@debci.bsky.social
Digital organizing volunteer. Forever rooting out that which no longer serves myself/my vision of the world I want to live in. Detroit metro area. Opinions and views are my own & do not represent those of Emergent Justice.
Today, I watched the documentary "Sir, No Sir" about the G.I. Antiwar Movement during Vietnam. This was a movement primarily of men (and a few women) who were serving during the Vietnam War and decided what was happening was wrong. I highly recommend it. I found a free version on Youtube.
#protest
#protest
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Today, I watched the documentary "Sir, No Sir" about the G.I. Antiwar Movement during Vietnam. This was a movement primarily of men (and a few women) who were serving during the Vietnam War and decided what was happening was wrong. I highly recommend it. I found a free version on Youtube.
#protest
#protest
If the cave-in frustrated you, if you need some resistance inspiration, if you aren’t clear as to what liberal nationalism is or why it's a problem, check this out. And if you aren’t following him on IG or elsewhere, you should
www.instagram.com/reel/DQ9FLtB...
www.instagram.com/reel/DQ9FLtB...
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If the cave-in frustrated you, if you need some resistance inspiration, if you aren’t clear as to what liberal nationalism is or why it's a problem, check this out. And if you aren’t following him on IG or elsewhere, you should
www.instagram.com/reel/DQ9FLtB...
www.instagram.com/reel/DQ9FLtB...
When it shows up on our doorsteps, will we be this brave? Will I be this brave? Daily, I wonder what I should be doing now, learning now, to be prepared (if that is possible) for when it arrives. How does someone with my disabilities "stand" with these warriors?
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 AM
When it shows up on our doorsteps, will we be this brave? Will I be this brave? Daily, I wonder what I should be doing now, learning now, to be prepared (if that is possible) for when it arrives. How does someone with my disabilities "stand" with these warriors?
We know that being able to stay connected to family and other members of their support network while incarcerated reduces recidivism. So this decision isn't about better outcomes for families. It's about increasing the profit of the correctional telecom industry.
Today was a hard day. Regulations that we passed unanimously last year, after 7 years of advocacy, were largely gutted. The FCC capitulated to the correctional telecom industry in roughly doubling rate caps for prison and jail calls. I'm truly sorry.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
F.C.C. Changes Course on the Price of Prisoners’ Phone Calls
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
We know that being able to stay connected to family and other members of their support network while incarcerated reduces recidivism. So this decision isn't about better outcomes for families. It's about increasing the profit of the correctional telecom industry.
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Today was a hard day. Regulations that we passed unanimously last year, after 7 years of advocacy, were largely gutted. The FCC capitulated to the correctional telecom industry in roughly doubling rate caps for prison and jail calls. I'm truly sorry.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
F.C.C. Changes Course on the Price of Prisoners’ Phone Calls
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Today was a hard day. Regulations that we passed unanimously last year, after 7 years of advocacy, were largely gutted. The FCC capitulated to the correctional telecom industry in roughly doubling rate caps for prison and jail calls. I'm truly sorry.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
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"What I need you to know is we are organized.
What I need you to know is that you need to get organized.
What I need you to know is they are coming.
What I need you to know is you can stop them...
This is how it works: We protect each other, period. These are our neighbors, our friends, our family"
What I need you to know is that you need to get organized.
What I need you to know is they are coming.
What I need you to know is you can stop them...
This is how it works: We protect each other, period. These are our neighbors, our friends, our family"
What I Need You To Understand, Notes from Chicago in Late October | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"What I need you to know is we are organized.
What I need you to know is that you need to get organized.
What I need you to know is they are coming.
What I need you to know is you can stop them...
This is how it works: We protect each other, period. These are our neighbors, our friends, our family"
What I need you to know is that you need to get organized.
What I need you to know is they are coming.
What I need you to know is you can stop them...
This is how it works: We protect each other, period. These are our neighbors, our friends, our family"
Highly recommend reading this.
October 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Highly recommend reading this.
One of the saddest truths I've see on social media. When will we wake up and realize that sacrificing anyone for personal safety will never provide long term safety for anyone?
Trans people are constantly seen as a reasonable sacrifice so that everyone else will be left alone. We might as well be thrown into a volcano.
October 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
One of the saddest truths I've see on social media. When will we wake up and realize that sacrificing anyone for personal safety will never provide long term safety for anyone?
