The ROOTS Project

Inspiring individuals to catalyze social change by challenging injustice & inequity. NJ, USA

[The ROOTS Project @theROOTSproject]

Participants have arrived and Project YouthROOTS 2015 has begun!! Ready for an amazing week, despite the heat!

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

From @tanehisicoates to South Carolina lawmakers: "Take down the Confederate flag. Now." http://t.co/12LFrIKTPw

[deray @deray]

We remember you, Cynthia, Susie, Ethel, DePayne, Clementa, Tywanza, Daniel, Sharonda, & Myra. #CharlestonShooting

[Phil Yu @angryasianman]

Call For Submissions: Asians Doing Everything: http://t.co/cDx9XXRoEQ

[@PiaGlenn @PiaGlenn]

This is a simple list of ableist alternatives. #CancelCrazy http://t.co/zdkYxok1u2

[Jamil Smith جميل كريم @JamilSmith]

The black liberation group MOVE was bombed 30 years ago today. You must read Philadelphia native @GeeDee215 on this: http://t.co/agCXByWcoJ

[deray @deray]

I love my blackness. And yours.

[The ROOTS Project @theROOTSproject]

#LightenUp by comics artist Ronald Wimberly via @thenib https://t.co/dlG6y5MGBF

[The ROOTS Project @theROOTSproject]

Talking about people with disabilities and using people-first language. http://t.co/3oUv3RmKeL

[Chris Hayes @chrislhayes]

The important point is here is:*race isn't real*. Race is a construct and performance. Racism, white supremacy, racial oppression are real.

[Chris Hayes @chrislhayes]

Follow up to our conversation on race last night w @nancygilesnyc & @jsmooth995 , which is getting some attention.
http://t.co/OF8a9qYmb5

[The ROOTS Project @theROOTSproject]

At New York Private Schools, Challenging White Privilege From the Inside http://t.co/Mx8o4kGbCS [h/t @ahab99 ]

[Sana Saeed @SanaSaeed]

Hoodies. Swisher sweets. No documentation. Parking disputes. Our deaths are caused by everything but the murderers & the hateful ideologies.

[The ROOTS Project @theROOTSproject]

Great gifset & video link from "Man Enough: Theory and Practice In and Outside the Classroom with Darnell Moore” http://t.co/eiv6PTlgwA

[Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund @aaldef]

Some everyday actions that YOU can take to fight #humantrafficking, by Ivy Suriyopas @ivyos of @aaldef: http://t.co/g0ID9azr1G

[The ROOTS Project @theROOTSproject]

"An NAACP office was bombed yesterday — so why did it take so long for anyone to care?" http://t.co/PQ63NHrGCv [via @micnews]

[The ROOTS Project @theROOTSproject]

Good to keep thinking about: how can we best use the tech tools at our disposal? RT @Raineypowell: Important reminder http://t.co/aPvOq6PJ4E

[The ROOTS Project @theROOTSproject]

13 Books To Read By Black Feminist Women http://t.co/eguBWktzqX

[Linda Sarsour @lsarsour]

Let's be clear that the #MillionsMarchNYC was organized by YOUNG PEOPLE. No celebrities, no self appointed leaders. Young people.