Right now, in one of the richest countries in the world, millions can't:
afford rent or mortgage payments
afford groceries
afford regular doctor visits
afford education
afford childcare
afford to live.
This is a choice. It does not have to be this way.
Thank you to @HamptonThink for giving Vernon T. Bateman's art and struggle the platform it deserves! For those of you in or around Indianapolis, come by the Center tonight at 6pm and encounter his incredible "Mental Health Awareness Phone Call Painting!"
https://t.co/ItxUDOHUCf
Saturday was beautiful in many ways, especially how the community came together to support Vernon T. Bateman for the unveiling of his recent artworks on Mass Ave. Stop by The District Theatre to see 3 murals he gifted the public, visit The Frame Shop other paintings for sale!
On Transgender Day of Visibility, I think about how often visibility is granted to transgender people but not a voice.
How many newspapers, TV networks, legislative chambers, and more grant trans people "visibility" but no agency.
How our stories are so rarely told by us.
BREAKING: Public high school students are occupying Chicago City Hall chanting “Biden Biden you can’t hide, you’re supporting genocide!”
Students are demanding the city council vote YES on a ceasefire resolution.
A descendant of enslaved Americans, Mary Jane Patterson graduated from Oberlin College in 1862. In 1871, she was appointed principal of what is today DC’s Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. She was a founding member of Washington’s Colored Women’s League. #AmericanFounders