🔁 Retweet if you're celebrating #IndigenousPeoplesDay! ❤️
Today, we recognize and honor the culture, heritage, history and contributions of all #Indigenous people across the country! #together
87yr old, John Khaminwa, first bailed out his first client at King’s Way Police Station (now Central Police) in 1964. It was manned by white officers. Khaminwa and 76yrs old Rtd. Chief Justice @WMutunga at Central trying to get 32 innocent activists released. Police have refused.
#Nonviolence is more than
not hitting/shooting
It is not passive
It is purposeful, humane engagement in
personal, cultural and systemic
change.
Nonviolence does not
cultivate false peace
(merely the absence of tension).
It cultivates true peace,
which includes justice.
I welcome the completion of my technical visit to the #US and U.S. Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, affirming the rights of victims of terrorism & the rights of victims of counter-terrorism.
Find out more here: https://t.co/fM771JMJku.
If you're curious about #RestorativeJustice, please join us for an informational hike at Potomac Overlook Park in Arlington, VA, Sat. June 10, between 10 am - 12 pm.
Bring your questions and walk with Restorative Arlington staff, Board members and community supporters!
En cette Journée internationale du multilatéralisme et de la diplomatie au service de la paix, et chaque jour, la #CPI joint ses efforts à ceux de l'@ONU_fr & la communauté internationale pour bâtir un monde plus pacifique & #1MondePlusJuste.
#DiplomacyDay https://t.co/PRZbWw1A9Y
A4: I mean, let’s be real here. People who have served time in prison have clearly already paid their debt to society. Let’s try to NOT make it even harder for them to turn their lives around, especially when it comes denying them a chance to work! #SecondChanceMonth 🧵
On this day in 1807, Ohio began prohibiting any Black person from testifying against a white person. This new law allowed white people to commit crimes against Black people with impunity. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/MPJDBZrFjS
🚨Don't miss out on Mon, March 27 (5 pm EST) for a fantastic @GMUCarterSchool roundtable hosted by @SusanFHirsch during this Spring's Peace Week: The Benefits of Restorative Justice for Persons Harmed: A Roundtable https://t.co/R4SzD5vQR7
With every thriving business, with every scientific breakthrough, with every act of kindness — each of the amazing women I met today in Kenya is making their community and country stronger.
Honored & delighted to have @NEHgov support for the writing of my next book, 'Good Women Die: Re-Envisioning the Life of Philippa Duke Schuyler.' So proud to rep new work in black feminist biography & mixed race studies straight out of #Houston#humanities@UHouston
I'm heading to D.C. to cover faculty issues across the U.S. for @insidehighered! I start mid-month. For now, please DM me if you have any story ideas (including West Virginia faculty issues, too!) or people you want me to connect with.
“Love is a combination of six ingredients: care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.
As you go about your life, you can ask: the action I'm taking, does it have these six ingredients?”
-bell hooks