Filmmaker, Community builder, Dreamer, Lover of justice, equity!
Bay Area, U.S.
Joined August 2012
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Federal Minimum Wage in 2009: $7.25/hr
Federal Minimum Wage in 2020: $7.25/hr
Total Wealth of U.S. Billionaires in 2009: $1.27 trillion
Total Wealth of U.S. Billionaires in 2020: $3.63 trillion
Our job: Tax the rich and increase the minimum wage to at least $15 an hour.
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Teachers are paying out of pocket for school supplies, yet police are given extra tanks.
Budgets convey priorities.
We should question ours.
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I just received a call from @VP Mike Pence, thanking Washington state for our efforts to combat the coronavirus.
I told him our work would be more successful if the Trump administration stuck to the science and told the truth.
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My heart 😭
This is so beautiful.
This father really came through for his daughter.
SALUTE ❤️
(via Fb Sire Edgar Kwach)
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When this player's hijab started falling off to reveal her hair, her opponents gathered around to provide cover while she fixed it.
This is our mood today.
When one of us needs us: We stop. We huddle up. We protect each other.
I love the soccer. I love women.
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Children of color, poor children, those with the least emotional and financial resources are the “problem”. They are the troublemakers and must be controlled. This is not healing. These children are set up to be marginalized in this society & must be removed. #healingjustice
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A few years ago prison planning was determined in part by primary school reading scores.
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Our so-called Justice system is more accurately described as a system of punishment
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"Justice" implies equity + opportunity for all. In the case of a crime, it includes the needs of the victim be satisfied.
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Although I no longer live in NY, as a native New Yorker a former teacher, and supporter of the current Chancellor, I remain concerned about what happens. Public ed is under attack. We must not do anything that can be interpreted as promoting mediocrity in the name of equity.
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He must be fired permanently and arrested for assault. Prosecuted. Jailed. No ifs ands or buts
Thomas D’Andrea is a firefighter for the city of Pittsburgh and was caught on camera assaulting a 13-year-old.
bit.ly/2NBiAk3
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Watch every second of this... @AOC is so incredibly spot on.
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. Mayor E Ben Zahn what are you going to do about the boots worn by members of the armed services? @Nike Made. Lord we are swimming in ignorance in this country.
