March 5, 2020 by V Leigh

Social Justice Tweets for week of March 1st

Two Fashion Institute of Technology officials placed on leave following "racist" runway show https://t.co/uHtSUTMstS

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) February 22, 2020

Neither Warren nor Pete mentioned Zimmerman; just Trayvon’s death.

In either case, what Zimmerman is trying to do isn’t just to control the narrative; he’s trying to control free speech in regards to the #BlackLivesMatter movement. https://t.co/yNrhrfZ4SH

— Stone (@stonecold2050) February 19, 2020

"Contrary to the trickle-down narrative, as many as 44 percent of adult homeless people are employed in full- or part-time work. But even steady work is no longer enough to stay securely housed."https://t.co/r3DmeBNEWg

— All-In Pittsburgh (@allinpgh) February 23, 2020

JUST IN: The House of Representatives has approved legislation making lynching a federal hate crime for the first time in U.S. history.

The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act was named for the 14-year-old teenager who was lynched in Mississippi in the 1950s.

— NPR (@NPR) February 26, 2020

February 2, 2020 by V Leigh

Homelessness in America: I’m a human being

More than 50% of homeless families are black, government report finds – ABC News https://t.co/N1LOsQ9rRe

— glenn robinson (@glncv) January 25, 2020

Basic principle of Finland’s #housingfirst” program: give homeless people a place to live, without preconditions, then support them. Not the other way around. Interview with @JKaakinen, CEO of the Y-Foundation. https://t.co/e3mizD40KK

— CBCSundayEdition (@CBCSunday) January 25, 2020

More students are living in shelters, cars, motels and on the street than ever before: 1.5 million children experienced homelessness during the 2017-18 school year – an 11% increase over the previous school year and the highest number ever recorded. https://t.co/fI6JjhE5bB

— Lauren S. Camera (@laurenonthehill) January 30, 2020

It's estimated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development that it would cost $20 billion, or less than a 1% increase in annual US budget, to end homelessness in America and give people like Ronald Davis a real chance at getting back on their feet https://t.co/tIWJiRTzaZ

— Grant Berg (@berggrant) February 2, 2020

January 26, 2020 by V Leigh

Deaths of Despair

"'Deaths of despair,' as mortality from drugs, alcohol and suicides is known, have sent life expectancy in the U.S. falling for three years in a row, for the first time in a century," write @NickKristof and @WuDunn https://t.co/5whso0RH3O

— TIME (@TIME) January 16, 2020

January 16, 2020 by V Leigh

The Global Climate Report

JUST IN: The last decade was the warmest ever recorded—and 2019 was the second warmest year in recorded history, according to new U.S. government report. https://t.co/IJ3KPRPufe

— ABC News (@ABC) January 15, 2020

JUST IN: 2019 finishes as Earth’s 2nd warmest year on record, according to @NOAA @NOAANCEIclimate & @NASA SEE: https://t.co/TX6v1gLajc #StateOfClimate pic.twitter.com/VyRCFlsXot

— NOAA (@NOAA) January 15, 2020

This decades-long warming trend is the result of increasing greenhouse gases ♨️ in the atmosphere, released by human activities. pic.twitter.com/N85wZGN65j

— NASA Earth (@NASAEarth) January 15, 2020

Earth’s 5 warmest years, in descending order, are 2016 (warmest ever), 2019, 2015, 2017 and 2018, per @NOAANCEIclimate: https://t.co/TX6v1gLajc #StateOfClimate pic.twitter.com/66yf7a2cSl

— NOAA (@NOAA) January 15, 2020

January 14, 2020 by V Leigh

In Oakland, @Moms4Housing , a group of women experiencing homelessness, has taken over a vacant investor-owned house to protest the lack of affordable housing.

