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Many storylines are colliding in this country rn but one that must not get lost is that local organizing around racial justice, led by young people of color & more, has been building capacity & experience for 5-7 ys now in places way off the national press radar. Eg Reading PA https://twitter.com/MarquiseDavon/status/1267171877413404673
Pittsburgh of course https://twitter.com/AndrewPutnam15/status/1266797507335593984
Will add more soon but key points are these. 1) This map comes nowhere near capturing the geographic spread of protest. PA alone saw major protests this wknd in Harrisburg Stroudsburg, Scranton, Hermitage, Sharon, State College, Williamsport, Erie, Reading, Lancaster, likely more
Eg, even as I type, THIS
https://twitter.com/HubProgress/status/1267442791904423938
https://twitter.com/HubProgress/status/1267442791904423938
2) They face a crazy range of actors whose interests are served by violence & chaos: some identifying w far left & some w far right; some in uniform; some in office. Of course those actors are succeeding in some places. Provoking is easy when you can count on violence in response
So I get why the headlines are elsewhere. I've never been more worried. But 100+ people protesting in support of Black Lives in *Butler PA*?? There's a story underway that's not about one weekend, & not about a handful of cities: or even a hundred cities https://twitter.com/Dead_Epoch/status/1267259348255981568
Nearly 1000 people in Bethlehem PA https://twitter.com/maeganllerena/status/1266850423215992839
Selinsgrove, PA. Pop. 5,600. In Trump+47 Snyder County. Vigil for George Floyd. https://twitter.com/slauver/status/1267273463410184193
