Jared Bellot

Maker, faker, Oxford comma appreciator.

[Dr. Maya C. Popa @MayaCPopa]

Toni Morrison from her Nobel Prize acceptance speech:

[Cori Bush @CoriBush]

It’s Juneteenth AND reparations.

It’s Juneteenth AND end police violence + the War on Drugs.

It’s Juneteenth AND end housing + education apartheid.

It’s Juneteenth AND teach the truth about white supremacy in our country.

Black liberation must be prioritized.

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@KevOnStage Hot take: 2 Fast 2 Furious when they decide to land the car on the boat.

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Kerry James Marshall: Art isn't made for coffee tables, it's made to sustain a people.

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@shawnginwright: "All of us must learn to be more human and lean into the courage to create a world based in love and justice. Now let’s go into the wild, together without fear, knowing that collectively we are destined to find that there was never a wilderness at all."

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“We owe each other the indeterminate. We owe each other everything.”

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

I will always love this photo:

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Steve Seidel: “The arts are a fundamental human right.”

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@zansari8: “Keeping people isolated and disconnected and questioning their own instincts is a way to keep them disempowered. One of the fundamentals of organizing is bringing people together to let them know they’re not alone."

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We do not do this work simply to replicate what already exists outside of these walls. We do this work to create something beautiful and new.

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What if we all made the choice to live at the intersection of intentional planning and wondrous dreaming?

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Carl Wittman: “Our first job is to free ourselves.”

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“Model UN - have you heard of it? It’s basically like cosplaying a country.”
#AOCC2023

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“Diversity without inclusion is delusion.”
#AOCC2023

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In order to be, one must become.

[chicago.teacher.memes @ChiTeacherMemes]

When they ask you if you’re fine and you say yes but you’re really not fine

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John D'Emilio: "The far-reaching revolutionary change that I yearn for will come about because we are flexible enough to use a broad spectrum of tactics and wise enough to develop a sound, long-range strategy."

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@DrIbram: Education is teaching culture.

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“We have to ensure that we are constantly focused on being healthy to ensure the health of our communities.” @DrIbram

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“We should all have the space to do hard things and live softly” @nicstone

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“We’ve so linked the idea of activism with that of anger. But we also have to make space for ourselves. If we make space for ourself, we can make space within ourselves for others.” -Nic Stone