SmithCaringCircle

A plan to make sure author, activist, organizer, publisher, educator, and hero @TheBarbaraSmith can continue to do the work and live safely. Est. 2017.

[SmithCaringCircle @smithcaringcirc]

Today, on this day, we celebrate the birthday🎂of two of the three authors (@TheBarbaraSmith and #BeverlySmith) of the Combahee River Collective Statement, essentially, the Black Feminist Manifesto. This work has influenced every freedom struggle since the 70s. Please . . .
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[SmithCaringCircle @smithcaringcirc]

Using X makes us feel like traitors, but there is still an audience. Check this out now & whenever u tune in ltr.

Beyond Fragility The Legacy of Anti Racist White Women

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Support, amplify, donate to the SmithCaringCircle @ patreon!
#ThePeoplesPension

[Feminist Ethics and Social Theory @FEASTconference]

It's taking place at the University of Rhode Island, so you could also come in person if you're local to the area!

[Barbara Smith @TheBarbaraSmith]

Why is the presidential race so close? Every day we are subjected to DJT'S & JDV's racist/fascist lies with no seeming impact on half the electorate's support. Here's my explanation from January 2021. @blkwomenradical
@StrugIsEternal @smithcaringcirc
https://t.co/R7XNujKZF9

[Barbara Smith @TheBarbaraSmith]

🎤🎧 Here's the interview I did about protesting at the Chicago convention in 1968 & about what's happening now. @StrugIsEternal @blkwomenradical @smithcaringcirc @EdgeofSports @haymarketbooksv @ZinnEdProject @dem8z @M_Lipshutz
https://t.co/fZ1VSiPLiG

[SmithCaringCircle @smithcaringcirc]

Shout out to you for not only writing a book about identity politics and how it impacts EVERYTHING BUT that you name it too, and name it in the way that literally almost everyone gets it wrong!
#CombaheeTaughtMe
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[SmithCaringCircle @smithcaringcirc]

#OGBlackFemist
#ContextIsEverything and @TheBarbaraSmith literally has #AllTheContext

[SmithCaringCircle @smithcaringcirc]

Incredible that this convo started w/o talking to @TheBarbaraSmith, the #OGBlackFeminist who is literally accessible AF!
Thank you @JaimeeSwift @blkwomenradical @StrugIsEternal for conducting this interview w/care.
#StillDoingALLTheWork
Amplify & support the #SmithCaringCircle

[SmithCaringCircle @smithcaringcirc]

And yet more. Keep this close as #DNCChicago #DNC2024 gets underway

#StillDoingALLTheWork @TheBarbaraSmith
#THEPeoplesPension
#SmithCaringCircle
#SupportAmplifyShare

[Barbara Smith @TheBarbaraSmith]

As #DNC2024 begins here is my account of protesting the Vietnam War @ the 1968 Chicago convention.🇵🇸 #StopGenocide #FreePalestine @mtholyokenews_ @EdgeofSports @JessedHagopian @blkwomenradical @StrugIsEternal @MoirSusan @IBJIYONGI @smithcaringcirc @haymarketbooks @BillFletcherJr

[SmithCaringCircle @smithcaringcirc]

Nothing compares to the historical, contextual, intersectional, coalition building, Black feminist analysis from a person in the struggle since birth (almost!).
#StillDoingALLTheWork @TheBarbaraSmith
#THEPeoplesPension
#SmithCaringCircle
#SupportAmplifyShare

[Barbara Smith @TheBarbaraSmith]

An interview with @AshleyAreeSmith
for @tempest_mag about a lifetime of organizing.
@smithcaringcirc @haymarketbooks @StrugIsEternal @blkwomenradical @IBJIYONGI @EdgeofSports @JessedHagopian @kpYES @MoirSusan @nanwec1 @LaceyWilson4 @haymarketbooks
https://t.co/GQdFznMM73

[SmithCaringCircle @smithcaringcirc]

From the treasured life of activist, organizer, scholar and critical thinker @TheBarbaraSmith
#THEPeoplesPension
#SmithCaringCircle
#SupportAmplifyShare

[Barbara Smith @TheBarbaraSmith]

