“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

« I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. » -Robert Frost

We need to remember where we came from and who we are, in order to become what we are meant to be.

May she rest in peace ! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

"AfD is not just Germany’s problem, Vox is not just Spain’s, and MAGA is not just America’s. They are expressions of a single political current, localised for context but feeding into the same transnational authoritarian project." www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...

#FCOCACB (Femmes Coopératives pour la Commercialisation Agricole Coordonnée de Belance)contributed 10% of their project cost in stones & gravel 4 it’s building a multi-purpose community & commercial center w/the help of the #HaitiCommunityFoundation This was the building Inauguration Day! 🙌🏾🎉👏🏽🇭🇹

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What about Viagra and like ED drugs with so many dangerous side effects? Why isn’t touching them…

Hat making traditions the Colombian way—- Traveling vicariously through my friend, Camilo who took these photos.

Try being a Black woman in positions of leadership…

This year, I have been living in a constant state of incredulity… When did reality turn into a caricature of dark dystopian movies?

“Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important.” T. S. Eliot

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

Most people think public health starts in the hospital. It doesn’t. It starts long before the cough, the diagnosis, or the ER visit. It starts in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, and the systems we trust.

Come join us next Friday Oct. 3, for a virtual screening of a super film on the Haitian debt, with Q&A with the director. #Haiti #FilmSky 🗃️

@support.bsky.team , could your list of interests include #internationaldevelopment #Internationalaid #philanthropy and #humanitarian? It would be helpful to even have one of these categories. Easier to form community and networks then. There’s much happening within these fields.

#Colombia Photos credit: Camilo Peñalosa

It’s just the usual brand of hypocrisy and denial. 👉🏽Racists don’t want to be called racists 👉🏽Fascists don’t want to be called fascists 👉🏽White descendants of immigrants don’t want to be called descendants of immigrants ( their ancestors were “settlers” 🙄)

When you are getting trained by your dog…

Another result of mixed marriage. I should tell my children:-) www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...

“You can’t #rebuild an industrial base without rebuilding the pipeline of #knowledge. You can’t train American workers if you drive out the trainers” The $100,000 H-1B Fee That Could Derail “Made in America” url:https://www.cgdev.org/blog/100000-h-1b-fee-could-derail-made-america

“CBP officers took DNA samples from about 2,000 citizens, some as young as 14 and many who never faced criminal charges, new analysis shows.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I miss the old #Twitter, the one that provided a community to social justice activists. #Confession: I am not finding it here in BlueSky. I understand and relate to the anger and outrage but want to channel mine into supporting constructive community-led and owned action. Tips? Pls let me know.

Provence…

If the shooter had killed a leftist podcaster, he would have a multi million dollar Go Fund Me to cover his legal fees tomorrow, and an interview lined up with Charlie Kirk.

What happened to Charlie Kirk is also what happened to 20 children (ages 6 and 7) at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. I don’t remember the right being this upset back then—do you? 🤨

Immigrants. Women and Black people exiting the workforce or being pushed out? Let’s be clear! www.fastcompany.com/91397573/imm...

How #hesitation kills…

Me to my husband : Where do they find these morons? His response: They deliberately look for them. True!

This is the secretary of energy and also why climate advocates almost universally feel like jumping into a volcano.

Just so that people know, my name is Marie-Rose and I absolutely hate being called « Marie ». If you want an alternative, use « MR » which is what some of my friends and colleagues call me.

I wouldn't make a big distinction between the situation for Black women and Black men. The labor market situation for both has deteriorated sharply since January. The Black unemployment has risen a full pp to 7.2%, the white rate hasn't budged at 3.7%

Israel bombed and murdered the Prime Minister of Yemen along with several cabinet members, and there is zero outrage in Western media… it’s barely even a story. The level of impunity is breathtaking.

Wow, had missed this news… cc @romainmurphy.bsky.social, @simulacrandrew.bsky.social, @heatherleson.bsky.social

Falling birth rates are NOT a concern for the « world ». Only for Western nations and some Asian ones. Africa, South Asia and Latin America are where there is population growth. Hmmm… you might want to invest in youth there to avoid conflict and instability.

#Agriculture isn’t the only sector affected. Immigrants are critical to every sector of the U.S. economy from construction, healthcare, tech & the service industry. The stereotype of the migrant worker in fields is hiding the reality that w/out the contributions of immigrants the U.S will crumble.

« The World Travel and Tourism Council, an international forum, warns that the loss of foreign tourists could cost America $12.5bn this year. But so far hotel operators have reported that higher spending by well-off domestic travelers has softened the blow. » 1/ www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

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Why Communities need to be a “Pa ka pa la”/indispensable. kuja.org/blog/aid-ins...

#Toulouse reminds me of #NewOrleans #Citywalking

Brilliant.

Here we go! Let’s brace for the economic impact ( housing, production, consumer goods, science, technology, small business, farming and so on…). #antiimmigrant #countryofimmigrants www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/21/n...

Thinking about the alternate universe life I would have had if I had not gone to the U.S. as a foreign student… hmmm…

Voting for Trump = losing the Haitian workforce that lifted up the city… Karma is a B... What can I say… Be careful what you wish for?

Provence… Le temps d’un été…

I am always amazed about how much people can talk much without revealing much of what they really think. Most of the time, I find it artificial. Sometimes, I envy their ability to hide themselves in a way that I could never do.

God, the aid sector really falters and stops in August! Too bad wars and disasters don’t …