Portland Equity in Action

Confronting and disrupting Portland's complacency in white supremacy and racial injustice.

[Alex Zielinski @alex_zee]

New data shows Portland police are arresting Black students on Portland Public School campuses at double the rate than their white peers. https://t.co/1iy2gaOrb2

[Portland Equity in Action @pdxequityaction]

A mantra

[Informal Minister Ally Henny, MDiv 🛋️🕵🏿‍♀️ @thearmchaircom]

Tokenization is not the same as representation.
Tokenization is not the same as representation.
Tokenization is not the same as representation.
Tokenization is not the same as representation.
Tokenization is not the same as representation.

[Portland Equity in Action @pdxequityaction]

This is such an important thread. Read it, learn it, and change your understand.

[Portland Equity in Action @pdxequityaction]

A thread 👇🏽

[Siyandawrites @SiyandaWrites]

Dear western writers; do you ever stop to think: Who am *I* to proclaim a brown country “overpopulated”?

Indeed, who are you? If anything, it is we, of the global south, who consume less + pollute less per capita who should cast our eyes upon western nations with disapproval.

[Portland Equity in Action @pdxequityaction]

Important read on the historical context of American anti-Blackness.

[Portland Equity in Action @pdxequityaction]

This is literally the only thing that matters.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

A senator from Mississippi joked about ‘public hanging,’ later saying it was 'an exaggerated expression of regard.' Her black opponent called it ‘reprehensible.’ https://t.co/iE8RSdFpqS

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

I'm confused by folks who imagine US empire can be overcome w/ guns. That's delusional to me. Maybe 150 yrs ago. Not in nuclear age. You can arm yourself for self-defense, but it's more likely the empire collapses under its own weight than that it's defeated by armed resistance

[Samuel Sinyangwe @samswey]

40% of all black men in the state of Florida just became eligible to vote *today.* Think about that.

[PSU Student Union @PortlandStateSU]

Join PSUSU and #DisarmPSU supporters for the Margolis Healy "campus safety" listening forums starting TOMORROW 10/30 in the Academic Student Recreation Center (ASRC) 515

Check out the details!!

[Portland Equity in Action @pdxequityaction]

NEWS FLASH—if the boundaries of your allyship are outlined by your privilege, to protect your structural benefits, and limit self-sacrifice—you’re not an ally, you’re an oppressor.

[Sam Dylan Finch @samdylanfinch]

Transgender people... are people. Not a political stance, not an ideology, not an agenda... human beings, across a spectrum of beliefs and experiences.

There’s no such thing as “I don’t agree with transgender.” We are a group of people that exist; our existence isn’t a question.

[Tim Gordon @TimGordonPDX]

Jeremy Christian coming into court about 930 this morning for pretrial motions. Could only transmit now that I’m out of the courtroom. So far he’s remained calm and quiet. Legal teams are going through motions, but haven’t hit the big ones over death penalty. @KGWNews

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Trans is beautiful.
Trans is natural.
Trans is enduring.

We are not going away, we will not yield, and we will not be erased. We are here to stay.

They have picked a fight with the wrong community, and they will know us by our resolve and pride.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

"Civility" has become a codeword for being asked to set yourself on fire to keep others warm. I am not here for "civility", and I will not permit this half-assed narrative from pundits that we should smile in the face of oppression.

[Samuel Sinyangwe @samswey]

Economics and politics are inextricably linked. It is not possible to have democracy in a society with extreme racial and economic inequity. The US political system is shifting in response to these underlying power dynamics.

[UltraViolet @UltraViolet]

This is a perfect time to remind folks that if your feminism doesn't include trans people, non-binary people, gender nonconforming people, or non-woman-identified femmes, it’s not good enough. In fact, it's harmful. #WontBeErased

[Black Lives Matter (BLM) @Blklivesmatter]

BLM has stated from the beginning that we must fight for those at the margins, Black trans folk who have been been tossed aside by EVERYONE. Now is the time we STOP this administration from trying to erase trans people. We can’t let them come for us. ALL #BlackLivesMatter

[AC is on BlueSky 🦋 callmethey.com @mxacdumlao]

My gender is non-binary.

My body is non-binary.

My body is my own.

Trans women do not have male bodies.

Trans men do not have female bodies.

Biological essentialism is violence.

As is any silence from any cisgender allies during this time, in the USA, in the world.

[Katelyn Burns @transscribe]

If you’re a trans person who is running a crowdfund for any reason, reply to this thread and I will RT it.

Cis people, here’s a tangible, immediate way to support trans people right now in this moment, with your money.