Social Justice Educator
Joined April 2009
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Feminist movements are the defenders of democracy around the world. The right wing seems to know this better than the left. Thank you @PamelaShifman and @tymcharris opendemocracy.net/en/5050/fe…
Grassroots feminist organizations need vastly more support to counter the right-wing extremists who have highjacked reproductive rights. Thanks Pamela Shifman for this powerful article and report! edition.cnn.com/2022/05/12/o…
I just signed this petition on OrganizeFor with @ColorOfChange. Will you join me? #O4 campaigns.organizefor.org/pe… via @ColorOfChange
Minister of Justice, Attorney General Ghana: Drop the Charges against the "Ho 21" - Sign the Petition! chng.it/L2jTtvV8 via @Change
Thank you to @DickGottfried @SolagesNY @JeffreyDinowitz & everyone who's pushing hard to ensure that the Assembly joins with the Senate to include #FairPay4HomeCare in the final budget.
Thank you @AndreaSCousins for a one-house budget that starts to address the home care workforce shortage & the nursing home crisis. We stand with you - stay firm in negotiations w/ @NYGovCuomo and deliver #FairPay4HomeCare. We're counting on you! #InvestInOurNY
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Pamela Shifman is an incredible activist, advocate and leader. Now more than ever, we need leadership that - like Pamela's - includes the whole community. Join us for our webinar In Conversation with Pamela Shifman this Thursday, 4pm Cairo / 10am Eastern
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In their new pod, #ToSeeEachOther, @PeoplesAction lifts up voices from MI, IA, NJ, NC & IN who share how small town folk are organizing for clean water, racial equity & climate justice, and why writing off rural communities as "trump country" hurts us all. link.chtbl.com/toseeeachothe…
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Council Members must vote NO on any budget that does NOT make at least $1B in REAL cuts to the NYPD's bloated $6B expense budget.
Call your Council Member NOW!
No bullshit. No funny math. No just shuffling cops from NYPD to other agencies. #DefundNYPD #DefundThePolice
via @NYTimes Bye bye populist wave. Time for a big backlash at the polls. nytimes.com/2020/06/02/brief…
Next week @NYSenate & @NYSA_Majority will be reconvening.
We are urging the Senate and Assembly to pass @jamaaltbailey & @Danny_ODonnell_ 's bill to #repeal50a & other parts of the #SaferNYAct including #PoliceSTATAct + @NNickPerry's Special Prosecutor bill.
via @NYTOpinion @PamelaShifman and @salamishah propose a way forward in this recovery, because: “those who have been pushed to the far and fatal margins of our society are the most important members of our democratic future.” Bravo! nytimes.com/2020/05/21/opini…
So proud of my buddy P Carl on the publication of a teaser for his book Becoming A Man in the NYT magazine online today. nytimes.com/2020/01/21/magaz…. Brilliant and courageous… instagram.com/p/B7l3stmg-0u/…
Must read: Ai-Jen Poo on Domestic Workers leading the way with solutions for the future of work. nytimes.com/2019/07/14/opini… via @NYTOpinion
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Easy tips for intervening in Islamophobic hate speech today - more relevant than ever. Let’s be on guard together and turn “Punish A Muslim Day” into #LoveAMuslim Day 💚
h/t @faiza_n_ali – at Queens, NY
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Our members spent this sacred 4th day of Passover outside mosques and Muslim community centers across NYC to support and protect our beloved Muslim family. There is no better way to spend this holiday of liberation.
None of us are free until all of us are free! #LoveAMuslim
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50 years after Kerner Report, parental income remains the #1 predictor of student outcomes. - John Jackson, President and CEO, @SchottFound #KernerAt50
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Check out the movement leaders who will be TALKING on the red carpet tonight. #TIMESUP #MakeJusticePop nyti.ms/2qCpUR2