Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice

Queer safe-space community activist hub & educational bridge for all our LGBTQIA+ youth & intersectional families
Reppin' OG Angelic Troublemaker Bayard Rustin!

[Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice @RustinCenter]

Thank you President @BarackObama & First Lady @MichelleObama for supporting our VIRTUAL PRIDE
@RustinCenter honored by this personal letter & your deep commitment to our LGBTQIA community
Please read below & join us tonite in celebration, solidarity & hope
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[Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice @RustinCenter]

Our Chief Activist’s dad turns 88 today!
As he has befome chosen family to so many of us here @RustinCenter HQ, we celebrate his inspirational life!
Read Robt Martin’s beautiful tribute aquì~
https://t.co/Cx68ARVIXt

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@sesamestreet We share this sentiment with our community @RustinCenter HQ as well as our blue furry friend @Grover's sage advisement...

[Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice @RustinCenter]

Today our inspirational namesake
Black Queer Civil & LGBTQIA Rights Pioneer
Bayard Rustin
joined the ancestors
Everyday @RustinCenter
We work in his honor
No one ever again left behind
All our stories told & all our voices heard
This is our work
Our Dream
https://t.co/cRCnHyB95v

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“I do not think as a member of Congress I have been in any space that is more loving & caring than this space right here” @RepBonnie
Join us Sept. 4th to honor our Beloved Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman
@RustinCenter Welcomin' the Community Breakfast
https://t.co/v97BXAVcFv

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Kickin' off Marsha P. Johnson B-Day weekend!
1st #PRIDE a protest but celebratin'
OG Trans Activist Black Queer Pioneer nothin’ but a party
@RustinCenter
In honor of inspirational icon
25% off powerful & oh-so-fab
PRIDE SAVES LIVES tee
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*Happy BRCSJ Boardaversary @PenielJoseph*
As Vice Prez @RustinCenter Board, Director of Center for Study of Race & Democracy, Black Power scholar & author, your work embodies our intersectional mission to carry on the legacy of LGBTQIA+ & Civil Rights Queer Pioneer Bayard Rustin!

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Thnx @SteveAdubato
Recognizin' 30 years Makin' a Difference
@BerrieAwardNJ meant the world to BRCSJ Chief Activist Robt Martin Seda-Schreiber & Queer Safe-Space host Terry Mcmillian
Awesomely inspirational to amplify our Angelic Troublemakin'
@RustinCenter
https://t.co/5N7p9dJbY2

[Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice @RustinCenter]

Queer History alert
@BarackObama awards Harvey Milk Presidential Medal of Freedom @StuartMilk
@Rustincenter urges all y'all to celebrate today by being loud & proud
Of how you identify
Of who you love
Of who you are
In his name & in his honor let us love each other that much more

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¡Feliz cumpleaños Beloved BRCSJ Board Member Alan Muraoka!
Inspirational trailblazer in good works of the people & impactful representation both onstage & @sesamestreet
All of us @RustinCenter HQ wish Alan the delightful day he oh-so-deserves with much respect & even more love...

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The inspirational @ValerieJarrett shared the beautiful backstory of this meaningful moment when @BarackObama awarded Bayard Rustin's partner Walter Naegle the Presidential Medal of Freedom in his honor on our @RustinCenter Social Justice Power Hour~
https://t.co/GoRccXOB4C

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On this day @BarackObama announced Bayard Rustin would receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously.
The honor indeed wonderful but far too long in coming... On this day we @RustinCenter pledge to fight that much harder to make sure no one is ever left behind again!

[Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice @RustinCenter]

Celebrate Voting Rights Act Anniversary
Do the Democracy Dance
@RustinCenter sez #VOTE☑️ with #PRIDE🌈
Ballot ballet or powerful poll-dancin’
Your vote matters
Our lives depend on it
@WhenWeAllVote @WorkingFamilies @votesaveamerica
QUEER THE VOTE🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🗳️💯
https://t.co/ulQPiOvHBz

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@queenie4rmnola Thanx 4 amplifyin’ our Beloved Black Queer Pioneer
Bayard Rustin
Mapped the March
Begat nonviolence in the Movement
OG Angelic Troublemaker
Lost to history because of who he loved
Who he was
Can't happen again
This our work
Our Dream
@RustinCenter
Join us
https://t.co/cbFzNnnqKE

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@NewBlackMan https://t.co/V7gPZqo29x

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“This is the charged, the dangerous moment when everything must be re-examined, must be made new, when nothing at all can be taken for granted”
From the '65 March for Voting Rights to the right here, the right now
James Baldwin still inspirin' @RustinCenter HQ
📸Robert Sengstacke

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“This is the charged, the dangerous moment when everything must be re-examined, must be made new, when nothing at all can be taken for granted”
From the '65 March for Voting Rights to the right here, the right now
James Baldwin still inspirin' @RustinCenter HQ
📸Robert Sengstacke

[Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice @RustinCenter]

Happy #SpiderManDay
We celebrate by sharin' powerful Spidey pages
When we see our Queer selves represented we feel more real & more a part of the greater community
Thanx @SpiderMan @Marvel @MarvelComicsHQ @DanSlott @PanelSyndicate
for lettin' us to be part of the story
Excelsior!

[Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice @RustinCenter]

Special signed edition now available
“Bayard Rustin A Legacy of Politics & Protest”
@NYUpress @MichaelGLong1 @jonathaneig @PenielJoseph @ClayborneCarson
Act now
Limited offer!
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All to benefit @RustinCenter LGBTQIA community & quintessential queer safe-space

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This powerful portrait of John Lewis windin' its virtual way 'round the Interwebs
@RustinCenter requests all y'all please credit awesome artist @stevebrodner
Support this master illustrator & peep his other stuff for more inspirational inky #GoodTrouble
https://t.co/iFMGraWfV7

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Today we honor John Lewis
OG Angelic Troublemaker
Respect how far we've come
Recognize how far we've yet to go
@RustinCenter thanx our dear friend for all the #GoodTrouble & strive to live up to his extraordinary example in service to our Beloved Community https://t.co/cbFzNnnqKE

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Wishin’ a delightful International Drag Day to all our fabulous Queens, Kings, & non-binary royalty all across that robust rainbow spectrum from all yer sensational subjects @RustinCenter HQ 🌈✨💗🏳️‍⚧️
#drag #dragqueen #dragkings #dragnonbinary #dragisart #InternationalDragDay