We need a Schoolhouse Rock reboot that focuses on civics and factual history - with inclusive graphics. They were effective. I just read the words "constitution" and "we the people" in a skeet and now that song is going through my head unbidden.
October 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We need a Schoolhouse Rock reboot that focuses on civics and factual history - with inclusive graphics. They were effective. I just read the words "constitution" and "we the people" in a skeet and now that song is going through my head unbidden.
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It is important to recognize that mental health symptoms can show up at school in ways that are often misinterpreted as bad behavior. This contributes to absenteeism and the school to prison pipeline. 🧵 #MIAW
youtube.com/shorts/Hlb8r...
youtube.com/shorts/Hlb8r...
Mental Health Awareness Week Youth 2025 #miaw
YouTube video by Emergent Justice
youtube.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
It is important to recognize that mental health symptoms can show up at school in ways that are often misinterpreted as bad behavior. This contributes to absenteeism and the school to prison pipeline. 🧵 #MIAW
youtube.com/shorts/Hlb8r...
youtube.com/shorts/Hlb8r...
Great representation of the various books by Black authors that have been banned.
Banned books are banned knowledge.
Banned books are banned knowledge.
Research shows reading is great for mental health and reading books that reflect a person's lived experience matter.
Unfortunately, authors regularly face banning. These are just a FEW of the titles by Black authors on the Banned List.
#MIAW #BannedBooksWeek
youtube.com/shorts/H34Lt...
Unfortunately, authors regularly face banning. These are just a FEW of the titles by Black authors on the Banned List.
#MIAW #BannedBooksWeek
youtube.com/shorts/H34Lt...
Black Authors on Banned Book Lists
YouTube video by Emergent Justice
youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Great representation of the various books by Black authors that have been banned.
Banned books are banned knowledge.
Banned books are banned knowledge.
I was raised in a home where parental mental illness was present. Books were my lifeline to sanity and after I left home, they were the first steps I took to broadened my understanding of ppl different from me.
Knowledge, Community and Mental Health are all important for our liberation. This week we'll be sharing posts about all three as part of Mental Illness Awareness Week and Banned Books Week 2025. 🧵
#MIAW #BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984
#MIAW #BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984
October 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I was raised in a home where parental mental illness was present. Books were my lifeline to sanity and after I left home, they were the first steps I took to broadened my understanding of ppl different from me.
I've been aware of who #AssataShakur was for a few years. Bought her autobiography after reading several quotes from her that really resonated. But it was like other books I've bought out of interest but not gotten to. Her death brought it to the top of my reading stack. Halfway through. Recommend.
October 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I've been aware of who #AssataShakur was for a few years. Bought her autobiography after reading several quotes from her that really resonated. But it was like other books I've bought out of interest but not gotten to. Her death brought it to the top of my reading stack. Halfway through. Recommend.
Hey Michigan Followers, please help spread the word by sharing this thread from @emergentjustice.org
Are you in Michigan? Help your school get the additional resources they need. Complete a Michigan School Meal Form TODAY. These forms are about more than just school meals. They help determine additional funding for classrooms, teachers and more! Follow this thread for the website.
September 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Hey Michigan Followers, please help spread the word by sharing this thread from @emergentjustice.org
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Do YOU remember “the 21st night of September?”
Earth Wind & Fire’s co-writer Allee Willis said she told the band: “We can’t leave ‘baa-dee-ya’ in the chorus. That has to mean something.’”
Maurice White replied: “No, that feels great. That’s what people are going to remember. We’re leaving it.”
Earth Wind & Fire’s co-writer Allee Willis said she told the band: “We can’t leave ‘baa-dee-ya’ in the chorus. That has to mean something.’”
Maurice White replied: “No, that feels great. That’s what people are going to remember. We’re leaving it.”
September 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Do YOU remember “the 21st night of September?”
Earth Wind & Fire’s co-writer Allee Willis said she told the band: “We can’t leave ‘baa-dee-ya’ in the chorus. That has to mean something.’”
Maurice White replied: “No, that feels great. That’s what people are going to remember. We’re leaving it.”
Earth Wind & Fire’s co-writer Allee Willis said she told the band: “We can’t leave ‘baa-dee-ya’ in the chorus. That has to mean something.’”
