Do you love explaining the ins and outs of City Council meetings? Are you the friend circulating information about the latest protest to the group chat?
@inboundbos is looking for writes like --you--!
James Baldwin's words couldn't be more resonant: “The necessity for a form of socialism is based on the observation that the world’s present economic arrangements doom most of the world to misery."
*Taps mic*:I went to law school, I’m a writer, I serve as a trustee of @PENamerica & I fight hard for free speech but this is the law: *Not* all speech is protected, including: fighting words, perjury, defamation, *incitement to imminent lawless action*, true threats...Thank you.
we still need justice for sandra bland.
we still need justice for breonna taylor.
we still need justice for deborah danner.
we still need justice for pamela turner.
we still need justice for korryn gaines.
I’m thinking about who anti-racist reading lists are for and I keep thinking about a white classmate who was a women’s studies major and had never heard of Alice Walker. Walker (quite infamously) helped found the WS dept. she studied in.
Breonna Taylor should still be alive.
David McAtee should still be alive.
George Floyd should still be alive.
Tony McDade should still be alive.
Eric Garner should still be alive.
Atatiana Jefferson should still be alive.
BLACK. LIVES. MATTER.
In this op-ed, Zyahna Bryant — a Charlottesville-based activist, organizer, and social impact strategist — offers insight into how people can take anti-racist action.
https://t.co/78ZAaD9EmC
Now is not the time to be silent. We must do the work to support our Black community in the Boston area and beyond. Take a look through resources here with action items, places to donate, businesses to support and more. Send anymore resources to us to add. https://t.co/CLlWdwtVbZ
Some important resources for helping protesters in need, along with further tools for getting involved and making your voice heard.
https://t.co/Qu9uSOFJHU