#Communities

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bitviet

sometimes it does irritate me when people who arent vietnamese wear the ao dai because im so hyper aware of all the fraught political history behind it but thats my

Paukwa 🇰🇪

paukwa

We still believe that Monday is a good day to be motivated for the week. And speaking of weeks, this week we start a new campaign dubbed #KeNation (read thread

Skylar כוכב

SkylarNextDoor

I’m a Jew by choice. I hesitate to share this because of the judgment I’ve received from both within and outside the Jewish community. While my shul community has been

Sophia Sleigh

SophiaSleigh

The planning system desperately needs reform. I’ve sat in so many planning meetings at Tory, Labour & Lib Dem councils. The system can be grubby, convoluted & I’d even say

Lura

lura_groen

Christians, I’m horrified that we still have to say this, but:There is absolutely no reason to convert anyone who practices another religion, and/or is happy in their own spiritual practice

Arionne Nettles

ArionneNettles

The thing is this: Newsroom leaders know exactly what’s needed to improve diversity and better serve the communities they should be serving. They just don’t do it. Instead, they hire

Amy C🍩🍩pes

coopesdetat

The #bushfiresRC report has landed, will thread some of it below Absolutely huge (600 page) document, a comprehensive and forensic account of an unprecedented summer across Australia. There are 78

Connor Maxwell

Connor__Maxwell

My latest for @CAPTalksRace w/ @DanyinDC - Nowhere are the effects of this current economic emergency more acute than in communities of color, which have long endured occupational segregation, economic

Diane E Thompson

DianeEThompson1

Today, @cfpb settled with Harbour Portfolio for $25K, after finding that Harbour misrepresented as a matter of law to homeowners what was required to correct false credit reporting.Today's settlement provides

M+R

MRCampaigns

It's been a hard week for a lot of people, on top of a hard few weeks and months and longer. [thread] The murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor &

Travis Adkins

TravisLAdkins

As we work through this moment of racial reckoning in the U.S. - I'm frequently asked by foreign policy orgs/professionals for "concrete steps" to move from statements of solidarity for

Will Stancil

whstancil

Suburbs get a tiny fraction of the attention that major cities do, but they're really becoming the hub of civil rights conflict in Americahttps://twitter.com/whstancil/status/1381482394700574720 The primary reason is the process

John Raphling

JRaphling

“A Roadmap for Re-imagining Public Safety in the United States” @hrw paper on policing, recommendations for structural reform: Divest from policing, invest in communities, strengthen accountabilityhttps://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/12/roa

Dujie Tahat

DujieTahat

Bill Radke & @KUOW’s On The Record stay spinning the myth of the leftist “purity test” boogeyman—ignoring the many BIPOC activists offering clear policy, whose lives & communities are at

So Mayer

tr0ublemayer

Apropos of nothing, some thoughts on what feminist kindness might actually look like:1/n centring the voices and struggles of precarious workers organising for fair pay and conditions, inc parental leave

Hildegourd von Pumpkin

kmaustinyoung

All the chatter about church growth & discipleship is great, but we shouldn't overlook how much unhealthily managed conflict has led to decline in parishes and dioceses. Only speaking from