Our communities need more insight on how to navigate & discern when mania is showing up in folks &how to support. A lot of times so many of us are children of families of emotional extremes we will normalize erratic behaviors & perspectives because we are used to it in our churches, homes & families

Gather the people and get to work.

The conspiracies were not conspiracies. - the Epstein file.

Pretty sure meta is pushing down alooot of content right now

Today has been hard. Everyday has been hard lately. I had to get down into my soul and write and pray. And so I am sharing my prayer tonite with you, in the hopes it emboldens you. All the love mi gente. The path ahead is not easy, but we can traverse it better together. 🙏🏾

The video makes clear that Alex Pretti was not holding a weapon in the lead-up to the shooting, or when federal agents forcefully took him to the ground

Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family. gofund.me/be8a1b2ab

Minneapolis residents have joined a church-run effort to donate groceries to immigrant families who fear being caught in public by federal agents. What started with a couple of hundred deliveries a week has quickly swelled into a vast operation involving thousands of volunteers. trib.al/1qT1xMw

He couldn’t have done any of it without Coretta. Bayard. or Ella. We can honor individuals but we have to remember individuals are mentored, nurtured & supported by a wide range of folks No effective leader leads without community. Today, Make sure u remember the community that made MLK possible

Everything we know about Coretta Scott King & MLK says they’d be ten toes down against ICE. If you’re honoring their legacy, let it look like resistance—organize, disrupt, rest, and return. Dismantle a trauma-producing, authoritarian force tearing apart families and our collective mental health.

Her mother called 911 for help… and got turned into ICE instead. They placed her and her five year old daughter in a hotel and told them not to contact anyone. ICE didn’t want the community fighting for them. Mother & daughter have been deported to Honduras and the local police were complicit.

Hundreds of anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis chased off a small group of far-right activists, pelting them with water balloons in the freezing cold

Other countries are sending their foreign war correspondents to cover ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis. The Department of Defence has put the US Army on alert for possible deployment to the city. This was never about immigration. They’re turning it into a war zone.

Enraged by the killing of Renee Good and the increased presence of federal agents in Minneapolis, local protesters are going face-to-face with heavily armed agents in a high stakes environment. trib.al/vekqQ69

I love how liberals are still like “this isn’t legal!” Sis- what part of the last year has not helped u see that legality is a subjective construct?

The old model of mental health is dying. The health systems as we know them won’t survive this administration. We need to be proactive to take care of our folks even as we fight like hell to keep protections and access in the dominant system

I’m not surprised one bit by the cutting of SAMHSA grants. I have been saying this for months that we need to get prepared and that philanthropy and community based healing networks need to be strengthened cause they are going to try to gut every dollar they can away from our communities.

I’m not surprised one bit by the cutting of SAMHSA grants. I have been saying this for months that we need to get prepared and that philanthropy and community based healing networks need to be strengthened cause they are going to try to gut every dollar they can away from our communities.

Fascists & bully’s genuinely believe their violence is substantiated & that everyone should tolerate it. You simply have to take away their power to hurt and control others. The chaos- as we have seen-is fueled by the failure of community to have ever held them responsible-furthering their complexes

The energy of these next few weeks is going to test us all. It will Test our commitment to justice. Test our commitment to healing. We are going to see more of those whose wounds will resist and defend against accountability at all costs. We will see more narratives warped and distorted.

Every no doesn’t mean you disconnect completely. And- choosing to disconnect completely is not “anti- Black” as I have seen some folks in this boundary conversation suggest. But we can draw lines around behaviors that don’t fully disengage from folks allowing us selective engagement—if we desire.

In this political moment, understanding this countries’ continued violence in the Carribbean and against Haiti especially; is necessary work. Kudos to the film makers for making this difficult and beautiful film holding a critical part of the Diaspora’s history. www.theforgottenoccupation.com

It’s time for universal childcare. Yesterday, Governor Kathy Hochul and I celebrated our commitment to New Yorkers: you will be able to afford to raise your kids in the city you call home.

The target is on all our backs. The target has always been on all our backs. You thought it was just Mexicans, just Haitians, just Trans folks- but it’s always been every and anyone who stands in the way of corruption, policing, hatred, and narcissistic power.

Tara Roberts is a Black Woman Scuba Diver who works for National Geographic that goes deep into the ocean in search of lost slave ships.

Understanding capitalism creates systems of poverty and then shaming people for being poor will never make sense to me.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations

A lot of us are holding massive grief, rage and disappointment at world leaders and the state of politics globally. It is devastating to witness decision after decision be made to destroy the earth, and dehumanize every one who doesn’t bow to their power. The grief is heavy. The rage is real.

As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store. Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.

Every single American should be concerned with the rapid increase of mass surveillance under ICE. It will not go away when they feel they’ve accomplished their mission of getting rid of all the non-white people.

Walking past my straight relatives watching football: Hey how is LeBron doin? I heard he was scoring points in the infield! I love soccer! My brother in law: yeah we def gon jump yo ass after the game. 🫠😂😂

Lifting up the Taínos today: The first Indigenous group contacted by the colonizers of this hemisphere; long before the violent massacre that would become coveted as a day of thanks and celebration by this country. Give thanks for Indigenous people. Not colonizers.

Apart of decolonization is realizing that MOST if not at all of the descendants of African Slaves in this country have never believed the myth of “white pilgrim generosity” because we saw first hand what their “generosity and care” looked like.

Our culture calls every practice that unpacks emotions, validates feelings, builds relational skills or heals trauma “therapy.” That’s how deeply Western psychology has colonized our imagination.

We cannot, I repeat, we CANNOT under any circumstances, allow ourselves to normalize kidnapping people off the streets, flying people to foreign countries and breaking into children’s rooms with guns in the middle of the night.

Under every unloving and mean spirited behavior is a wound in need of love. Behave accordingly.

Just a reminder: If it’s always everybody else’s fault, if you don’t have anything to own or take responsibility for EVER—chances are self delusion and betrayal are present. Cause everybody done put somethin in the pot fam. Pull that spoon back and taste some of the mess you’ve made.

Before the predictable “electoral politics will not save us” folks roll up let me just say “NEGRO we know!! Can we just have A MINUTE we been drowning in musty Cheeto dust for MONTHS! JESUS GIVE US A SECOND to be happy!!!!

This whole political moment has been depressing and disheartening on a soul level. Like we been on this planet as humans hundreds of years and these fools are the best yall could come up with? It’s embarrassing. I’ll take any win no matter how small!

And out of the foolishness and mess, a moment of magic and hope arises. ❤️‍🔥 This is not just a win for NYC, it’s a win for progressive work everywhere!!!!

Please send prayers up for Brandy. I am in Chicago at the concert and it ended abruptly after Monica came out In tears asking us to lift brandy up. People were leaving in shock. Nothing confirmed but some are saying she passed out. They didn’t even finish the show

My neighbors have filled the Little Free Libraries with whistles so we can warn each other about ICE. Chicago is not afraid.

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

These are some strange ass times. That’s it. That’s all I got.

Last but not least- everything is not about winning or losing. Ask instead; what is the opportunity to listen& release here? What am I defending against in myself from having to feel? The way to heal the pain is to feel it. The only way is through. All the projections are just distractions.

Everyone I am speaking to is dealing with more folks who are struggling with self accountability and discernment. It’s directly linked to the energy of the moment and the hyper vigilance we all are experiencing with the powers that be.

I wish you a healing so deep, you can never ever be held hostage by your own delusions.

Sometimes saying the “No” is necessary. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt.

There are few things more difficult than having to make a boundary when the behaviors of people you care about are creating hostility and chaos from their trauma responses and survival strategies.