I heard about the work that Coach Amaker and the young people at Harvard are doing to build community, so I decided to drop by one of their meetings. Thanks for letting me be an honorary member of The Breakfast Club! https://t.co/EQ6R9nHbz2
Disinformation is eroding trust in public institutions and threatening democracies around the world. We're working with our @ObamaFoundation Scholars and leaders to combat these forces, break through barriers, and meet their communities where they are. pic.twitter.com/rQuWvZg1uU
I felt inspired and hopeful after speaking with students in @TheTellingRoom’s Young Writers & Leaders program. I wrote #APromisedLand in part because I hoped to reach young people like those in this group—the unique voices of a new generation, energized and unafraid to dream big. https://t.co/LP1Ri8Epva
'No matter what somebody’s accomplished—the greatest novelist, the greatest surgeons, the greatest political activists—they didn’t start that way' — @BarackObama met with writing students to talk about their ambitions and share his own experience of growing up between cultures pic.twitter.com/6u6i5mPP5m
I agree, so I put captions on it. This is Yusuf Abdul-Qadir, director of the local chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, speaking to Mayor Walsh at City Hall, Syracuse, N.Y., Thursday, July 2, 2020, about the People's Agenda for Police Reform. pic.twitter.com/QO9ZH0d3xZ
WATCH: NYCLU Central NY Chapter Director @YusufAQ on what it means to defund the police:
“We are funding for other people’s communities to have the promise of the American Dream while we are denying it in our community.” pic.twitter.com/PXS4r3r0GZ
— Asher Vollmer / AsherVo@mastodon.social (@AsherVo) July 10, 2020
“Black communities fund the suburbs.” Excellent point. I hadn’t thought about it in this context.
— Midwin Charles, Esq. (@MidwinCharles) July 11, 2020
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They become literal invaders. They invade our communities from the outside and treat the ppl there like insurgents. Then go back home outside of the city at the end of the day.
Very well said: “We are funding the suburbs” - reminder that “defund the police” means reallocate the money. Keep the money in the city and reinforce COMMUNITY policies.
They constantly trot out rhetoric about how they serve communities but refuse to live among the people who they police and pay their salaries. We also pay their suits for killing us. Time to put their bad apple theory to the test and make them pay settlements from their pensions.
I've said this for 40 yrs. I am from and live in Houston. Our police department has been monitored more than once by the DoJ for violating the constitutional rights of the citizens HPD is supposed to serve. TAXPAYERS end up paying for their damages. Enough. Make THEM pay.
— The World is My Piñata (@Embroiderista) July 11, 2020
"The way this young man died, watching the video, it made me so sad. It was so painful. It made me cry. I kept saying to myself, how many more? How many more young black men will be murdered? The madness must stop." — @RepJohnLewis on the death of George Floyd pic.twitter.com/tJ5mVfcmoZ
If we want an equitable future, we have to engage in civic life today. Last week, @MichelleObama and @BarackObama surprised some high school students during a @CPSCivicLife virtual town hall and discussed the importance of staying engaged in our democracy during this crisis. pic.twitter.com/kmsk1ourpD
— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) May 11, 2020
There’s no limit to the devotion I’ve seen in teachers like these @ChiPubSchools educators. Their dedication shapes the best parts of who we become. I couldn’t be more thankful for their work, especially as they shift lessons online to keep students on track during this crisis. pic.twitter.com/xYECcrAxdE
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