Awesome resources from the folks at @civicyouth! All kinds of tools for working with young people on various types of civic engagement.
“If I don’t see it, that means it was meant for me to create.” #namaste h/t to @socialchngediva for sharing!
BLACKBERRY: a magazine aims to be a premier literary magazine featuring African-American women writers and artists. Its goal is to expose readers to the diversity of the black woman’s experience and strengthen the black female voice in both the mainstream and independent markets.
Don’t get lost in the size of the challenge, find yourself in the middle of it.
#hmmm…
AFTER years as a civil rights lawyer, I rarely find myself speechless. But some questions a woman I know posed during a phone conversation one recent evening gave me pause: “What would happen if we organized thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of people charged with crimes to refuse to play the game, to refuse to plea out? What if they all insisted on their Sixth Amendment right to trial? Couldn’t we bring the whole system to a halt just like that?”
For those asking what you can do to help, please link to visiblechildren.tumblr.com wherever you see KONY 2012 posts. And tweet a link to this page to famous people on Twitter who are talking about KONY 2012!
I do not doubt for a second that those involved in KONY 2012 have great intentions, nor…
i haven’t had time to watch the #kony2012 vid yet, but i keep seeing all the backlash for & against the campaign. this guy grant makes some interesting points… this may very well no longer be news by the time i get to the vid, but i figured folks who are watching should take a read…
*fistpump*
I have a great uncle, who, his entire life has maintained a home in Bmore & a farm South Carolina. He brings his harvest up & GIVES it away
Rest in peace, T-Bone. Your inspiration will live on.
“If I had clean clothes maybe people would treat me like a human being.”
Please consider joining or starting a LLP in your area.
Laundry Love Projects (LLPs) are regular opportunities to help people who are struggling financially by assisting them with doing their laundry. Relationships are built, and LLPs become small communities of common concern in which participants often find that they receive assistance and benefit with other areas of their lives.
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This is awesome! We look forward to seeing this grow.
While Brooks has received sizable donations during his three-month occupation, he was still $84,000 away from his goal when Perry announced on the Tom Joyner Morning Show that he would donate $98,000 to the cause. He also gave the pastor a Harley Davidson, according to Fox Chicago.
wait, wait, wait… @CoreyBBrooks IS COMIN’ OFF THE ROOF?! @ProjectHood1 REACHED THE $450K GOAL?! *.*.*(_\_) (_l_) (_/_)*.*.*
what if every adult wrote a letter like this to the youth in their community? *gets ideas*
You will look over your shoulder and know that there are peers who aren’t smarter, haven’t worked as hard as you, who will get all the breaks in life and you will wonder “why is this so hard for me?” But that question means that you are conscious of your growth, your progress and what you have achieved.
LOVE this!
An African administrative chief uses Twitter to help solve problems and maintain order in his Kenyan village, showing another example of how social media has evolved beyond wired metropolises to reach even the most previously unconnected corners of the globe.
