Champaign County Antiracist Coalition

We are a coalition of organizations for the sole purpose of mobilizing for change. we encourage everyone to find organizations to organize under.

[Champaign County Antiracist Coalition @ARCChampaign]

Hi everyone, we are announcing that this account, CC-ARC will be posting less in the future. If you would like to stay involved with the work that members of the coalition are engaging in, please fill out this form: https://t.co/5Ktf0ofbFq

[BSFR UIUC @BSFRUIUC]

#UIUC BSFR will be hosting a Black Student Townhall this Wednesday in the SDRP ABC rooms from 6-8:00pm to discuss all of our concerns as a student body and to push forward as a united front! See you all Wednesday!

[UIUC YDSA @UIUCYDSA]

Join @AFSCME3700 on the Quad today from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm to demand a fair contract! If you can stop by for any amount of time to show solidarity, that would be appreciated. And if you can wear green!

[The Daily Illini @TheDailyIllini]

On Thursday morning, flyers claiming to be from the Ku Klux Klan were found littered around campus. This is the second time in two months racist flyers were spotted on campus.

Written by Willie Cui & Faith Allendorf
https://t.co/wrxC44D4fL

[Tristan Social @tristan_social]

Trans women are women

[tara houska ᔖᐳᐌᑴ @zhaabowekwe]

I think ending dehumanization of others is called progress.

I think stubbornly clinging to racist stereotypes you’ve been told are harmful to children is willful ignorance & supremacy.

These educators should open their hearts, ears & grow up. Our cultures aren’t costumes.

[The Daily Illini @TheDailyIllini]

On March 5, during the weekend of Unofficial, Jaelynn Edwards was taken to the hospital at approximately 2 a.m. after an altercation with an employee of The Red Lion.

Written by Lilli Bresnahan
https://t.co/rqFmJiwM24

[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

Arlington, TX police department puts guns to a Black woman’s back (execution style) — in a case of mistaken identity. They were looking for a MALE suspect. Then after detaining her, intimidating her, says it was a “learning experience” and tries to wipe the surveillance video

[Champaign County Bailout Coalition @CUBailout]

HB5058 rolls back protections for people on EM that are a part of the Pretrial Fairness Act. Help us stop this bill by filling out the witness slip linked in the post below.

[Breaking The Chains @breakchainsmag]

Hero, revolutionary and feminist, we honor Harriet Tubman's 200th birthday this month. Living as an enslaved women for over 25 years, Tubman escaped and risked her life time and time again to lead scores of people to freedom.

[Ethio-American Development Council (EADC) @EA_DevCouncil]

Water is the new oil—@EugenePuryear, at the Denver #NoMore panel—makes the argument that the conflict in #Ethiopia is an intl conflict related to #ClimateCrisis & the planned #GreenEnergy mega production on the Nile river—w/the near-complete Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam—#GERD.

[Black Lives Matter (BLM) @Blklivesmatter]

Black Women Are Divine is inspired by the Spirit of #BreonnaTaylor. It is a reclamation of the divinity of Black womanhood...a remembrance of our sacred connection to the Divine, our most righteous Ancestors and each other.

[BT Long Reads @BTlongreads]

#PeoplesHistory | Happy birthday to the Colombian writer and internationalist Gabriel García Marquez.

"Gabo" was much more than a literary hero. Read about him in our article by Laura Capote (@laurapcapote).
#GabrielGarciaMarquez #Gabo
https://t.co/EX88ZkGlkG

[The Daily Illini @TheDailyIllini]

The Graduate Employees’ Organization protested this morning in response to the University’s changes to campus mask rules which will take effect Monday.

Written by Thomas Demouy, Vivian La, and Willie Cui
https://t.co/FZgKgUi3Nb

[GEO at UIUC @geo_uiuc]

Lead negotiator Karla shares GEO's demand that the mask mandate be expanded back to cover all indoor spaces, not just instructional spaces, to protect ALL workers.

The admin has "no comments or questions at this time" about our proposal. #ILLatIllinois

[Central Black Student Union @CBSU_UIUC]

The time has FINALLY come!! Are you as excited as we are!? Please join us for our Annual CBSU Cotton Club Fashion Show this Saturday, February 26th! Tickets are now available through the link in our bio! It is first come, first serve so don't wait to secure your spot! 🧡

[Nodutdol | 노둣돌 @nodutdol]

Thread: Last week Christina Yuna Lee was murdered in her apartment by a stranger who followed her home. Christina Yuna Lee was a 35-year-old Korean woman who lived in NYC Chinatown. Her life was precious & she deserved to be safe. May she rest in peace. 삼가 고인의 명복을 빕니다.