Standing for Justice

Speak to yourself the way you’d speak to a friend - gently, kindly, and with love.

We spent $22 trillion to “fight poverty.” But 70% of that money $15.4 trillion, never touched the poor. It went to the people who serve the poor, not the ones who are poor! That’s not liberation. That’s a business model. They don’t ask, “How do we solve it?” They ask, “How do we fund it?

“Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually moribund religion awaiting burial” #MLK #SundayWithKing

Stop whatever you're doing and watch Abducted From an HBCU: A Black Girl Missing Movie on @lifetimetv 🔥

When states and cities allow enough homes to be built for everyone, it improves housing affordability overall. But the evidence shows it benefits renters in low-income neighborhoods most. pewtrsts.org/4l4RDj6

Caregiving touches every part of life. It might be *the* issue of the future. aarp.org/pri/topics/lts…

@LisaBritton No.

A lot of people are telling me it’s too late to repair the relationship between men and women. We passed that opportunity years ago. Do you think it’s too late?

✅️Depending on your particular assignment, be prepared to live in danger almost every day of your life. Learn how to chokehold your fear. It might still be there, but keep your death grip on it. ✅️If it hasn't consumed you, you might not be ready for it.

Things. You'll need an anchor for your soul. Fire in your eyes, steel in your mind, velvet in your heart. ✅️Stop following and listening to the shiny, glamorous folks in the spotlight. Find the dusty, disheveled, scarred ones underground and listen carefully to them.

To those who feel 'called': ✅️calling is not a glossy smear over the hard, ugly, painful things of your life. Consider how they will affect your mission. ✅️if you are called into darkness to bring light (justice, exposure), you'll need to do deeper work than reading Do Hard

I read a newsletter this morning in which the ques was asked why isn't there more of an uprising about the issues surrounding childcare. The statement was made that parents are basically left to fend for themselves. Black women and families have known and felt this for decades.

New #Americanheroes animated story🎥 Learn about the trailblazing Opera impresario Mary Cardwell Dawson, whose leadership skills and passion for opera paved the way for hundreds of Black performers to launch or expand their musical careers. youtu.be/gGqcCcB2Hps?si… Special thanks to Denyce Graves for narrating this story, and the #DenyceGravesFoundation: thedenycegravesfoundation.org Animation studio: AB Positive #marycardwelldawson #opera #finearts

@teacher2teacher I've gotten to level 20 in solitaire :)

Tell us you’re on summer break without telling us you’re on summer break.

"Black voters still matter, and we will never erase our identities. So if Democratic funders want our support, we’ll need theirs back." wordinblack.com/2025/07/black-…

@Phil_Lewis_ Your statement isn't procedurally correct. A tie vote means they declined to overturn the lower court decision.

The Supreme Court has ruled against allowing Oklahoma’s taxpayer-funded religious charter school huffpost.com/entry/supreme-…

One of the best pieces on education I've ever read.

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

April is #StressAwarenessMonth. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Black men are disproportionately affected by mental health challenges and substance use — often linked to environmental stress and systemic factors.

Of Note: Parental device use significantly impacts kids—even if those kids don’t have their own screens. thedispatch.com/article/parent…

How dare they.