Amy Chou

Program Officer @GroundswellFund. Mobilizing resources to support BIPOC-led, grassroots movements. Daughter of immigrants & fierce mama based in Brooklyn.

[Monica Raye Simpson @monicarsimpson]

The fight for abortion access is a fight against white supremacy.

Let’s call these abortion bans what they are: attempts to control Black people, Black women, and our bodies.

Enough is enough.

[Ms. Magazine @MsMagazine]

NEW: On Wednesday, a federal district court in Texas temporarily blocked the state’s six-week abortion ban in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice.
https://t.co/linup1I1Tc

[Funders for Justice @Funders4Justice]

REPOST 🔄 There’s no reproductive justice without an end to police violence 🚫
#reproductivejustice
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Follow link to read full article: https://t.co/7KWcVWyRX8

[UrbanJusticeDVP @UrbanJusticeDVP]

According to @CDCgov, roughly 50% of female homicides are due to intimate partner violence. #EndDV #BeHeardBeFree

[Amy Chou @amychou]

#CountEveryVote #FacingRace2018

[Amy Chou @amychou]

We love you @JumaaneWilliams ! Thank you for inspiring us to rise up and to see our power.

[Jumaane Williams (@jumaane.bsky.social) @JumaaneWilliams]

This isn't the best angle but I wanted a sincere thanks from the heart, so I decided on no 2nd takes.

Also if anyone knows the young man I spoke of at the end please connect us. (Don't mind the dust in my eye toward the finish there 😁)"

#bethankful
#itstime #letsgo

[Brandworkers @brandworkers]

Legal counsel and know your rights training is necessary, but far from enough to meaningfully prepare for and counter ICE enforcement action at work.

We developed a free training for base building groups w/ an organizing and movement approach. Get in touch if you’re interested.

[Amy Chou @amychou]

If you believe in youth of color organizing you have to put your money where your mouth is. @GKMC18 #FCYOPower

[Amy Chou @amychou]

Safety is really about protecting the dignity of humanity. @UNITEDWEDREAM @eli3cuna #FCYOPower

[Amy Chou @amychou]

Youth organizing is about building political power & learning about governance and role of budgets. @PowerU305 #YOCPower

[Amy Chou @amychou]

Conversations after #Parkland: How does violence show up differently in diff communities based on race and class? @PowerU305 #YOCPower

[Amy Chou @amychou]

Can’t put a bandaid over an open heart wound. Need to address root causes of trauma, mental health and unemployment. #YOCPower @GKMC18

[Amy Chou @amychou]

How do we as media makers not rely on mainstream media to tell our own stories? #YOPCpower @THE_FCYO

[Amy Chou @amychou]

Power of transformative media arts and movement building rooted in community action. @gapyouthmedia @DesisRisingUp #YOCFpower

[Charles M. Blow @CharlesMBlow]

Melania felt it was too traumatic to move her son to DC in the middle of the school year so she spent millions of taxpayer dollars to stay in NY w him for MONTHS!

Now she’s sipping tea w the queen of Spain discussing helping kids while her husband locks them in cages

Girl bye!

[Amy Chou @amychou]

Frightening. https://t.co/99rt0aM3EH

[Michelle Hackman @MHackman]

Confirmed: The White House will propose merging the Education and Labor Departments, as part of a much broader plan to consolidate the federal government https://t.co/yKBGPTDF0P

[Adolfo Flores @aflores]

The Department of Health and Human Services said the children who have already been separated will not be reunited with their parents.

"For the minors currently in the unaccompanied alien children program, the sponsorship process will proceed as usual."

[CNN @CNN]

Acting ICE Director Thomas Homan wouldn't say President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" policy for illegal border crossings -- which has led to children being separated from their parents -- is humane, saying only, "I think it's the law" https://t.co/6JaqiH7H3K

[Amy Chou @amychou]

How funders are collaborating in a statewide coalition to address challenges of upcoming #census2020 #NewYorkCounts2020

[Hari Kondabolu @harikondabolu]

How many immigrants & refugees would have stayed in their homelands if Western countries had not colonized them to begin with, continued to exploit them for natural resources & contributed to their destabilization?