sassafras ✿

Call me Bee | poet | environmental justice and solutions journalist @TheBWSTimes | blerd | @AHCJ fellow | ✊🏽 | she/they | @cavecanempoets fellow

[sassafras ✿ @becordera]

Earlier this year, I reported on X that Westwin Elements completed their nickel refinery without getting full consent of the Tribal nations in the area. I now have a story out with @TheBWSTimes that reveals community concerns for greenwashing and lack of Tribal consultation.

[sassafras ✿ @becordera]

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Money

[Sesame Street @sesamestreet]

On our street, everyone is welcome. Together, let’s build a world where every person and family feels loved and respected for who they are. Happy #PrideMonth!

[Jena Brooker @j_e_n_a_b]

A parking lot-turned-garden in Southwest Detroit is growing several tons of free produce each year for residents in a neighborhood with some of the highest rates of food insecurity in the city. 🥕

https://t.co/EGbwShVj2I

[Brett Chapman @brettachapman]

Yeah, um, the sight of a foreign Catholic missionary who is White riding into an Indigenous community on horseback to round up all the little Native American children has never been a “majestic” one, nor will it ever be. This scene has ruined millions of lives over the centuries

[sassafras ✿ @becordera]

My newest story for @TheBWSTimes, reporting on Stitt's veto of HB1137 that would have expanded Ida's Law to bolster resources for MMIP in Oklahoma: https://t.co/vyOQXWPc8Y

[sassafras ✿ @becordera]

@uproot_project Thank you for sharing 🥹

[Nicole Sealey @Nic_Sealey]

Apply! Apply! Apply!

[The Black Wall Street Times @TheBWSTimes]

Attacking History Trump’s targeting of the National Museum of African American History sparks outrage over the potential threat to preserving African American history and culture.
https://t.co/YWtIuXBW8t

[Brian Munoz @brianmmunoz]

U.S. @EPA Administrator @leemzeldin joined U.S. Sen. @HawleyMO in hearing from #StLouis-area community members still being impacted by Manhattan Project-era radioactive contamination.

The latest from today's meeting by @stlpublicradio's @jrosenbaum: https://t.co/QcH3HyfBNp

[sassafras ✿ @becordera]

Just for clarity; it’s the lack of federal and state environmental impact studies and other independent studies that the residents of Lawton are worried about.

[sassafras ✿ @becordera]

Uproot here always supporting Black journalism. Thank you!

[Uproot Project @uproot_project]

In the absence of an independent study, Lawton residents worry about the environmental safety of a nickel refinery operated by Westwin Elements. Uprooter @becordera for @TheBWSTimes

https://t.co/LFUvXSJ3jC

[sassafras ✿ @becordera]

@uproot_project @TheBWSTimes Thank you for sharing.

[Sesame Street @sesamestreet]

To the ones who put others first, we love you, we thank you, and today and every day, we celebrate you. Happy National Caregivers Day. 💛💚

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge blocks Trump’s executive order ending federal support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.

[Graham Tome Biyáál @gbeyale]

Protect OAK FLAT ✊🏾

[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.

[🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🕉Stevie Van Zandt☮️💙 @StevieVanZandt]

REBORN!

[The Black Wall Street Times @TheBWSTimes]

South Park creators and Kendrick Lamar join forces for a bold new July 4th comedy.
https://t.co/6hDvHodIvk

[Uproot Project @uproot_project]

This new interactive tool from @grist is such a valuable resource for journalists who want to track how climate and infrastructure funding affect their local area! https://t.co/WJwr0Ukzbu