Lisa Marie Pickens @LMPLisa
Activist. Co-Founder@Affinity & Co-Chair of the Big Change Endowment Committee@the Crossroads Fund of Chicago. Seeing humanity in all is our only way forward. Joined February 2012-
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We are the answer. We have been the answer. Take notice. #blackwomen elle.com/culture/career…
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So to single out a player like Serena whose career is ostensibly bigger than tennis itself and double down on what can be seen as nothing less than a race-related rule change and bring in the idea of respect is the most shameful shit in tennis.
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US withheld humanitarian funding to @UNRWA to punish Palestinians over Jerusalem, UN official suggests bit.ly/2PAAX5u
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After organizing against policies that allow prisoners to be paid less than a dollar an hour for their work, Ronald was immediately transferred to a different prison, away from a support system he had built for over 2 decades. @brycecovert for @theappeal. ow.ly/ygwP30lvQwh
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What a KTLA #YearofToniMorrison Meet-Up feels like.
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"Today is the beginning of a nationwide #PrisonStrike. It will last through September 9th, the 47th anniversary of the Attica prison rebellion in New York."
#PrisonStrike Crossroads Fund supports the imprisoned people who are going on strike today through September 9th. Learn more about the strike here: bit.ly/2LcHm3J
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I’m okay with a US Space Force. But what we need most is a Truth Force — one that defends against all enemies of accurate information, both foreign & domestic.
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“things to never be civil about: concentration camps, genocide, white supremacy, misogyny, harm to children, mass trauma, state violence, rising fascism.” adriennemareebrown.net/2018/06/29/civ…
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Today, the greatest threat of extinction we face is not asteroids or climate change or disease or famine. It’s society’s refusal to heed the warnings of scientists.
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Great energy in the room to demand a CBA for Obama Library #getitinwriting
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All that brain power supposedly in Israel — “high-tech” & universities — etc. and it has not hit upon idea of treating Palestinians in Gaza like humans as a “solution.” Israeli leadership unable to conceive of Palestinians as more than livestock to be beaten, fed or slaughtered.
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I feel like these should be printed as business cards to hand out at the ready.
I have had more than one male colleague sincerely ask whether a certain behavior is mansplaining. Since apparently this is hard to figure out, I made one of them a chart.
Ms Joyce Craft was an amazing woman and phenomenal teacher! Thank you for all you poured into us! Ashe! facebook.com/lisamarie.pick…
Annie Lee Pickens--you made your transition 15 years ago today. Thank you for your continued guidance! Ashe! — remembering those who are no longer with us
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