meridith oram (she I her; white)

beginning accordion player, parent, feminist, avid leafy-green eater, lifelong learner, anti-racist racist

[Due East Equity Collaborative @Due_East_Equity]

Please give students space to talk about Buffalo today. And do not entertain the “need to explore ‘both sides’” rhetoric. Oh, and Black Lives Matter is not a political statement.

[Olga Basso @olga_basso]

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Welcome to our special COVID briefing. In the spirit of transparency that has characterized our communications throughout this emergency, we wish to address a few lingering misconceptions & misunderstandings.

[Brendon Woods @BrendonWoodsPD]

To all the incarcerated mothers and mothers of incarcerated people - We see you, we appreciate you and celebrate you. Happy Mother's Day.

[Paul Gorski @EquityLiteracy]

Organizations will spend tens or thousands of dollars on equity audits to tell them what they can learn by asking people who are marginalized in and by them and believing what they say.

[RVargas @RAVMPH]

today Dr @CamaraJones made a bold proposal that our UCSF make undoing our institutional racism everyone's work, to the tune of 10% of each our effort. And that each department dedicate 15% of budget to supporting anti-racist work. I hope all of UCSF supports this; we need it!

[Ginger Sykes Torres @GingerForAZ]

Hi! I’m Ginger Sykes Torres!

I’m a mom and experienced environmental professional & climate leader, working to become Arizona’s first-ever Native American representative in Congress by flipping a red seat to blue.

Can you RT and help me get to 5k followers? ❤️ 🌏

[meridith oram (she I her; white) @MeridithOram]

@rcohen I’m so so sorry for your loss. I hope you are surrounded by love and healing and peace and light.

[meridith oram (she I her; white) @MeridithOram]

@elektrikhippie @GraceDa06 @EpiEllie Super late reply, but I didn’t goggle up! 😕For the next surge, I should. Thanks for your concern. ♥️

[meridith oram (she I her; white) @MeridithOram]

Dear @uche_blackstock @oni_blackstock @CamaraJones @DrRupaMarya , Are you getting the 2nd COVID booster? Thanks for chiming in with your wisdom and understanding. Love from, Not Sure Who to Believe Anymore

[Read Jackson Rising @JPHilllllll]

It’s wild how Covid has killed a million people in this country, and our government and the rich used it to facilitate the greatest upward transfer of wealth in history, and instead of being furious about that people are angry at masks.

[Ajit Niranjan @NiranjanAjit]

here is a quick thread for anybody who didn't read the 3 ipcc reports published in the last year (hello, politics, business and news editors) summarizing what hundreds of the world's top scientists concluded in their mega-review of the academic literature on climate change 1/

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

People often assume that capitalism is defined by "markets and trade". But markets and trade existed for thousands of years before capitalism. Capitalism is only 500 years old. So what is distinctive about this economic system? Three things (well, more, but three for now):

[Tessa Davis @TessaRDavis]

Of all the meeting platforms we've used over the last 2 years, Zoom is the one I love most.

Most of us think we know Zoom inside out.

But we don't.

Here are 7 Zoom hacks you probably haven't heard of, but you'll be glad you now know.

🧵👇

[Tara Moriarty @MoriartyLab]

As promised,

April 7 COVID in Canada updates

Buckle up. This will be a long thread. You might want to bookmark to read in one go later. Unless this is your replacement for a detective show tonight and you want to follow every twist, turn and digression.

[meridith oram (she I her; white) @MeridithOram]

@uche_blackstock @D75TeacherNYC Thank you for sharing this. 🙏🏼I trust you and your messaging through the whole pandemic. With gratitude. 👍🏼🙏🏼

[meridith oram (she I her; white) @MeridithOram]

@vanessaflornews Need anything? I can mail it. And congrats! ♥️

[Mazbou Q @mazbouq]

"Will needs to give back the Oscar"

-People who need to give back stolen land, wealth, resources, artefacts etc

[Due East Equity Collaborative @Due_East_Equity]

We all need to consider and re-evaluate our commitments to justice, equity, and antiracism as we know the road ahead of us will not be easy. How will you stay the course in the face of personal consequences for challenging existing racism and inequities?

[Eddie S. Glaude Jr. @esglaude]

I keep thinking this: that in this country some people are more concerned with being called a racist or homophobic or sexist than they are concerned about racism, homophobia, and sexism.