ReverendKitchen]

Last paragraph. Ellie Wiesel.
Then, henceforth, let’s replace the word ‘politics’ with ‘humanity.’ Thank you, @nancygibbs .
At Harvard, Tom Hanks offered an increasingly rare moment of grace https://t.co/LOsP9Q5Qd1

[Thomas Wheatley is mostly on Bluesky these days @thomaswheatley]

Good @JohnRuchAtlanta summary about the free speech concerns stemming from the fight over Atlanta's proposed public safety training center. Links here: https://t.co/MSnpJs2S7f

[Marco @marcorasi1960]

The sun sets over the Mississippi, view from Holy Cross, New Orleans

[Patricia M. B. Kitchen @ReverendKitchen]

@thomaswheatley @JohnRuchAtlanta Thank you - please keep a bright, even searing, light on what is happening in Atlanta to #FreeSpeech #RETHINKCopCity

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

On this day in 1951, Racial Segregation in Washington, D.C. restaurants ruled illegal by Municipal Court of Appeals.

[Marco @marcorasi1960]

Gas lamps under the moon, Royal street, New Orleans

[Marco @marcorasi1960]

Night in Central City, New Orleans

[. @GregTSargent]

Don't overlook this, it's a big deal: Michigan Dems are passing pro-labor *and* pro-LGBTQ/abortion bills. They're explicitly casting this as a pro-worker agenda, economically *and* culturally. This is the blue state answer to red state culture war madness:
https://t.co/ysbzdrc1iq

[Ruwa Romman @ruwaromman]

🧵This is why it matters so much. We cannot destroy one of the few green spaces left in the city. I’ve been particularly upset with the “don’t listen to misinformation” lines. There is no misinformation and here’s a thread debunking claims I’ve recently heard:

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[Patricia M. B. Kitchen @ReverendKitchen]

Consider free speech essential? Pls consider contributing to the Atlanta Solidarity Fund. Contribute here: https://t.co/TGwuxWRdST

[Patricia M. B. Kitchen @ReverendKitchen]

⁦@mikeallen⁩ Please include this stunning 2020 #CentralPark monument of #women in ⁦@axios⁩ update. Thanks for all you do and affect. #SusanBAnthony #ECadyStanton #SojournerTruth https://t.co/w7JXpv9IZw

[Abigail Susik @AbigailSusik]

On typewriters and surrealism '... I was only vaguely familiar with surrealism, but like those misunderstood idealists I was trying to maintain a more or less constant dream state'