Maggie Harrison

writing | teaching | queering | growing

[Maggie Harrison @ProfVariant]

Woo-hoo! An honor: my manuscript PRECIOUS GRACE was a finalist for the 2023 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. I’m grateful for the recognition, @penamerican & @ApogeeJournal, & to @b_kingsolver for the vision of this prize.
https://t.co/kYO9AzBy8L

[Maggie Harrison @ProfVariant]

@HPSupport [Is the installer available for HP Photosmart C4180 printer, connecting to an HP Envy, w/ windows 11? I keep getting an error message: "page can't be reached"] #hppsdr #ijchelp

[Maggie Harrison @ProfVariant]

@marcelanotes Can't help but wonder what the bilingual schoolchildren of Texas from the 1990s are doing now. Did they stay in Texas? Is bilingual teaching in DISD not sufficiently lucrative to lure them to the profession?

[Maggie Harrison @ProfVariant]

It's striking how international educators are saving Texas schools by reducing teacher vacancies. The employer fee for the H-1B visa is modest compared to the need for bilingual educators. With demographics shifting, how long until Texas can train it's own bilingual teachers?

[Marcela Rodrigues @marcelanotes]

From this morning's @dallasnews:

Dallas ISD relies on international teachers more than any other school district in the U.S. In 2022, the district sponsored 232 workers on H-1B visas, nearly 4x more than Houston, the second-highest among school districts in the country.

[Naomi Klein @NaomiAKlein]

If you are anywhere near Atlanta GO and stand in solidarity with #StopCopCity and these outrageous RICO charges that treat activism as terrorism.

The stakes here are huge.

The movement brings so many struggles together and the precedent is harrowing.

[Hammer & Hope @HammerandHope]

“To accept one’s past – one’s history – is not the same thing as drowning in it; it is learning how to use it. An invented past can never be used; it cracks and crumbles under the pressures of life like clay in a season of drought.”

Happy Birthday, James Baldwin (1924-1987)

[Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter]

Through his words and leadership, writer James Baldwin exposed and explored issues of race, sexual orientation and class in America. A self-professed "witness to the truth," he forced the country to confront its own painful truths.

He was born #OTD in 1924.

#TheMarchContinues

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

This #PrideMonth, it is important to recognize non-binary and gender nonconforming people have been here from the beginning of the U.S. Here is a thread on one of the most influential such persons in early America. An abolitionist minister known as The Public Universal Friend. 1/

[Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter]

The SPLC urges the @DeptofDefense to remove/rename ALL assets honoring the Confederacy — without further delay.

"Let us mark this #MemorialDay as the last holiday with Confederate symbols commanding military & public property." -@MargaretLHuang https://t.co/DSV6arwdW4

[SisterSong: National Women of Color RJ Collective @SisterSong_WOC]

Abortion bans cause outsized harm for people of color. Increasing restrictions on reproductive care inflict a significant physical and mental burden that ripples across generations—especially for people of color.
https://t.co/35nd11pNBE

[San Francisco Rising @SF_Rising]

Diamund is a survivor of assault, but locking her attacker away didn’t feel like it would solve anything. Diamund knew the impact that incarceration could have on someone’s life and they didn’t want that for the person who assaulted them.

[Maggie Harrison @ProfVariant]

@unhealthytruth Hey @unhealthytruth: you've mixed me up with the writer from Futurism with the same name as mine. Check out that Maggie Harrison's bio at Futurism -- the publication where you found the article -- to find out how to communicate with them, if that's your goal.

[Maggie Harrison @ProfVariant]

Looking forward to @fabyjosaphat's winning novel, KINGDOM OF NO TOMORROW, that "sheds light on the misunderstood revolutionary party of the Black Panthers, bridging the gap between Afro Caribbean & Afro American communities, and granting agency to women caught in a world of men."

[Maggie Harrison @ProfVariant]

Woo-hoo! An honor: my manuscript PRECIOUS GRACE was a finalist for the 2023 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. I’m grateful for the recognition, @penamerican & @ApogeeJournal, & to @b_kingsolver for the vision of this prize.
https://t.co/kYO9AzBy8L

[Maggie Harrison @ProfVariant]

Find the link to attend virtually at https://t.co/CGEG7Fi0Hp
We are looking forward to learning from @Justice4Sean -- @CCSF_WRC @OfficialCCSF @ascocean @CCSFCollective @CCSFStudentsays

[Maggie Harrison @ProfVariant]

CCSF student Sean Monterrosa was killed by Vallejo PD in June of 2020. Since then, his sisters have sought justice in his name.

Join us to hear how they are holding Vallejo PD accountable & how we can show up for social justice. 4/10, 12-2 PM, MUB 140, Ocean Campus or virtually

[The Sean Monterrosa Project @Justice4Sean]

Join us as we celebrate the life and legacy of #SeanMonterrosa on what would have been his 25th birthday.

Tucan’s World, an art pop up, featuring work from community oriented artists, movement photographers, and art from the black book of Sean “Tucan” Monterrosa.

[CCSF Collective @CCSFCollective]

Donations are also still needed. Please donate clean clothes and other gently used items such as blankets, hygiene supplies, or other useful items.
Dropoffs Welcome: (Deadline April 2) Martin's House of Hospitality
225 Potrero Ave, SF
Mon-Fri 9-3
Friday 5:30-7:30pm

[CCSF Collective @CCSFCollective]

We are helping organize this FREE STORE ❣️ for unhoused neighbors in the Mission on April 2nd. Free clothing & other items will be provided at Martin De Porres House, 225 Potrero Ave. from 1-5 PM. Volunteers are needed! dm us or email [email protected] to help out.

[Maggie Harrison @ProfVariant]

#ccsf1A @ABitOffCenter

[Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN]

That's right! Call your Member of Congress and ask them to support my bill with @BernieSanders to make school meals universal!

[Maggie Harrison @ProfVariant]

#ccsf1A with a focus in #wgst:
Researching reproductive freedoms for future essays? Looking for a way to meet the legislation challenge? Consider the impact of the Helms Amendment.

[SisterSong: National Women of Color RJ Collective @SisterSong_WOC]

The Helms amendment forces providers to distinguish between abortion & other health services, meaning only those with means are able to access essential abortion care. It actively discriminates against poor Black and brown women in communities around the world. #RepealHelms!