Terican Gross

"...exploring concepts of citizenship and freedom through the lens of the Diaspora experience. Our Ancestors have been here before. They know this place."

[Terican Gross @TericanGross]

@abc15 A w we aq

[Terican Gross @TericanGross]

Today: Patuxent Riverkeeper Frederick Tutman keynotes "Building a Fresh Legacy on the Land of Ancestors". MOFFA x @RootingDC Virtual Gathering. #BlackFarmers #Ancestors #RootingDC https://t.co/XGAkCAVaHp

[Terican Gross @TericanGross]

#FreedomsEve #NewYearsDay #DiasporaFoodways #Ancestors

[Michael W. Twitty @KosherSoul]

Black eyed peas are one of the oldest foods in West Africa. The fact that we still eat them is a testament to our Ancestors and their resistance against enslavement and forced acculturation: learn how, here:

https://t.co/as9BdsEfW0

[Terican Gross @TericanGross]

"With a spoonful of pumpkin soup on #NewYearsDay, I was not only reaffirming my independence but also celebrating the independence of my ancestors--courageous, fearless, and resilient." -Cindy Similien-Johnson #HaitianIndepedenceDay #DiasporaFoodways https://t.co/Fk6yBXgZA3

[Terican Gross @TericanGross]

"They were a symbol of the unclosing eyes of the Creator and Ancestors. Our (black-eye) peas were tiny little texts, and we didn’t even know it. Each pot was a bit of our immortality going back millennia."-Michael W. Twitty #HappyNewYear #DiasporaFoodways https://t.co/J5MW8UxosM

[The New York Times @nytimes]

“You’re a strong Black man in a world that conflicts with that strength, that really doesn’t want you to be great,” Chadwick Boseman told @uugwuu in 2019. “So what makes you the one who’s going to stand tall?” https://t.co/Ao29WFPgKG

[🫶🏿 @blackityblvck]

Rest easy, Chadwick Boseman 🖤

[Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy (GCCLP) @GCCLP]

Day 14. On the night of the Black Nat'l Convention, #GulfSouth4GND affirms the divest-invest strategy is also about divesting from the climate crisis and investing in climate solutions. Shoutout to the leaderful + powerful @Mvmnt4BlkLives.

#Katrina15 #GulfSouth4GND #BNCTaughtMe

[Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy (GCCLP) @GCCLP]

Gulf South leaders have been planning our #Katrina15 commemoration for months. But we know when the moment calls, we all must shift our plans to address harm. Join us tomorrow to center frontlines impacted by #Laura + offer lessons learned. https://t.co/AwrwBpcsOX

#GulfSouth4GND

[Highlander Center @HighlanderCtr]

In solidarity with all recovering from Hurricane Laura, the @GCCLP #Katrina15 programming today will shift & center the frontlines impacted, offer lessons from 15 yrs of ongoing recovery from Katrina, & share recovery resources & ways to stand in solidarity. Join at 10am CT.

[Free Palestine and All Occupied Land @writinglikeiman]

44% of the folks locked in ICE detention right now are Haitian. The longest ICE incarcerations have been for Black immigrants. #BNC2020

[CausaJusta @CausaJusta1]

"Whose land, our land" means a non-extractive relationship with the earth and reparations for Black and indigenous people #BNC2020 #FreeTheLand

[Amara Enyia @AmaraEnyia]

Not going to lie, the last cpl weeks of political conventions were a mix of 🤦🏾‍♀️🙄😑😳 and 😒. The #BNC2020 is giving me life🥰🙌🏾! Instead of shrinking into our collective fears, so refreshing to see energy, inspiration, a vision, and platform to get there.☀️ @Mvmnt4BlkLives

[Alencia Johnson @AlenciaJohnson]

The #BNC2020 is highlighting a Black woman farmer from Mississippi. And I really just got emotional.

We don’t talk enough about what has been taken from our farmers. #BNCtaughtme

https://t.co/LINUk3U25t

[t.l. mariadason @jaffnagraphy]

#BNC2020 showing the depth of the @Mvmnt4BlkLives’ skill and strength, how much has been won, and how much is still at stake. Deep gratitude for the leadership, genius, and sacrifice of our Black comrades.

[Amara Enyia @AmaraEnyia]

"We have to shift the tide from community being governed, to community doing the governing." #BNC2020 @Mvmnt4BlkLives

[Amanda Misiko Andere She/Her @AmandaAndere]

Yes @moms4housing and homelessness being discussed @Mvmnt4BlkLives #BNC2020 there is no racial justice without housing justice.

[Thomas Harvey @tbh1910.bsky.social @tbh4justice]

If you want to be hopeful about the future, tune in to #BNC2020 right now. There are so many organizers and activists making transformative change in their communities that you don't hear about every day. @Mvmnt4BlkLives is showing us the full scope of what is possible.

[Terican Gross @TericanGross]

"If we cannot feed ourselves, we cannot free ourselves". Happening now at https://t.co/tGjd0bq2BS. #BNC2020 #BlackNationalConvention

[Terican Gross @TericanGross]

Now: @RevYearwood and Mia X on @WPFWDC in a powerful discussion about remembrance and Hurricane Katrina. Stream at https://t.co/lIn85UctrM or https://t.co/5vVvJg5yGF. #Katrina15 #NeverForgetWhatHappenedHere