pronouns: he/him 🌹 I don't want to resist, I want to build! 🌹 interests: disability justice, socialism, public transportation, imagining a more just society

Sacramento, CA
Joined December 2015
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I cast my vote at the Belle Cooledge Community Center, honoring the first woman to serve Sacramento as the mayor and her legacy of breaking barriers in our city. If elected, I would become the first Black woman to serve as Sacramento's Mayor, carrying this legacy forward. Join me in making history—vote for me, Dr. Flojaune Cofer, and don’t forget to vote #YesOnE to protect our libraries. Measure E is NOT a new tax, just an extension of our current library support. Without your vote, our libraries face reduced hours and closures. #MoreIsPossible #TeamFlo #Sacramento #YesOnE #PublicLibraries #SacramentoMayor #Mayor #FloForMayor #BelleCooledge #MayorCofer
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It's Election Day! Do you have a voting plan? Visit DisabilityVoteCA.org/ & make your voice heard! You still have time—polls close at 8 PM. Need help? @DisabilityCA Voter Hotline is 888-569-7955. Already voted? Share your experience in a reply! #DisabilityVoteCA #CripTheVote
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We're excited to share a State of the State report published today by the newly formed CA Disability Alliance. The report identifies policy areas to partner with state leaders to advance disability policy interests. #CDLAlliance #DisabilityPolicy Link: cfilc.org/public-policy-2/st…
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I am grateful for my caregivers who help me eat, get me in/out of bed and get me ready for school. @SupJaniceHahn @HildaSolis @HollyJMitchell @SheilaKuehl @kathrynbarger My workers help me show up for life's opportunity to thrive, not just survive. #Timefor20 #CareInPublic
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In Home Supportive Services allows me to live independently and hold a job. My provider cleans, cooks, shops and many other things I physically can't do. #CareInPublic #CareCantWait @SheilaKuehl
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Yes, @KumiROCKS! We're so glad you're receiving the care you deserve. And yes, care providers need a wage they can survive on! It's #Timefor20 #20CantWait
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This week is the #CareInPublic week of action. We're still fighting to raise wages for IHSS homecare providers in LA to $20/hr. Providers need higher wages, consumers need access to care. Can you join in by sharing a snapshot of your care story and urging LA's BOS to raise wages?
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Thank you, @SFdirewolf for telling your story: "Four whole weeks [in the ICU]. I still felt vulnerable but I knew my sisters had my back. I decided to go home. Fuck capitalism. Fuck the medical industrial complex. Fuck ableism." ~Alice Wong disabilityvisibilityproject.…
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I am excited to be participating in the #CareInPublic week of action.
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I'm working together with @rollwithrussell, Carrie, and Kholoud, plus lots of wonderful partners, to host this week of action. Can you join us?!? Just send a tweet about your experience providing or receiving homecare this coming week with the hashtag #CareInPublic
It's #TimeFor20 in LA County — workers who support disabled people like myself need a living wage NOW! Training for our #CareInPublic Week of Action this Sun at 4P and Mon at 11A Pacific. RSVP: secure.everyaction.com/I43T5…
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Our steering committee voted unanimously to sign on for the call for a hybrid convention, and we encourage other individuals and bodies in the org to do so as well! The deadline is TONIGHT at 11:59! actionnetwork.org/forms/dsa-…
The @DSADisability is asking for support in their proposal to the NPC in making the DSA 2023 Convention a hybrid format to be more accessible for folks.
The AfroSoC Executive Committee unanimously voted to sign on in support of the DWG and their proposal. AfroSoC members and chapters are encouraged to sign on in support as well. The form is open to DSA members.
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A sitting Republican congressmen, @mattgaetz, decided that body shaming a teenager was okay. So to spite him I raised $1 million in donations to abortion funds in under 72 hours. Abortion is healthcare. Period. #ThanksMattGaetz
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Russell Dawson Rawlings retweeted
There is no such thing as being “pro-life” while supporting laws that let children be shot in their schools, elders in grocery stores, worshippers in their houses of faith, survivors by abusers, or anyone in a crowded place. It is an idolatry of violence. And it must end.
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Don’t believe these mailers. @CaityMaple not only shows up, she works tirelessly. – at San Diego, CA
Ok, this has to be my favorite attack ad so far 😂 I served as a volunteer for the midtown neighborhood assoc when I was in my 20s and working 2 jobs. My absences were cleared by the president and were due to my work schedule. Truly hilarious.
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“We need to talk about care all the time. All the time. And we need to insist on its visibility and its dignity.” @agarbes in conversation w/ @aijenpoo right now on IG. A healing balm alongside the horror of the headlines today.
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In a momentous hearing on Monday, legislation to make fueling more accessible for drivers with disabilities moved AB 2563 and CA one step forward. Thank you @laurafriedman43 and @AsmBillQuirk for your leadership.
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This is important for many reasons that I cant write at the moment. For now, this: erasure of Black liberation politics/struggles/contributions by white disability rights communities continues to impeded the development of a strong disability politic & weakens disability rights.
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