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#solidarity Embrace The Madness -VFW Life Member, Political Director Michigan NAN -G.E.D., B.A. MSU, J.D. UM, Sr Fellow Pulse Inst

[Gregory Kelser @gkelser32]

The camps are just around the corner. Secure your spot by registering at https://t.co/LbAQ4ItmIS

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing slavery and for failing to condemn it for centuries. https://t.co/cQz8oU5Wkh

[Martin Luther King III @OfficialMLK3]

Twenty years ago today, I married my best friend, my partner, and the mother of my beautiful daughter.

20 years of marriage but 3 wonderful decades together as partners. @ArndreaKing you are strength when things feel heavy, joy when days feel long, and clarity when the path forward is not easy to see. Happy 20th anniversary. I love you, and I am thankful for every step we have taken together, and every step still ahead of us.

[samriddle @samriddle]

@OfficialMLK3 Congratulations!

[Mike Duggan @mikeeduggan]

Thank you, Michigan. For everything.

[Gregory Kelser @gkelser32]

Early registration has gone very well. We're looking forward to a great season of basketball camps. Assure your roster spot by signing up now at https://t.co/69M8Bca98A basketball.

[samriddle @samriddle]

@MCmuckraker Where was Detroit?

[Reverend Al Sharpton @TheRevAl]

Today would have been the 93rd birthday of the Godfather of Soul, James Brown. He passed away 19 years ago, but his impact is still felt around the world.

He rose from squalor poverty to global fame, transformed music, and gave pride to millions. A truly consequential historic figure.

He took me under his wing when I was just a 17-year-old preacher and activist, living with my mother on welfare, and showed me the world and my place in it. He became a father figure to me, and I think of him every day.

He saw in me what it took years for me to see in myself. I try every day to make him proud.

Rest in peace and power, Mr. Brown. Happy Birthday. They still play your music all over the world, and I still try to live by the lessons you taught me ❤️🕊️

[The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center @TheKingCenter]

This was not that long ago. And anti-Black #racism persists in the United States and abroad. Please:

1. Stop denying racism exists.
2. Be educated on racism as an issue of prejudice, abuse of power, and manipulation of privilege.
3. Commit to being informed on systemic issues.
4. Pay attention to those who say they are being violated by systemic racism/discrimination.
5. Care.
6. Study the global and national impact of racism and white supremacy.
7. Honestly examine systems infiltrated by racist ideals [Some of those systems: Healthcare, education, criminal ‘justice’ (school to prison pipeline, prison industrial complex), housing, etc.].
8. Study and quote Dr. MLK, Jr. to facilitate justice and true peace, NOT to maintain order as a form of false peace. Injustice is never in order.
9. Be open to understanding the “interconnectedness” of humanity. Think higher than 1 group “winning.” How can humanity win?
10. Decide on one system impacted by racism that you will work to change. Work on it.
11. Don’t be a racist. Give due spiritual, emotional, mental, and practical diligence to not being a vessel for hate, bigotry and racism.
12. Choose Nonviolence. Kingian Nonviolence not merely a tactic, but a love-centered way of living, with principles and steps that help create a more just, humane, peaceful world.

Learn more at https://t.co/RapdPf7nAc

Photo: Gordon Parks

#JimCrow #MLK #LetHistoryHelp #TheKingCenter

[Catherine Coleman Flowers @CathFlowers]

I’m grateful to be recognized by the Economic Architecture Project and featured on View From The Frontier. Their focus on redesigning markets and rethinking how resilience is built across communities and markets is more important than ever. Thank you for contributing to our broader effort to learn from those who are leading the way in structural innovation. Honored to be part of this dynamic community working toward solutions that benefit us all.

[Sam Robinson @samueljrob]

Independent candidate for governor Mike Duggan on stage before the dinner. Detroit Branch NAACP chair Wendell Anthony endorsed him for governor, a big surprise for many.

[Gregory Kelser @gkelser32]

https://t.co/5TVMemLuWV sign up today at https://t.co/69M8BcaGY8 basketball

[Steve Neavling @MCmuckraker]

CNN spotlights Metro Times investigation into disgraced Detroit detective Barbara Simon as pressure builds to charge her for illegal and aggressive tactics to gain false confessions https://t.co/OBXwaaIsdk

[Sam Robinson @samueljrob]

Mary Waters joins field of Democrats challenging Thanedar https://t.co/e7Hb8VAeWx

[Detroit Free Press @freep]

BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with Dana Nessel on Michigan Line 5 case https://t.co/FBx9qlw7F2

[Sam Robinson @samueljrob]

Detroit City Council member Mary Waters has filed to run for U.S. House in Michigan’s 13th District, joining Shelby Campbell, Detroit state Rep. Donavan McKinney and incumbent Rep. Shri Thanedar. Waters previously received 34% of vote in Aug. 2024 primary vs. Thanedar.

[Catherine Coleman Flowers @CathFlowers]

It’s a full circle moment to be interviewed by my former Renaissance High School student @aaronkfoley for @MIChronicle. Telling my story, from Detroit to Lowndes County and the fight for environmental justice, carries even more weight when shared by someone I once taught. I’m proud to see this work continue with such purpose and energized by the next generation’s voice for change.
https://t.co/HWaZXIEIYy

[samriddle @samriddle]

It was an honor to speak to your class when you taught at Renaissance. Thank you!

[Catherine Coleman Flowers @CathFlowers]

It’s a full circle moment to be interviewed by my former Renaissance High School student @aaronkfoley for @MIChronicle. Telling my story, from Detroit to Lowndes County and the fight for environmental justice, carries even more weight when shared by someone I once taught. I’m proud to see this work continue with such purpose and energized by the next generation’s voice for change.
https://t.co/HWaZXIEIYy

[Barb Byrum @BarbByrum]

Members of Team Byrum worked hard on petition signature collection today ✍️ Thank you, Dianne Byrum and Councilwoman Mary Waters!

[samriddle @samriddle]

There was something radically amiss about the 2026 Dem Nominating Convention. Unacceptable delays in voting and vote tallying were mind boggling.
Bullying may have been a factor.
The unacceptable delay in voting and tallying screams for a change to statewide elections of all party nominees.
As an Honorably Discharged Vietnam Era Veteran I did not serve to endure this SNAFU process. Congrats to all that stuck around to vote and hope our vote was counted or mattered.