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@BLMHTX

We are a HTX-based, black-women led collective of activists and organizers, artists, educators, & scholars addressing issues that impact black lives locally.

 Houston, TX
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Joined June 2015
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🧵 @SenatorCollins @PattyMurray @RepKayGranger @RosaDelauro Reject the $105 billion supplemental funding from @POTUS. What do you want your legacy to be as appropriators? 🍉🦋Take Action: bit.ly/reject105bln #DemilitarizeTheBorder #CeasefireNow #BidenDeathPackage
FROM PALESTINE TO MEXICO, ALL THE WALLS HAVE GOT TO GO! The Biden Admin requested $105 BILLION including: $7.8 billion to ICE + CBP $13.9 billion for military funding to Israel $58 billion to the Pentagon DIGITAL STORM - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31! 9:30 AM ET - 11:30 AM ET Take Action: bit.ly/reject105bln WE DEMAND CONGRESS: #CeasefireNow REJECT #BidenDeathPackage

ALT FROM PALESTINE TO MEXICO, ALL THE WALLS HAVE GOT TO GO! The Biden Admin requested $105 BILLION including: $7.8 billion to ICE + CBP $13.9 billion for military funding to Israel $58 billion to the Pentagon DIGITAL STORM - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31! 9:30 AM ET - 11:30 AM ET Take Action: bit.ly/reject105bln WE DEMAND CONGRESS: #CeasefireNow REJECT #BidenDeathPackage

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Please stop equating antisemitism being on the rise to an active genocide. These things are not the same. Decrying antisemitism is another way ppl dodge the issue at hand—genocide. It’s more both-sideism; a false equivalence intended to quell dissent over US-Israel policy.
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How do you feel about removing police from minor traffic stops? We would love to hear your point of view. We spoke to Ms. Barbra. See what she has to say! Watch full video on our IG/FB/TikTok! #JusticeChasing #PureJustice #freedomfighter #rise
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me n some pals worked on a voter guide - here 'tis! (early voting lasts until november 3 😘 bit.ly/houstonvote23
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Printable one-pager is done! FYI you can't use your phone at the polls so either write your choices down or print them. bit.ly/1houstonvote23
Page of voting recommendations for the Houston area

ALT Page of voting recommendations for the Houston area

Jaison Oliver (@oJaison) profile pictureJaison Oliver@oJaison28 Oct 2023
Crowdsourced voting recommendations for the Houston area! Printable one-pager coming soon. Shout out to all the people who helped put this together! Hopefully this helps folks make informed choices. #HarrisVotes #HouVotes bit.ly/houstonvote23
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“The youth will build anew! Revolution!” #Sudan
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Gaza is facing genocide. All people of conscience must rise up. We join leading U.S. justice organizations and @rising_majority to call on Biden to Stop the Genocide in Gaza and End Israeli Occupation. ➡️ Read + Act: therisingmajority.com/gaza/ #StoptheGenocide #StopGazaGenocide
U.S. JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS TO BIDEN: CEASEFIRE NOW STOP THE GENOCIDE therisingmajority.com/gaza

ALT U.S. JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS TO BIDEN: CEASEFIRE NOW STOP THE GENOCIDE therisingmajority.com/gaza

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"what we are going through right now is a brutal political moment, and what our kids and American families need is someone with a very specific vision for how we reimagine our American public school system.” This part.
Político article by Juan Perez Jr. Headline: ‘We’ve lost our advantage on education’: Democrats grasp for wins on public schools

ALT Político article by Juan Perez Jr. Headline: ‘We’ve lost our advantage on education’: Democrats grasp for wins on public schools

“Secretary Cardona is a wonderful, loving, sweet man. He’s an educator,” said Keri Rodrigues, the president of the National Parents Union and a member of the Massachusetts State Democratic Committee. “But what we are going through right now is a brutal political moment, and what our kids and American families need is someone with a very specific vision for how we reimagine our American public school system.”

ALT “Secretary Cardona is a wonderful, loving, sweet man. He’s an educator,” said Keri Rodrigues, the president of the National Parents Union and a member of the Massachusetts State Democratic Committee. “But what we are going through right now is a brutal political moment, and what our kids and American families need is someone with a very specific vision for how we reimagine our American public school system.”

