Lavleen Walia
@lav28.bsky.social
| UBC 🧬 🧠 | Founder of Project Mind 💭|
Lover of stars & stories…
Lover of stars & stories…
“Let us suffer if we must, but let us suffer on the heights.”
January 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“Let us suffer if we must, but let us suffer on the heights.”
Sometimes trying when our world is falling apart is the perfect time…
January 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Sometimes trying when our world is falling apart is the perfect time…
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I’ll always look up to you 🙏
January 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I’ll always look up to you 🙏
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Huge gratitude for our neighbors, Mexico and Canada have sent fire fighters and army to help us.
January 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Huge gratitude for our neighbors, Mexico and Canada have sent fire fighters and army to help us.
#ubcacam320 @ubcdrbench.bsky.social Thought this was a great article to shed light on the hidden racism we find ourselves living in the midst of; and yet overlook…
Discrimination being out of sight is a far cry from the erasure of it.
nationalpost.com/opinion/vanm...
Discrimination being out of sight is a far cry from the erasure of it.
nationalpost.com/opinion/vanm...
Vanmala Subramaniam: Before you declare Canada is not a racist country, do your homework
For decades, activists, scholars and historians have been documenting the deep issues in our fight for racial justice and pushing for change
nationalpost.com
January 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
#ubcacam320 @ubcdrbench.bsky.social Thought this was a great article to shed light on the hidden racism we find ourselves living in the midst of; and yet overlook…
Discrimination being out of sight is a far cry from the erasure of it.
nationalpost.com/opinion/vanm...
Discrimination being out of sight is a far cry from the erasure of it.
nationalpost.com/opinion/vanm...
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We belong to the community; we belong to the world. These things do not belong to us...
January 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
We belong to the community; we belong to the world. These things do not belong to us...
Empathy above all else…
January 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Empathy above all else…
“If your voice held no power, they wouldn’t try to silence you…”
January 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
“If your voice held no power, they wouldn’t try to silence you…”
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Incarcerated. Teenagers.
These teenagers and young men — 95% of whom are Black, Latinx, or Filipino — earn between $2.20 and $4 per hour, plus an additional $1 an hour when they’re actively fighting fires, according to the DJJ. ⤵️
In California, Incarcerated Teenagers Help Fight Wildfires
"You’re put in danger every time you’re on the fire line.”
www.teenvogue.com
January 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Incarcerated. Teenagers.
“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.”
— Maximilien Robespierre
— Maximilien Robespierre
January 11, 2025 at 7:21 AM
“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.”
— Maximilien Robespierre
— Maximilien Robespierre
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Reflecting on this post, in light of recent events...
"The health of the society in which we live is dependent on our ability to get along and our wisdom to know hate when we see it, and resist it at every turn. Indeed, we must do more to resist that which seeks to divide us..."
"The health of the society in which we live is dependent on our ability to get along and our wisdom to know hate when we see it, and resist it at every turn. Indeed, we must do more to resist that which seeks to divide us..."
The Illusion of Difference
The late civil rights leader Bayard Rustin said, “We are all one, and if we don’t know it, we will learn it the hard way.”
Our world is divided, I'm sure you will agree. Whether in the rise of far-...
www.thestateofus.net
January 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Reflecting on this post, in light of recent events...
"The health of the society in which we live is dependent on our ability to get along and our wisdom to know hate when we see it, and resist it at every turn. Indeed, we must do more to resist that which seeks to divide us..."
"The health of the society in which we live is dependent on our ability to get along and our wisdom to know hate when we see it, and resist it at every turn. Indeed, we must do more to resist that which seeks to divide us..."
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WAKE UP BABE, THE FIRST NEW HUBBLE IMAGE OF 2025 DROPPED!!!
January 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
WAKE UP BABE, THE FIRST NEW HUBBLE IMAGE OF 2025 DROPPED!!!
No matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back. ~Albert Camus
January 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
No matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back. ~Albert Camus
“This world can be unkind, people can be harsh, but I hope I never become someone who forgets to notice the small, beautiful things that make life feel full.”
January 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
“This world can be unkind, people can be harsh, but I hope I never become someone who forgets to notice the small, beautiful things that make life feel full.”
