I just got off the phone with District Attorney General Glenn Funk and my friend Justin Jones. These warrants are being permanently recalled because theses individuals did not commit a crime. Thank you the DAs office for their investigation and preventing this injustice.
4. So if we want to bring about real change, the choice isn’t between protest and politics––we have to do both. We have to mobilize to raise awareness, and we have to organize and cast our ballots to make sure that we elect candidates who will act on reform.
If you want to take concrete action, but you’re not sure how, we’ve created a site to connect you with useful resources and organizations who’ve been fighting the good fight at the local and national levels for years. obama.org/anguish-and-ac…
I know the past few months have been hard and dispiriting. But watching the heightened activism of young people makes me hopeful. And if we can keep channeling our justifiable anger into peaceful, sustained, and effective action, this can be the moment when real change starts.
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Rioting & vandalism in Nashville has started. I have been on the phone with organizers of today’s PEACEFUL RALLY. They are home/headed home. Agitators *NOT* part of the focused/peaceful event have taken over,pretending to be rally goers @FOXNashville
The POLICE are attacking protestors...even a US congresswoman. Also, I don't want to hear shit again from "progressives" calling Black electeds establishment shills from the comfort of their keyboard with BLM in their bio, while leaders like Beatty are in the streets!
#NASW strongly condemns yet more deaths of African Americans at the hands of police. The association again calls for policing reforms. However, police must root out officers who continue to view Black lives as immaterial. Learn more: buff.ly/3ddnFHK
My next novel will be published sometime in 2019. I'm deep into the lives of these folks. I worry about them. They tell & show me what they think&feel, which determines what I write. Sometimes I want them to turn right, but they tell me this is their story, not mine. #amwriting
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."—On this day four years ago, Maya Angelou passed away.
With the newly adopted Disability Rights Protocol in Africa, it is about time that we give attention older people with disabilities as right holders. We call upon African Countries to ratify this protocol to guarantee older people rights. #AgeWithRights
Child poverty is wrong. Discrimination against people with disabilities is wrong. State sanctioned abuse of trans people is wrong.
It's time to take a stand for what is right. #PoorPeoplesCampaign
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