Watching this video will help you understand what it means to live in the Bay Area.
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— L E F T, PhD ⚫️ (@LeftSentThis) January 13, 2020

The crowd of supporters has tripled in the last ten minutes. We love you, Oakland. #IStandWithTheMoms pic.twitter.com/OFMVlVp3ij

— Moms 4 Housing (@moms4housing) January 14, 2020

#IStandWithTheMoms because policies enabling gentrification & inequality have helped speculators destroy communities across the Bay Area – pushing 1000s of residents into homelessness. We must stand against unjust laws & stand behind those taking action to house themselves. https://t.co/nXYWnue7pJ

— Leslie Dreyer (@LeslieDreyer) January 12, 2020

They have to use this much force not to overwhelm a small group of unarmed women, but to reinforce that housing is a commodity and that anyone who challenges capital has to be destroyed #IStandWithTheMoms https://t.co/dyuYc8Pejp

— Mark Blaho🥰 (@MaximumOverDerp) January 14, 2020

Live press event pic.twitter.com/7s7Haz08JP

— Moms 4 Housing (@moms4housing) January 14, 2020

In Oakland, @Moms4Housing, a group of women experiencing homelessness, has taken over a vacant investor-owned house to protest the lack of affordable housing. But they could be evicted this week! Go to https://t.co/1IV5pgBthm to take action to support the moms pic.twitter.com/g4tZBClcLJ

— AFROPUNK (@afropunk) January 14, 2020

January 4, 2020 by V Leigh

Australia’s fires could change the country forever

On January 4, three fires in Australia combined to create one of the largest fires in Victoria state so far. The massive blaze currently spans more than 23 square miles, making it larger than the NYC borough of Manhattan. pic.twitter.com/ZPLfAPiONp

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) January 4, 2020

We're literally watching species go extinct in real time during these Australian bushfireshttps://t.co/7iqvmqjhzG

— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) January 4, 2020

We’re seeing it in Australia.
We’re seeing it in California.

Our entire planet is in the midst of a climate crisis. There is already devastating, irreversible damage happening. We must act swiftly to combat it. https://t.co/kPhVFcb6Dy

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) January 4, 2020

"We’ve never seen fires like this, not to this extent, not all at once, and the reservoir of animals that could come and repopulate the areas, they may not be there," one research fellow said. "It really is an ecological Armageddon."https://t.co/NA9dp45LfJ

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 4, 2020

Australia's fires could change the country forever. https://t.co/muzpkcyRBr

— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 4, 2020

November 16, 2019 by V Leigh

“Broken Windows policing is another racist tactic of the NYPD that must be stopped”

WATCH: The routine casualness of undercover NYPD officers as they stop, approach, & frisk a young black man w/ zero justification. In full violation of constitution. They know they’re on camera. This is why people feel imprisoned in their own communities.pic.twitter.com/bEUQxU6TPx

— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) November 10, 2019

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I just want to remind ppl that the NYPD runs undercover entrapment operations like "lucky bag" or like today .. selling phones they own to bodegas to then entrap them for alleged Crim possession of stolen property later. We need to start divesting – they have time to creat crime

— jdubs (@jwo84) November 12, 2019

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And let’s not forget the NYPD undercover operations that start right around Christmas time to entrap people into buying iPads and charging them with possessing “stolen property.” Your tax dollars hard at work. https://t.co/WIyKC1hrwd

— Tiffany Cabán (@CabanForQueens) November 12, 2019

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Add selling candy to the list of excuses that the NYPD uses to excessively police black and brown New Yorkers. https://t.co/yDAQjEvV3B

— NYCLU (@NYCLU) November 14, 2019

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For years, NYPD denied illegally saving kids’ fingerprints. Now it vows to destroy the data. https://t.co/lXxTso5xbJ

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 14, 2019

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For those keeping track, a running list of how NYPD and @NYCMayor are using our city's resources in our subways:
-Surveilling homeless New Yorkers
-Policing turnstile jumpers
-Handcuffing churro vendors https://t.co/BcTblVOEaZ

— NYCLU (@NYCLU) November 12, 2019

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Statement from Anthony Beckford:

"Broken Windows policing is another racist tactic of the NYPD that must be stopped. Black, Brown and Poor people are targeted daily. This is an example of the gang culture of the NYPD that must be brought to heel."#ItsOurTime pic.twitter.com/OcZgaKrKgo

— Anthony Beckford (City Council Candidate) 🌹 (@Vote4Beckford) November 10, 2019

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October 2, 2019 by V Leigh

“Historically, underserved populations have been shut out of the market.”