Maurice White replied: “No, that feels great. That’s what people are going to remember. We’re leaving it.”
My Representative, @rephaleystevens.bsky.social voted Yes today. I am extremely disappointed.
September 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
My Representative, @rephaleystevens.bsky.social voted Yes today. I am extremely disappointed.
Your local elected officials are your first line of defense. Make sure you are ready for Nov 4, 2025.
It's National Voter Registration Day! The online chatter may be about the 2026 mid-terms but there's important local elections happening before then. On November 4th many cities will hold elections for Mayor and City Council. Are you registered? mi.gov/vote
September 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Your local elected officials are your first line of defense. Make sure you are ready for Nov 4, 2025.
Sharing this particular article on the topic because Ground News rates it as center in terms of bias with very high factuality.
lancasteronline.com/news/nationa...
lancasteronline.com/news/nationa...
Trump suggests more US cities need National Guard but crime stats tell a different story
President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the National Guard to Chicago and other big cities as a way to fight crime. Yet behind the aggressive talk, data actually shows
lancasteronline.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Sharing this particular article on the topic because Ground News rates it as center in terms of bias with very high factuality.
lancasteronline.com/news/nationa...
lancasteronline.com/news/nationa...
"Working with Teachers College, however, he realized how important it was to have a tool that inspired writing but didn’t do the writing itself."
This approach to AI seems promising to me. AI should assist, not replace a student's efforts (or anyone's efforts).
This approach to AI seems promising to me. AI should assist, not replace a student's efforts (or anyone's efforts).
What if AI could help students become better writers instead of doing the work for them? One Brooklyn high school has a new tool aiming to do just that.
How this AI tool is helping students become better writers
What if AI could help students become better writers instead of doing the work for them? One Brooklyn high school has a new tool aiming to do just that.
bit.ly
August 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"Working with Teachers College, however, he realized how important it was to have a tool that inspired writing but didn’t do the writing itself."
This approach to AI seems promising to me. AI should assist, not replace a student's efforts (or anyone's efforts).
This approach to AI seems promising to me. AI should assist, not replace a student's efforts (or anyone's efforts).
Hey, if you are either a new or old follower that cares about youth and interrupting the school-to-prison pipeline, please help spread the word about this work from Emergent Justice (and follow them if you aren’t already).
Emergent Justice isn't giving up on disenfranchised youth.
That's why we are a founding member of the Michigan Student Network for Pipeline Prevention AND why we're building a network of Peer 2 Peer Teams of young people that support each other to stay in school, stay out of trouble and on track.
That's why we are a founding member of the Michigan Student Network for Pipeline Prevention AND why we're building a network of Peer 2 Peer Teams of young people that support each other to stay in school, stay out of trouble and on track.
August 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Hey, if you are either a new or old follower that cares about youth and interrupting the school-to-prison pipeline, please help spread the word about this work from Emergent Justice (and follow them if you aren’t already).
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Very cool and very South Minneapolis. Would l9ve to see this in other places.
Every scrap of an acre TBR has cobbled together has been turned into artfully designed, sustainable, organic farm space. racketmn.com/in-south-min...
In South Minneapolis, the Black Radish Transforms Lawns Into Vibrant Urban Farms - Racket
Every scrap of an acre TBR has cobbled together has been turned into artfully designed, sustainable, organic farm space.
racketmn.com
August 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Very cool and very South Minneapolis. Would l9ve to see this in other places.
I have bought many books from Haymarket. Now is a great time to add to your reading pile or ebook library
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August 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I have bought many books from Haymarket. Now is a great time to add to your reading pile or ebook library
Not the ppl I expected. But I am not surprised.
July 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Not the ppl I expected. But I am not surprised.
If you aren’t following Tad Stoermer on some platform, you should. Great info on what the Founders really had in mind without all the hero worship or claims of "brave inventors of a new system" bs.
youtu.be/yTgM07R_ngg?...
youtu.be/yTgM07R_ngg?...
What the Founders Really Built: A White Republic, by Design
YouTube video by Tad Stoermer
youtu.be
July 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
If you aren’t following Tad Stoermer on some platform, you should. Great info on what the Founders really had in mind without all the hero worship or claims of "brave inventors of a new system" bs.
youtu.be/yTgM07R_ngg?...
youtu.be/yTgM07R_ngg?...