Ethnographer. Senior Researcher @NOWCRJ. N.O. La & rural Haiti. Social mvmts, workers' rights, mutual aid & history. #dontstandalone exhibit
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Save the Date: This year’s Bookfair is on for Saturday, December 7, at the Main Branch of @NOLALibrary tell everyone 📚📚📚and stay tuned for details
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Ramiro was picking mangoes in Coachella CA last week. The temperature was 85° at 10am when this was taken and by the afternoon it was 112°. Today temps will reach 118°. #WeFeedYou #HeatJustice
ALT Worker harvesting mangos in Coachella California
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Feeling the pressure @HiltonBayfront? 😎
This is how Local 30 workers have been feeling for years! Frustrated and tired. Now we’re on strike to win what we deserve.
Donate to the Hilton Bayfront workers on STRIKE. Click on the link in the comments below. ⤵️
#copwatch trainings re-starting @EOS_NOLA ? maybe they never stopped ... now with long distance mics and and longer lenses (my 18-120mm zoom may not be enough!)
. @LaGovJeffLandry has signed into law HB173 by Republican Rep. Bryan Fontenot to make it a crime to approach within 25 feet of a police officer on the job if the officer orders the person to stop. Violations carry up to 60 days in jail and a $500 fine. #lalege
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The @NOLACityCouncil funded this program as the article states, and we were proud to work with advocates to do so, but like many other projects departments have failed to make expenditures to move forward. Will hold a public hearing to get to the bottom of this delay.
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Wondering how you can support us digitally today as we're on the picket line? Head to the link below and CALL ON REI TO REACH A FAIR DEAL NOW!!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
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Reading, in English for me (or bumbling Spanish).
But you can also read this and share in Spanish and Vietnamese.
#OPINION The contributions of Vietnamese and Latin American residents in New Orleans are significant but underrepresented in city communications and politics. A pilot Language Access Program could change that.
✍: M.G. Olson and Rocio Aguilar
📰: buff.ly/3QR4b1g
Appreciations for my colleague Rocio Aguilar and ARPA Implementation Committee members including Workplace Justice Project, Louisiana Language Access Coalition, @WeAreOVNV , and @NOWCRJ
And essential support from partners with bigeasydeal.org/ @verainstitute (New Orleans - William Snowden, Sarah Omojola, Joshua Pichon and @CameronOkeke) @FairHousingLA (Maxwell Ciardullo and @themomoblossom ) @RideNewOrleans ALAS @BetterNOLA @NolaRenters and others
Thanks to @TheLensNOLA for working with us to continue to push for Language Access for ALL our community members. Over to you for full funding -> @mayorcantrell @NOLACityCouncil @HelenaMorenoLA @JPMorrell @lesliharris @voteeugenegreen @otforus @freddiekingiii @CmGiarrusso
#OPINION The contributions of Vietnamese and Latin American residents in New Orleans are significant but underrepresented in city communications and politics. A pilot Language Access Program could change that.
✍: M.G. Olson and Rocio Aguilar
📰: buff.ly/3QR4b1g
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Assets in Apartheid, a report by LSE Palestine Society, is now live!
The report shows that £89 million of university investments are complicit in the genocide of Palestinians, arms trade, and climate breakdown.
Read here: lsepalestine.github.io/docum…
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Many immigrants struggle with accessing mental health care because of immigration status, finances, or stigma.
Each of us should be able to access the care we need without barriers.
bit.ly/3UC1RMV
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It is past time for the U.S. to make paid leave a right for all workers. Join @PaidLeaveforAll and @glamourmag in calling on Congress to ensure nobody is forced to choose between their economic security, and caring for themselves and their loved ones: glamour.com/story/paidleavef…
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.@NOAA: April 2024 was Earth’s warmest April on record and the world's 11th-consecutive month of record-breaking warmth. Get the latest global April 2024 #climate report: bit.ly/3yiJzZs #StateOfClimate
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WAWU members voted unanimously at a mass meeting last night to set a STRIKE DEADLINE for Tuesday, May 21st. The WWU administration is not budging on our financial proposals and other key priorities like bereavement leave. Now, 1,100 of us are preparing to walk off the job ✊
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Make sure and share our free how to archive a protest zine with anyone organizing! It can be used for any cause and great for student activists
How to Archive a Protest Part 2. Here are some memory work activites anyone can do to preserve their protest movements. Let us know if you use these to document a protest!
You can access the a PDF version of activities at bit.ly/memoryworkactivities
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As we participate in this monumental moment in the history of social movements, we can't emphasize enough how important it is to maintain an archive of the encampments. @iHPSouth put together an amazing zine on how to archive a protest! Check out the PDF bit.ly/protestarchive
Expected so why not show it for the absurdity/misinformation that it is and have fun in the meantime!
Bingo should be a part of all unionizing campaigns, honestly.
UNION BUSTING BINGO!
Episode 2: May Day Union Busting
This International Workers’ Day, Tulane admin (aided by their expensive union-busting law firm, Ogletree Deakins) launched their “labor information” website—and our bingo card is filling out fast!
#UnionBustingIsDisgusting
