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Mar

Activist Family

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Tags: #ObamaLeaders, activism, Activist, Activists, Barack Obama, Community Organizing, europe, leader, leaders, leadership, Obama, Obama Foundation, Obama Leaders, panel, President, program, Town Hall, tweets

It was great to hear from this impressive group of young leaders. If there's one thing we can bank on, it’s that young folks like these are our best hope for a more sustainable and just world. https://t.co/r3hzsgwgg3
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 25, 2021

“You’re now part of my activist family.”

At the conclusion of our six-month inaugural Leaders: Europe program, 35 #ObamaLeaders joined President @BarackObama to talk about activism, inspiration, and building a sustainable future. pic.twitter.com/oLWDY0t0J6
— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) February 25, 2021

Aug

13TH

By Nerdy Wonka 110 Comments

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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #CrimingWhileWhite, 13th, 13th Amendment, activism, Activist, Activists, amendment, ava, Ava Duvernay, Barack Obama, cops, documentary, Duvernay, interview, Jim Crow, Mass Incarceration, Obama, police, police brutality, Prison Pipeline, Prison Reform, Prisons, Private Prisons, racism, reform, slavery, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy

Beautiful. 👊🏾 twitter.com/netflix/status…
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Ava DuVernay (@ava) June 16, 2020

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In the last 3 weeks, millions of members (a 4,665% increase vs. 3 wks prior) have sought out 13TH, Ava DuVernay’s e… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Netflix (@netflix) June 16, 2020

Aug

Voting Rights Act: 55Th Anniversary

By Nerdy Wonka 128 Comments

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Tags: #VotingMatters, activism, Activists, anniversary, Barack Obama, john, John Lewis, lewis, Obama, President, SCOTUS, tweets, Voter Registration, voting, Voting Rights, Voting Rights Act

Today is the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act––one of the crowning achievements of our democracy. But once… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 06, 2020

We've got to fight harder to protect the right to vote. It’s one of the most powerful tools we have––and we can sta… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 06, 2020

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We can do this by making sure every American is automatically registered to vote, including formerly incarcerated p… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 06, 2020

Let’s guarantee that every citizen has equal representation in our government. And end partisan gerrymandering, so… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 06, 2020

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We have to treat voting as the most important action we can take on behalf of democracy. So make sure you are regis… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 06, 2020

Aug

Crip Camp

By Nerdy Wonka 157 Comments

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Tags: activism, Activists, ADA, Americans With Disabilities Act, anniversary, Barack Obama, Camp, Differently Abled, Disabilities, disability, Disability Rights, film, Higher Ground, Obama, President, tweets

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, I got the chance to talk to the next gene… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 26, 2020

Jul

Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop

By Nerdy Wonka 137 Comments

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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #BreonnaTaylor, #DefundPolice, #DefundThePolice, #GeorgeFloyd, #JusticeForAhmaud, #JusticeForBreonna, activism, Activists, Ahmaud, Arbery, Breonna, Brighton, brooklyn, cops, death, England, Floyd, george, Justice, Kalamazoo, Marcj, michigan, movement, murder, New York, police, police brutality, Protesters, protests, rally, taylor, tweets, United Kingdom, White Supremacy

This is the 44th consecutive day of #BlackLivesMatter protests. And today Stephen Jackson is helping lead a Black… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) July 11, 2020

Stunning #BlackLivesMatter bike protest going through South Brooklyn right now. The same part of Brooklyn where ra… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) July 12, 2020

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The steps of the Minnesota State Capitol today. They haven’t stopped demanding justice for George Floyd. Let’s no… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) July 12, 2020

Massive Black Lives Matter protest today in Brighton, England. The movement simply refuses to stop.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) July 11, 2020

Jul

The Big Six

By Nerdy Wonka 142 Comments

When you’ve lived eighty years of unimpeachable courage and moral clarity and you arrive on the other side to see t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) July 18, 2020

The Big Six are all together now. https://t.co/OGJwc8gW9M
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Matt Nowling (@MatthewNowling) July 18, 2020

Jul

This Is A Movement

By Nerdy Wonka 151 Comments

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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, activism, Activist, Activists, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Marches, New York Times, protests, racism, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy

There have been more than 4,700 demonstrations during the recent Black Lives Matter protests, an average of 140 per… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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The New York Times (@nytimes) July 03, 2020

The recent protests peaked on June 6, when half a million people turned out in nearly 550 places across the U.S.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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The New York Times (@nytimes) July 03, 2020

Jul

‘What To My People Is The Fourth Of July?’

By Nerdy Wonka 134 Comments

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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #DefundPolice, #DefundThePolice, 4th Of July, activism, Activists, america, Black History, Celebrities, Celebrity, cops, Daveed, Diggs, Douglass, Fourth Of July, Frederick, Frederick Douglass, July 4th, police, police brutality, protest, protests, slavery, speech, tweets, United States, White Supremacy

Amidst the national uprising for racial justice, ’Hamilton’ star @DaveedDiggs and a collective of Black artists cre… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 03, 2020

May

Property Is Not More Valuable Than Black Lives

By Nerdy Wonka 312 Comments

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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #BreonnaTaylor, #GeorgeFloyd, #JusticeForAhmaud, activism, Activists, Ahmaud, Arbery, Breonna, civil rights, death, Do The Right Thing, Fannie Lou Hamer, Floyd, george, lee, minneapolis, minnesota, movie, murder, politics, protester, Protesters, Protesting, protestor, protestors, protests, racism, Radio Raheem, spike, Spike Lee, taylor, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy

Spike Lee said that when Do The Right Thing came out, a lot of critics thought it irresponsible to show Mookie thro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Lysol In E Flat (@GeeDee215) May 28, 2020

Spike often notes that it's exclusively white people who ask him if Mookie did the right thing by throwing the tras… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Wesley (@WesleyLowery) May 28, 2020

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(Spoiler: the message of the movie was that in the face of oppressive state violence and persistent structural and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Wesley (@WesleyLowery) May 28, 2020

@WesleyLowery https://t.co/1TQlQWGiV3
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Kamesha ‘Corprate Thuggin’ Williams (@raynebowmom) May 28, 2020

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This is Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer talking about the history of racial terror lynchings of Black people and how some Bla… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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The Funky Educator (@MrKinetik) May 28, 2020

They. Know. What. They've. Done. To. Us. twitter.com/mrkinetik/stat…
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king crissle (@crissles) May 29, 2020

May

Language Is Important: Protests

By Nerdy Wonka 109 Comments

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Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #GeorgeFloyd, activism, Activist, Activists, cops, death, Floyd, george, media, minneapolis, murder, police brutality, protest, Protesters, protestor, protestors, protests, racism, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy

Yesterday's protests in Los Angeles and Minneapolis make it clear that people are rightfully hurting over George Fl… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) May 28, 2020

This will guide our reporting in MN. “While the situation on the ground in Minneapolis is fluid, and there has been… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Craig Melvin (@craigmelvin) May 28, 2020