Our 30th Annual Sadako Peace Day at La Casa de Maria was a beautiful event. Thank you to our wonderful program participants and attendees who came to join us in remembering Sadako and all innocent victims of war. #CranesForOurFuture#NuclearBan 🕊️🕊️
Asheville is over 2,000 feet above sea level, and ~300 miles away from the nearest coastline. No place is safe from climate change.
We all suffer the consequences. We must all take action. We are all in this together.
You want to know how many Republicans supported my proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15/hr?
Zero.
You want to know how many Republicans tried to grow union membership by supporting the PRO Act?
Zero.
Don't try to tell me that Republicans support the working class.
Over 20 years of advocacy by the Yurok and Karuk tribes culminates in the Klamath River dam removal, benefiting over 400 miles of habitat. https://t.co/PaJw1eDH5F
Don’t ever talk to me about how Black people aren’t owed reparations because no one alive has suffered what the reparations are for. These survivors for more than a century have stubbornly refused to die, only to be denied justice again and again. That is despite the fact that the state of Oklahoma’s own task force recommended reparations. When it comes to descendants of slavery, this country has always engaged in the tactic of delay until death. That is why reparations MUST include descendants. What is the statute of limitations on crimes against humanity?
Today is a heavy day.
Both Breonna Taylor and Tyre Nichols were born on this day and both should be celebrating their 31st birthdays.
They should be surrounded by those who love them with music, food, and laughter.
Their lives were stolen.