#Communities

Nick Mercadante @ 🏡

NMercad

I’ve been thinking about the call to “defund police” a lot. I think only the most simple thinkers equate this to “remove all police” or think law enforcement can serve

Tolulope Inspire

tolulopeinspire

It's been a long while since I shared a perspective thread on twitter but recent happenings, observation and of course conversations have brought about this.#EndSARS #EndBadGovernanceinNIGERIA I will be

Aubrey Gordon (she/her/hers)

yrfatfriend

Anger is a reasonable reaction to anti-fat bias. Discrimination, harassment, microaggressions, coercion & scapegoating SHOULD make us collectively angry. It’s a sign that thinner folks can empathize with fat folks,

Ben Judah

b_judah

Concerning French polling 1/3: • In certain towns and districts the laws of the Republic are not applied — 86%• In France, violence grows day by day — 84%• In

Rosa Taylor 👻 on hiatus

WritingRosa

If you feel the need to tweet about how you're going to stay quiet about BLM and the protests happening right now1. You know it's wrong to stay quiet and2.

ACLU

ACLU

A HISTORY OF US POLICING: A THREADThe modern system of policing is rotten to its core. Here’s how we got here. In the early 1700s, the Charleston slave patrol

Makerpad

makerpad

"Community isn’t just another word for audience it’s a special space you create for your most engaged members to gather and interact"@NoeleFlowers is kicking off our Makerpad Community program today

Eden Ladley 🕎

ladleye

I have complicated feelings (yet again) about #NonBinaryPeoplesDay. I’m happy for those who find power in the label and communities that have rallied behind it, but I still feel just

Brendan Paddy

bjpaddy

So if you're heading out for a walk in Scotland today, what can you do that wasn't within the guidelines yesterday? Full Ramblers Scotland advice below but highlights follow in

Jack Saint

lackingsaint

I really sincerely cannot overstate the extent to which drawings of women are not actually real women the debate about sexualised character designs is not about women's freedoms, because cartoons

The Leap

TheLeap_Org

Here are 5 ways we can begin to decolonize our #Thanksgiving. A THREAD 1. Learn and acknowledge whose land you are on. Learn about the history, the people, and the

It’s Jake...Jake from

FailedStateFarm

Hi.So let’s say you unbridle the burden of everyone paying for college. Neat! I’m for it. Now...where will they all go to school? I assume the whole point was to

Neil Murphy

NeilMurphy1978

This diagram nails the problem with many ‘garden towns’. Poor location compounded by bad design. A thread by way of amplification. (1/)https://twitter.com/davewalker/status/1272830883205132289 To get good places, we have to

Grace

hgrace8225

1/Shout-out 2 all the PTAs/parents serving their school communities during this time. Since the pandemic, PTAs have organized 2 distr grocery gift cards, help families with tech access (incl th/parent

T.D. Williams

Trillharmonic

Quick Thread on rioting and looting:One of the most sophistic talking points consistently trotted out in situations like these, “they’re destroying their own community.”Ghettos and hoods are not communities except

Adrienne Spafford

AdeSpafford

We need to start planning NOW for the surge in demand for mental health and addiction support and services that will result from the tremendous stress and trauma from COVID-19.