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'don't cross her': how DA kim ogg repeatedly aimed her power at harris county officials new from @neenareports & me today >> houstonchronicle.com/news/in…
'Don't cross her': How DA Kim Ogg has repeatedly aimed her power at Harris County officials

'Don't cross her': How DA Kim Ogg has repeatedly aimed her power at Harris County officials

A Chronicle investigation uncovered at least half of dozen instances of Ogg launching...

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We wanted to take a moment to plug an event by one of our Steering Committee members, @txcivilrights . We encourage you to join them for a Movie Screening event as they release their new report on the Houston Police Department’s use of non-safety traffic stops.
Image from RISE Houston (@RISE_hou_tx)
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🅱️REAKING NEWS‼️ Though each situation is gut wrenching and heart breaking Pure Justice is proud to work alongside @CivRightsCorps to get excessive force victims in Houston some sort of justice which is most often than not, denied! #JusticeChasing #PureJustice #freedomfighter
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I also want to flag that Twitter (aka X) isn't allowing me to post @RISE_hou_tx's website because it has "been identified by Twitter or our partners as being potentially harmful." So...that's alarming.
Image from Jaison Oliver (@oJaison)
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F Mike Miles on Wednesday: only a couple people were booing. It's only a small group who weren't cheering. F Mike Miles on Friday: if you boo me, we'll find out who you are. But that's not a threat. #HISDTakeover
HoustonCVPE (@HoustonCVPE) profile pictureHoustonCVPE@HoustonCVPE18 Aug 2023
HISD teachers booed F Mike Miles during the pay-for-performance presentation today. He threatened to remove disruptive people and find out who they are. Where would he put them? In a discipline zoom room? 🤔 Teachers want to be heard. Not patronized.
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Consider giving monthly to @BLMHTX! “This week we have folks who called and asked for help with clothing & supplies for children entering school, school supplies, help with utilities and rent and we have just given away all our mutual aid funds.”
WE NEED YOUR HELP! GIVE TODAY TO SUPPORT THIS WORK! IMAGINOIR/BLMHTX MUTUAL AID PROVIDES MONETARY FUNDS TO KEEP FOLKS HOUSED, BASIC NEEDS, UTILITIES & MORE WE DO THIS TOGETHER Give at blmhtx.org or donate via cashapp $PROJECTCURATE Contact Us: blmhtx@gmail.com

ALT WE NEED YOUR HELP! GIVE TODAY TO SUPPORT THIS WORK! IMAGINOIR/BLMHTX MUTUAL AID PROVIDES MONETARY FUNDS TO KEEP FOLKS HOUSED, BASIC NEEDS, UTILITIES & MORE WE DO THIS TOGETHER Give at blmhtx.org or donate via cashapp $PROJECTCURATE Contact Us: [email protected]

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Mass Layoffs in Special Ed Yesterday at #HISD #HTU was advised that ALL Special Education contract speech therapists, educational diagnosticians & school psychologists were informed on Friday (08/11) their contracts had been terminated effective immediately. #Houston #School
Image from Houston Parents & Teachers United (@TxEdHouston)
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Party on the Tap is our response to the violence on the Columbia Tap Trail. It's a 4-mile hike and bike trail going from Third Ward to downtown, but there's so much that can be improved to encourage use, including sheltered rest areas, lighting, and signage.
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We're bringing it back! Come hang out on Saturday in Third Ward. We'll have a DJ, mist fans, snacks, and games. I'm bringing cards and dominoes and the spades table will be open! partyonthetap.com
Party on the tap flyer

ALT Party on the tap flyer

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At tonight’s @RISE_hou_tx meeting we discussed ShotSpotter, how it works, where it’s located, and why it’s a waste of $3.5 million that could be used elsewhere in our communities. Next, we will discuss traffic stops! Great seeing everyone tonight! Thanks for being #RightOnRise 🔥
Image from Pure Justice (@PureJustice_HTX)
Image from Pure Justice (@PureJustice_HTX)
Image from Pure Justice (@PureJustice_HTX)
Image from Pure Justice (@PureJustice_HTX)
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"In Houston's corruption-prone school district, limiting public scrutiny of contracts is a lousy idea." houstonchronicle.com/opinion…

A million-dollar blank check for HISD's Mike Miles? Not so fast. (Opinion)

In Houston’s corruption-prone school district, limiting public scrutiny of contracts is...

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It is angering, and embarrassing, that since Michael Brown's murder 9 years ago today in Ferguson, police killings have increased. That all of the consent decrees and diversity and task forces and books and careers and tears that have made rounds, police kill more people now
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