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amanda.bowden
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(she/her/elle) punky mom & phd(c)- critical school psych: CRT/queer theory/DisCrit/ liberationpsych/CPAR/YPAR. white settler living in Kjipuktuk, Mi’kma’ki.
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asbowden.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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apihtawikosisan.bsky.social
On this Red Dress Day, I'd like to ask if you've read the final report of the National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls report? If not, today is a good day to start.

www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/
Final Report | MMIWG
www.mmiwg-ffada.ca
May 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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aptnnews.bsky.social
May 5 is Red Dress Day, the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

Today is dedicated to honouring the thousands of lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people.
May 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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mad-in-america.bsky.social
New WHO Guidance Calls for Paradigm Shift in Mental Health Policy
by Leah Harris

The guidance emphasizes shifting away from institutional mindsets and practices, the biomedical approach, and the use of psychotropic drugs.
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New WHO Guidance Calls for Paradigm Shift in Mental Health Policy
The guidance emphasizes shifting away from institutional mindsets and practices, the biomedical approach, and the use of psychotropic drugs.
www.madinamerica.com
April 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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triciasrobison-art.bsky.social
Inspired by some of the best signs I saw today.
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#whimsicalillustration #whimsicalpainting #whimsicalanimation #acrylicpainting #humanrightscampaign #basicrightsoregon #aclu #handsoffprotest #protestart #protestsigns #protest #eugeneoregon #oregonprotest
April 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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jastoffer.bsky.social
I cannot wait to attend the online event and learn from a critical voice and leader for our community. @ualberta.bsky.social @sfdirewolf.bsky.social

www.ualberta.ca/en/internati... Everyone who can should attend. Spread the word!
Visiting Lectureship in Human Rights
www.ualberta.ca
March 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
asbowden.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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ccrjustice.org
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
March 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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sanders.senate.gov
Netanyahu has not allowed any food, water, or fuel into Gaza in two weeks.

Now he has resumed bombing, killing hundreds of people and breaking the ceasefire that had given Gaza a chance to live again.

NO MORE MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL.
March 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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aclu.org
BREAKING: A court overturned Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

This is a critical victory for trans rights.
March 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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amandafanniff.bsky.social
@anthonyperillo.bsky.social addressing how psychology has been oppressive. We haven't earned trust. Cited @evanauguste.bsky.social at al. I recommend this paper to *everyone* pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36753574/
#apls2025
Psychology's Contributions to Anti-Blackness in the United States Within Psychological Research, Criminal Justice, and Mental Health - PubMed
The mass incarceration of Black people in the United States is gaining attention as a public-health crisis with extreme mental-health implications. Although it is well documented that historical effor...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
March 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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piperformissouri.bsky.social
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March 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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reshmi777.bsky.social
March 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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beebrookshire.bsky.social
At @standupforscience.bsky.social and the signs are statistically significantly excellent
A person in a mask holding a painting that says “hands off my transgenic mice”
March 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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t4tcounselling.com
Love and solidarity 🌱

#internationalwomensday #iwd2025 #therapistsconnect
Happy International Women's Day to all marginalised women - women of colour, trans women, disabled and neurodivergent women, queer women, working-class women, and other women who society has branded as being somehow "less of a woman".
March 8, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social
I can never keep this straight - do the tariffs move forward or back tonight?
March 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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aclu.org
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility programs aim to create a more equal world where everyone is able to belong and thrive.
DEI and Accessibility, Explained | ACLU
Diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility policies…
www.aclu.org
March 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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thebeaverton.com
BREAKING: Mexican Cartels abandon Canada after being forced to conduct business in both English and French
A headline reads "Trump Adviser Insists 'Canada Has Been Taken Over by Mexican Cartels'" overtop a screen grab of Sr. White House Counsellor Peter Navarro, pitch a TV show that combines Breaking Bad and Corner Gas.
March 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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awarham.bsky.social
reminder for local friends, the chronicle herald is an american company now and will be pushing an american view. The Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca and The Coast @thecoast.ca are both Canadian and are both worth a sub
March 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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dpmoriarity.bsky.social
Good idea to refresh on your rights as a protester in prep for this Friday's @standupforscience.bsky.social

h/t to @jacasiegel.bsky.social for sharing this

#academicsky #psychscisky

www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Know Your Rights | Protesters’ Rights | ACLU
The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the exerc...
www.aclu.org
March 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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cjpme.org
CJPME and the Anti-Racism Program of the CJPME Foundation (ARPCF) welcome the release of the Canadian Guide to Understanding & Combatting Islamophobia, which recognizes the uniqueness of anti-Palestinian racism. www.cjpme.org/pr_2025_03_0...
Canada’s Islamophobia guide recognizes uniqueness of anti-Palestinian racism
Montreal, March 4, 2025 — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) and the Anti-Racism Program of the CJPME Foundation (ARPCF) welcome the release of the Canadian Guide to Understand...
www.cjpme.org
March 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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bilboyaga.bsky.social
Many folks want to organize right now but aren’t sure how.

There are many ways; that’s the hard part AND the beauty of it.

This model by Leah Penniman, illustrated by Christine Tyler Hill, shows how comprehensive social change requires many strategies.

We need all of us.
Find your role and begin.
Four Wings Of Movement Collaboration - Leah Penniman A butterfly is drawn with four segments of its wings, each labeled RESIST, BUILD, REFORM, and HEAL. Within each winglet, examples are written, and they’re described in detail along the edges of the illustration. RESISTING oppression via direct action—think Occupy, protests, boycotts, marches, treesitting, etc. BUILDING new worlds and systems—think co-ops, community ownership models, land trusts, social networks, food hubs, organic farms, etc. REFORMING existing systems to shift power and resources—think holding elected office, advocacy, institutional leadership, etc. HEALING individual and collective trauma—think art and experience-making, storytelling, medicine-making, therapy, music, etc.
March 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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wearequeeraf.com
The 2025 Trans+ history workbook has taken 80+ hours of research by a team of researchers 👇

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/queeraf-and-trans-history-week-launch-2025-workbook-to-champion-hidden-trans-stories/
QueerAF and Trans+ History Week Launch 2025 Workbook to Champion Hidden Trans+ Stories
The 2025 Trans+ history workbook has taken 80+ hours of research by a team of researchers
www.wearequeeraf.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
Heads up, lawyers and law students. The @americanbar.org is stepping up.
www.abajournal.com/web/article/...
Free virtual boot camp seeks to recruit and educate civil rights advocates
The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.
www.abajournal.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: Federal judge issues preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of parts of two of Trump’s anti-trans executive orders (orders defining “sex” and restricting gender-affirming medical care) in Washington, Colorado, Minnesota, and Oregon.

Background: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-tran...
III. CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, Dkt. No. 169, and ORDERS as follows: 1. Defendants? and all their respective officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys, and any person in active concert or participation with them who receives actual notice of this Order (collectively, the "Enjoined Parties"), are hereby fully enjoined from enforcing or implementing Section 4 of Executive Order 14,187 within the Plaintiff States. 2. The Enjoined Parties are hereby fully enjoined from enforcing Sections 3(e) or 3(g) of Executive Order 14,168 to condition or withhold federal funding based on the fact that a health care entity or health professional provides gender-affirming care within the Plaintiff States. 3. Defendants' attorneys shall provide written notice of this Order to all Defendants and agencies and their employees, contractors, and grantees by March 6, 2025. Defendants shall file a copy of the notice on the docket at the same time. 4. This preliminary injunction remains in effect pending further orders from this Court.
March 1, 2025 at 7:04 AM