Tere FiguerasNegrete

Editor, writer, mom. Lapsed journalist. Unapologetic lover of the 305.

[Nadege Green @NadegeGreen]

“Sam Solomon said
Go get out your Klan—
But you must’ve forgotten
A Negro is a MAN.”—Langston Hughes

Read the op-ed I wrote for @MiamiHerald about a poetry speakeasy I co-created with @mavenleaders where we got together to learn about this poem
https://t.co/OTg75kjNqs

[Devoun Cetoute @devoun_cetoute]

New developments in the firing of former "Sundial" host @Carlos_Frias:

NPR's "All Things Considered" Anchor Catalina Garcia quits job during staff meeting in solidarity with fired "Sundial" team.

She tells @MiamiHerald she had enough of the lies. https://t.co/QRAc52Q2PM

[Tere FiguerasNegrete @TereNegrete]

@AndrewOtazo @Carlos_Frias @WLRNSundial @WLRN We'll remember this on #GiveMiamiDay @WLRN

[Carol Marbin Miller @MarbinMiller]

Real journalists learn early on that, often, they can have access to powerful people doing questionable things, or they can have their integrity. I have seen so-called journalists trade their souls to stay in the good graces of newsmakers. They may get stories. But not respect.

[Tere FiguerasNegrete @TereNegrete]

@Carlos_Frias This is truly shocking...Sundial was great. What a loss for the community. Wishing you and your team the best 💙

[Carlos Frías @Carlos_Frias]

Catch up on @WLRNSundial with our daily podcast:
https://t.co/2DmDPeQgFm
•Giancarlo Rodáz’s passion for plays
•Ana Sofia Pelaez sets a table for difficult chats over SoFlo issues
•Yaddyra Peralta’s poetry preserves Miami culture
•Marie Vickles merges local & global art

[Alex Harris @harrisalexc]

In all this heat, don't forget about the folks who live outside.

Heat risks are high for folks over 55, "the fastest-growing homeless demographic in Miami and nationwide."

Via Catherine Odom https://t.co/MmQrSzaHVY

[Tere FiguerasNegrete @TereNegrete]

@Writer_DG No offense to all the amazing Gabaldons/Gabaldóns in the world!

[Tere FiguerasNegrete @TereNegrete]

@Writer_DG When my little one was very little, he always saw me reading your books but couldn't pronounce your name. That's why you're forever (& lovingly) known in my house as "Diana Gabbledabbledingdong” 💙

[Tere FiguerasNegrete @TereNegrete]

@comanchepilot @Writer_DG Or ...plot twist! Turns out it's all been imagined by a kid staring into a snow globe, like St. Elsewhere 😂

[Beth Reinhard @bethreinhard]

Here’s the inside story of how DeSantis flipped Florida Supreme Court — and used secret panel of advisers led by Leonard Leo. W/ ⁦@jdawsey1⁩ https://t.co/deSixP9wc7

[Tere FiguerasNegrete @TereNegrete]

Shout out to the student journalists from @palmettoSHS who helped @CNN with their Trump indictment coverage. True shoe-leather reporting! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️💨

[Laura Smitherman @lsmitherman]

The backstory of CNN’s reporting from Miami federal court. Thank you ⁦⁦@HBRabinowitz⁩ ⁦@Tierney_Megan⁩ and our intrepid Palmetto Senior High School runners. https://t.co/AmiFnXMIrf

[Tere FiguerasNegrete @TereNegrete]

@LDixon_3 Such sad news. I really enjoyed working with Mark in the Neighbors trenches. Especially recall his love of music and gaming. RIP, Mark 💙

[Carlos Frías @Carlos_Frias]

His own life story would be banned in Florida classrooms.

Yet historian and professor emeritus Marvin Dunn keeps finding ways to tell it.
https://t.co/w23Ghvhvbc

[Tere FiguerasNegrete @TereNegrete]

Just a 'concerned parent' 👀
@MDCPS this is shameful

[Miami Against Fascism 🌴☕️ @MIAagainstFash]

Yesterday the @MiamiHerald published an article on Miami Lakes parent Daily Salinas who challenged several books such as The ABCs of Black History.

But what they didn’t report & we will reveal is Salinas’ ties to far-right groups like M4L & open support of the Proud Boys. 🧵 1/

[Tere FiguerasNegrete @TereNegrete]

@BarryHolstein @jonfreadom @MDCPS @TheAmandaGorman Because @PENamerica is on the right side of history, unlike @MDCPS schools. I'm grateful they are speaking up on behalf of *all* Florida students.

[Tere FiguerasNegrete @TereNegrete]

@MDCPS @TheAmandaGorman I'm a parent of @MDCPS elementary students. HOW is this inappropriate for grades K-5? Please cite the text.

[Tere FiguerasNegrete @TereNegrete]

@LeahSwanky @TheAmandaGorman @MiamiDadeCounty @MDCPS I'm a @MDCPS parent...So ashamed and disappointed by this.

[Tere FiguerasNegrete @TereNegrete]

As a mother of elementary age school kids, please @MDCPS : Tell me what is inappropriate about these @TheAmandaGorman verses? This is 'indoctrination'?

[Beth @BethHoller]

@TheAmandaGorman @Oprah @FLFreedomRead In case anyone is wondering what pages 12 and 13 say, here they are. Someone please tell me what is hateful about this…

[Amanda Gorman @TheAmandaGorman]

So they ban my book from young readers, confuse me with @oprah , fail to specify what parts of my poetry they object to, refuse to read any reviews, and offer no alternatives…Unnecessary #bookbans like these are on the rise, and we must fight back 👊🏿 DONATE here: https://t.co/QFjBGwYDCL