20 years after starting college, black student loan borrower still owe 95% of the debt while white students have paid 94% of their debt off. The racial wealth gap is exacerbated by the student loan debt crisis. https://t.co/NVscrBfhjR pic.twitter.com/H6savXJ0YH

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) September 29, 2019

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Black students graduate on average with $4,000 more in student loans than white students.

Our plan to cancel all student debt with a tax on Wall Street will cut the racial wealth gap among young Americans by more than half. pic.twitter.com/ExnqYw7k1E

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) September 29, 2019

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For every $1 a U.S. White family owns, the median Black family has $.08. How official #redlining helped create the racial wealth gap: https://t.co/vbe3gpljVX #JustEconomy

— NCRC (@NCRC) October 1, 2019

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My sister, @JillBazelon: “We see it as a social justice issue,” says Jill Bazelon, director and co-founder of Bridges to Wealth and professor in Penn’s Graduate School of Education. “Historically, underserved populations have been shut out of the market.” https://t.co/7AHsnsXNaK

— Lara Bazelon (@larabazelon) October 1, 2019

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.@AOC: "America is at its wealthiest point that we've ever been and yet we are at one of our most unequal points that we've ever been." pic.twitter.com/9bNsUZtzlJ

— The Hill (@thehill) September 27, 2019

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September 29, 2019 by V Leigh

Tweet Round-Up for the Week

Killing more innocent people and making more enemies along the way on our tax payer dime. https://t.co/GEbQZMfdkM

— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) September 22, 2019

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“We are pro-choice, pro gay marriage, we think black lives matter and we don't believe the rich should be in power." Scott Dworkin on #AMJoy on MSNBC #TheResistance pic.twitter.com/RKuwJaU0gZ

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) September 14, 2019

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A $17 dispute Friday night at an Exxon gas station on Pittsburgh’s North Side that led to the assault of two sisters was captured on video and shared on social media. The community reaction was swift. https://t.co/WtxRDTet3C

— TribLIVE.com (@TribLIVE) September 22, 2019

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Orlando police arrested a six-year-old Black girl for "throwing a tantrum" in her first-grade class. The cops handcuffed her, put her in the back of a police car and took her to a juvenile detention facility where they fingerprinted her and took a mugshot. https://t.co/XMF2w6uJ1Q

— Rebecca J. Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) September 22, 2019

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"Florida is among the approximately two-thirds of states that has no minimum age for arrest. … The youngest person ever arrested in Florida was 4 years old." https://t.co/MNhtdwhz97

— nyc law grrrl (@nyclawgrrrl) September 25, 2019

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Mohamed Bah looked like me.

His mother looks like my mother.

Seven years ago, he was killed when his mother called for help and instead was met with law enforcement.

We don’t just need justice, we need change. https://t.co/QAe6nQeMb5 pic.twitter.com/q4K5FJ4lgv

— Jumaane Williams (@JumaaneWilliams) September 25, 2019

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Heidi Beirich from @splcenter reminds us that unregulated radio allowed Hitler to come to power, and urged us to not let that happen again with tech. #ChangeTheTerms #CivilRightsxTech

— Jessica J. González (@JGo4Justice) September 26, 2019

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Black females disproportionately experience violence at home, at school, on the job, and in their neighborhoods. Eighth-grader, Nevaeh Robinson, waited at the bus stop with her classmates like she did every day.https://t.co/9LftjAXNT9

— DiversityInc (@DiversityInc) September 25, 2019

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President Trump is “worse than I ever could’ve imagined,” Robert De Niro says. “This guy should not be President. Period." pic.twitter.com/QMFC10TrRW

— Reliable Sources (@ReliableSources) September 29, 2019

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