📢 This is the speech I gave on May Day @SaratogaBLM's rally to #Stop_Gaza_Genocide @StrugIsEternal
@smithcaringcirc
@LaceyWilson4 @EdgeofSports @MoirSusan @nanwec1 @BillFletcherJr @AshleyAreeSmith @haymarketbooks @IBJIYONGI @drjaimegrant @M_Lipshutz @kpYES @emahlee @dem8z

[SmithCaringCircle @smithcaringcirc]

The science will dropping again this evening as always w/@TheBarbaraSmith, coauthor, Combahee River Collective Statement. Once in a life-time w/@fdemita, too! Join @blkwomenradical May 22 at 630. Support/amplify the #SmithCaringCircle https://t.co/Kgrx4rr9oc

[SmithCaringCircle @smithcaringcirc]

How fortunate for all, that the https://t.co/18RYwhMGJd has support of 100's of patrons. It's #ThePeoplesPension & creates a world where @TheBarbaraSmith can keep doing the work she is committed to doing.
#Support #Share #Amplify
#StillDoingALLTheWork
#CombaheeTaughtMe

[Barbara Smith @TheBarbaraSmith]

1️⃣ 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈"Justice or Just Us? Defining a Queer Agenda." One of many panels I did when I was 2022-23 #HessScholarInResidence @BklynCollege411. This one was really moving.😔 @blkwomenradical @StrugIsEternal @smithcaringcirc @BCWomensCenter
@Wolfe_Institute https://t.co/48yDqnF1xq

[SmithCaringCircle @smithcaringcirc]

Lift up Black Lesbian Feminism! @WindyCityTimes thinks we should, ALL. THE. TIME.
https://t.co/c8t9bPpDZO

SUPPORT, SHARE, AMPLIFY to support the work and scholarship of @TheBarbaraSmith

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[SmithCaringCircle @smithcaringcirc]

Support, share, amplify
https://t.co/md7L0GOMZ6
so she can continue to work for liberation and justice on behalf of those of us who are being crushed by the ruling class. #StillDoingALLTheWork
#CombaheeTaughtMe
#ListenToBlackFeminists

[SmithCaringCircle @smithcaringcirc]

.@mtholyoke knows first hand why @TheBarbaraSmith is and has been a treasured scholar, thinker, author, activist & pop culture aficionado. MHC has known her since the 60s. Now there is a Presidential Lecture named for her greatness & genius.

[Barbara Smith @TheBarbaraSmith]

I will speak about the #CombaheeRiverCollective at my alma mater @mtholyoke on Wednesday 3-13. You are welcome to register here https://t.co/E8fOhjAygp & tune into the livestream. @smithcaringcirc @blkwomenradical @imaniperry @blackgirlinmain @CapDistrictDSA @eddafieldsblack

[SmithCaringCircle @smithcaringcirc]

"I am currently a patron of The Smith Caring Circle that helps to provide her with an extremely modest level of support and which, in my opinion, is criminally underfunded given the impact of her work. "
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[SmithCaringCircle @smithcaringcirc]

Honored and grateful for this piece by @blackgirlinmain in her exploration about the often hidden lives and work of Black women and their greatness. In so many ways, Black women are often not "valued enough to be compensated and not taken advantage of..."

[SmithCaringCircle @smithcaringcirc]

Of course @TheBarbaraSmith is working for peace and justice. She never stops. Thanks to the Smith Caring Circle, she is able to do that. Most grateful for #ThePeoplesPension. Please support these efforts https://t.co/Gdtq7PM6hf so she can continue
#CeasefireNOW
#FreePalestine

[Caleb Ward @calebdward]

I give to this "people's pension" for Barbara Smith, a fund for her ongoing activism since her life as a Black feminist pioneer left her outside salaried positions that would have given her a secure retirement. Sign up if you appreciate her ongoing work.

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[SmithCaringCircle @smithcaringcirc]

If the work, scholarship of @TheBarbaraSmith influenced your world, lead you on a path, consider supporting Caring Circle!
We have signed copies of the re released works: "Home Girls" and "The Truth That Never Hurts" for new patrons. Support and amplify!
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[@DRJessieNYC 🇵🇸 @JessieNYC]

@TheBarbaraSmith @ZEisenstein Your work changed my life! Thank you, both! 💜💪☮️🌈🙏