Young WV

We are #YoungWV - The official Twitter for the YoungWV Power Building Movement! Join us in the movement to make WV a better place!

[Young WV @_youngwv]

We’re still here! Together, we call for @Sen_JoeManchin to support the much needed investments into healthcare, climate action, and jobs in #WestVirginia, Pass the #BuildBackBetter Act!! @RiseUpWV

[Young WV @_youngwv]

Sign Here! https://t.co/lZhuRf5iuB

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Slavery was Legal.

Colonialism was Legal.

Jim Crow was Legal.

Apartheid was Legal.

Legality is a matter of Power, NOT Justice. #BlackHistoryMonth

[Young WV @_youngwv]

Happy Black History Month!

[Fxck the Cistem 🤘🏾⚡️ @MUHLEEK12]

Check out how these amazing Black women are dismantling Eurocentric beauty standards and white supremacy in our state:
@jenniferlwells1 @_youngwv @officialdaniwv @CharkeraE @OnlyMyya @cgoodwoman @awisewomanwins

https://t.co/2oKTBBcjFF

[When We All Vote @WhenWeAllVote]

“Fifty years since Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm announced her run for president, she remains a shining example for Black women in politics and beyond.” #ShirleyChisholm
https://t.co/sLDTemZpFn

[Young WV @_youngwv]

Sign our petition here: https://t.co/b5IqQwmklU

[Young WV @_youngwv]

Stand with Young West Virginians as we pledge to lift our voices for our democracy! Our petition is linked below!

[BBG | The West Virginian @BlackByGodWV]

Charleston, WV #MLKDay

Protesters @KatonyaHart and @kai_newkirk face the CPD as they block an intersection asking for @Sen_JoeManchin to support the Freedom to Vote: John Lewis Act.

[Young WV @_youngwv]

Happy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

[Young WV @_youngwv]

Low Youth Voter turn out is a MYTH! Each election, youth voter rates for WV have increased. We need policies that help make voting accessible for all! #BuildBackBetter #FreedomToVoteAct #EqualityAct

[Young WV @_youngwv]

We need strong legislation to help keep young people in West Virginia! #BuildBackBetter #FreedomToVoteAct #EqualityAct

[Julie Tsirkin @news_jul]

Happening now outside of @Sen_JoeManchin’s Charleston, WV office. Some of the groups here are @RiseUpWV & @ourfuturewv:

[Young WV @_youngwv]

Organizing works. Don’t let anyone convince you otherwise. It matters & we can be unapologetic about that. ✊🏾💙

[Community Change Action @CommChangeAct]

Direct action works. Organizing works. Sharing our stories and speaking truth to power works.

Ty @maddow for highlighting our actions and our partners actions in your coverage as we pass #BuildBackBetter.

CC @RattleWindows @CPDAction among many, many others ♥️✊

Vid pt 1:

[Community Change Action @CommChangeAct]

Direct action works. Organizing works. Sharing our stories and speaking truth to power works.

Ty @maddow for highlighting our actions and our partners actions in your coverage as we pass #BuildBackBetter.

CC @RattleWindows @CPDAction among many, many others ♥️✊

Vid pt 1:

[Young WV @_youngwv]

Thank you, Dr. Jeffrey Sachs for speaking with West Virginians about Build Back Better. Thank you, @UniteThePoor for having us!

[Poor People's Campaign @UniteThePoor]

WATCH: #PoorPeoplesCampaign Community Forum | Building Back Better from the Bottom Up! https://t.co/hMnMNBHjUi

[Popular Democracy in Action @popdemocaction]

NEWS: Numerous West Virginia organizations have released a strongly worded joint statement calling on Congress to pass #BuildBackBetter.

In it, they condemn @Sen_JoeManchin for shrinking the bill and call on him to stand with Democrats to pass it now. 🧵1/

[Popular Democracy in Action @popdemocaction]

3/ Two weeks ago, @Sen_JoeManchin said he didn’t believe polls showing #BuildBackBetter is popular in WV.

He told the people who KAYAKED TO HIS YACHT to get his attention that he hasn’t heard from enough constituents.

Sally Roberts responds: “You may need a hearing aid, Joe!”

[Popular Democracy in Action @popdemocaction]

2/ West Virginians are very, very angry about @Sen_JoeManchin’s comments that the basic necessities in #BuildBackBetter will give his constituents an “entitlement mentality.”

Loretta Young of Race Matters WV responds:

[Young WV @_youngwv]

West Virginians need #BuildBackBetter! @Sen_JoeManchin our future and our children’s futures depend on it!

[Popular Democracy in Action @popdemocaction]

Powerful moment from West Virginia’s Hunter Starks, at @Sen_JoeManchin’s yacht yesterday, on his obstruction of #BuildBackBetter:

“Why! Why are you doing this? Why won’t you be there for us?!”

[Popular Democracy in Action @popdemocaction]

BREAKING: Doctors, nurses, and people facing healthcare crises are blocking entrances to the Senate office buildings, demanding Congress keep all the healthcare priorities in #BuildBackBetter.

They’re telling their stories and facing arrest. [captions coming] 🧵