Samuel Tsoi

Originated in Hong Kong. FOB in Brooklyn. Made in Boston. Replanted in San Diego. For the life of the world. 🇭🇰🗽☘️🌴🙏🏼

[ACLU California Action @ACLU_CalAction]

Housing is a human right, and the solution to houselessness.

SB 1011 would have criminalized and fined our unhoused neighbors with devastating consequences. Thank you to Senators @Aishabbwahab @Scott_Wiener @NancySkinnerCA for voting NO on #SB1011.

https://t.co/E1Y8GU4QRt

[Eviction Lab @evictionlab]

"We cannot arrest our way around homelessness,” @InvisiblePeople’s @hardlynormal told @nytimes.

https://t.co/G90ZAuXJxL

[Samuel Tsoi @samueltsoi]

It's a real shame that the Mayor of San Diego is defunding the City's Office of Immigrant Affairs, at a time when it should be doubling down on its values and commitments to uplift migrants and make our region more welcoming, dynamic and prosperous. https://t.co/AABVI1zMXY

[ACLU California Action @ACLU_CalAction]

Criminalization makes it harder to get folks back into housing. IDs, paperwork, life-saving meds, and important possessions all get thrown in the garbage truck.

Senators @Aishabbwahab @SteveBradford @Scott_Wiener @NancySkinnerCA, please vote #NOonSB1011.

[End Homelessness @naehomelessness]

Housing and services end homelessness.

But SB1011 would push California in the opposite direction, and make homelessness worse.

That’s why 100+ organizations are urging #NOonSB1011: https://t.co/vgFG2Qs3Hu

[Vera Institute of Justice @verainstitute]

If #SB1011 passes in California, homelessness will be criminalized statewide. Criminalization would only make homelessness worse. People experiencing homelessness need housing and services NOT criminalization. That’s why over 100 organizations are urging #NOonSB1011.

[Warren Gunnels @GunnelsWarren]

No. What's crazy is the minimum wage needed to afford an average 3-bedroom apartment in LA County is $42.73 an hour.

What's crazy is McDonald's making $8.4 billion in profits last year, spending $7.6 billion on stock buybacks & dividends & paying its CEO $8,543.27 an hour.

[California Endowment @CalEndow]

We're officially in #WomensHistoryMonth—a time to celebrate the massive contributions of women who dreamed of building a better world.

This month we'll be focusing on women's rights through the lens of intersectionality—because if it isn't intersectional, we don't want it!

[California Endowment @CalEndow]

As we close out #BlackHistoryMonth, we renew our commitment to our communities—we are committed to creating a 'Beloved California,' a state where we all belong.

#WeBelongInCA @dr_robertkross

[Samuel Tsoi @samueltsoi]

"Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have." - James Baldwin #blackhistorymonth https://t.co/5GGL2e4fr2

[California Endowment @CalEndow]

Santa's granting a HUGE wish... 🎅

On January 1, 2024, California will expand Medi-Cal for ALL, regardless of immigration status or age!

Get informed and enroll at https://t.co/HfbCsjrhTT

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

This is the Nativity in Bethlehem this Christmas. Jesus is buried in the rubble.

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“Christmas in Palestine this year. The Child under the rubble. Immanuel God is with us in our pain and suffering. God in solidarity with the oppressed. The child of Bethlehem is our hope. For the children of Gaza and all victims of wars.

In Gaza today, God is under the rubble. He is in the operating room. If Christ were to be born today, he would be born under the rubble. We see his image in every child killed and pulled from under the rubble. In every child in incubators.” -@MuntherIsaac

[Samuel Tsoi @samueltsoi]

The rise of Xi, explained by @vshih2 https://t.co/7CtWj7xsDt via @voxdotcom

[Samuel Tsoi @samueltsoi]

I’m almost 40 and just getting started

[Tiny Buddha @tinybuddha]

"I get tired of 'under 40' lists. Show me someone who got their PhD at 60 after losing everything. Give me the 70-year-old debut novelist who writes from a lifetime of love and grief. Give me calloused hands and tender hearts.” ~Doug Murano

[AHN @asianhustlentwk]

These Asian American brewers are actively participating in efforts to diversify the craft brewing industry.

https://t.co/ScCet32Ha6

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[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

Let’s grieve each Palestinian life lost.
And let’s grieve each Israeli life lost.
Every human being is equally precious and made in the image of God.

Let’s do all we can to work for peace, and for justice.

[Cornel West @CornelWest]

The escalation of the barbaric violence in the Middle East must stop! The vicious Israeli occupation and the ugly Palestinian retaliation results in the killing of precious innocent people on both sides! We must have a lasting peace based on justice! #TruthJusticeLove
#Israel #Palestine

[The San Diego Union-Tribune @sdut]

Seeking protection and opportunity, more Chinese migrants take treacherous journey to San Diego-Mexico border https://t.co/06mGmY0lu3

[San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion @sdutOpinion]

While the Supreme Court makes it harder for non-white students to get into selective schools, advantages for white applicants remain in place, @samueltsoi writes.
https://t.co/gOUejNgyMn

[NPR @NPR]

Five young descendants of Frederick Douglass read and respond to excerpts of his famous speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" — which asks all of us to consider America's long history of denying equal rights to Black Americans.