Martha D-N she/her
@mwdn.bsky.social
general agitator, religious educator, Unitarian Universalist minister, longtime peacenik. a better world is on her way. residing in MA
February 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Oh, per @nbcnews.com: Quaker groups file suit over the end of policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship.
Note: Quakers were some of the earliest supporters of Sanctuary, even putting out a booklet on the topic in 1984 (it's still available). www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Note: Quakers were some of the earliest supporters of Sanctuary, even putting out a booklet on the topic in 1984 (it's still available). www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Quaker groups file suit over the end of policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship
The suit appears to be the first from a faith-based organization challenging the change in court.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Oh, per @nbcnews.com: Quaker groups file suit over the end of policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship.
Note: Quakers were some of the earliest supporters of Sanctuary, even putting out a booklet on the topic in 1984 (it's still available). www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Note: Quakers were some of the earliest supporters of Sanctuary, even putting out a booklet on the topic in 1984 (it's still available). www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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This is a great piece.
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood
Here’s a step-by-step guide.
www.teenvogue.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is a great piece.
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
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Remember to keep your eyes on the prize: the future world you want to build
Don’t drown thinking only of the things you are against
Remember to dream of and work to create what you’re for
Don’t drown thinking only of the things you are against
Remember to dream of and work to create what you’re for
January 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Remember to keep your eyes on the prize: the future world you want to build
Don’t drown thinking only of the things you are against
Remember to dream of and work to create what you’re for
Don’t drown thinking only of the things you are against
Remember to dream of and work to create what you’re for
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Ugh this is so sad. Maybe not her most powerful, but to me, her most moving poem is this one
December 10, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Ugh this is so sad. Maybe not her most powerful, but to me, her most moving poem is this one
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Consider yourself to have been blessed to be alive in any kind of overlap with Nikki Giovanni, May Allah be pleased with her.
She has left her voice with us. This is one of my favorites.
Photo credit: @jana_m_mader on X
She has left her voice with us. This is one of my favorites.
Photo credit: @jana_m_mader on X
December 10, 2024 at 3:49 AM
Consider yourself to have been blessed to be alive in any kind of overlap with Nikki Giovanni, May Allah be pleased with her.
She has left her voice with us. This is one of my favorites.
Photo credit: @jana_m_mader on X
She has left her voice with us. This is one of my favorites.
Photo credit: @jana_m_mader on X
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Turning this into a thread with resources.
This is devastating news that will result in a massive spike in the criminalization of abortion care & pregnancy endings of all kinds.
It will lead to an increase in poverty, in being trapped in abuse, in death & Black & Brown women & girls will be harmed & targeted most, as they always are.
It will lead to an increase in poverty, in being trapped in abuse, in death & Black & Brown women & girls will be harmed & targeted most, as they always are.
December 3, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Turning this into a thread with resources.
Student journalism is so important!!
“The decision to suddenly grant the students winter housing came two days after The Crimson published an article about how many international students on financial aid were scrambling to find lodging over break after their requests to remain on campus were denied.”
www.thecrimson.com/article/2024...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2024...
In Reversal, Harvard Offers International Students Winter Housing | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Harvard College Housing Office offered campus winter recess housing in emails to dozens of international students on Monday afternoon, reversing its initial decision to reject the housing applicat...
www.thecrimson.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Student journalism is so important!!
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Against Settler-Colonialism: A Reading List
Against Settler Colonialism: A Reading List
From Turtle Island to Palestine, Indigenous people across the world continue to resist settler-colonial domination, extraction, and exploitation of their land and communities.
More than a year into...
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 28, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Against Settler-Colonialism: A Reading List
“At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.”
— Che Guevara
— Che Guevara
November 28, 2024 at 7:49 PM
“At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.”
— Che Guevara
— Che Guevara
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BREAKING: Autonomous anti-genocide activists bring the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to a grinding halt after blockading the McDonald’s float for a second year in a row.
“Those grinches who thinks they can disrupt the parade: it’s not going to happen,” Mayor Eric Adams said yesterday.
“Those grinches who thinks they can disrupt the parade: it’s not going to happen,” Mayor Eric Adams said yesterday.
November 28, 2024 at 3:07 PM
BREAKING: Autonomous anti-genocide activists bring the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to a grinding halt after blockading the McDonald’s float for a second year in a row.
“Those grinches who thinks they can disrupt the parade: it’s not going to happen,” Mayor Eric Adams said yesterday.
“Those grinches who thinks they can disrupt the parade: it’s not going to happen,” Mayor Eric Adams said yesterday.
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And here's a starter pack of Unitarian Universalist religious professionals created by @revcyn.bsky.social!
go.bsky.app/KNaEdhx
go.bsky.app/KNaEdhx
November 26, 2024 at 2:51 PM
And here's a starter pack of Unitarian Universalist religious professionals created by @revcyn.bsky.social!
go.bsky.app/KNaEdhx
go.bsky.app/KNaEdhx
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Hello, new and new-ish UU's on the Skyline! Welcome! 👋🏽
Here's a pack I made to get you started following other Unitarians, Unitarian Universalists, and maybe some Universalists, too. Browse members selectively, or follow them all with a single click!
Enjoy! 🤗
go.bsky.app/VFpxmXf
Here's a pack I made to get you started following other Unitarians, Unitarian Universalists, and maybe some Universalists, too. Browse members selectively, or follow them all with a single click!
Enjoy! 🤗
go.bsky.app/VFpxmXf
November 26, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Hello, new and new-ish UU's on the Skyline! Welcome! 👋🏽
Here's a pack I made to get you started following other Unitarians, Unitarian Universalists, and maybe some Universalists, too. Browse members selectively, or follow them all with a single click!
Enjoy! 🤗
go.bsky.app/VFpxmXf
Here's a pack I made to get you started following other Unitarians, Unitarian Universalists, and maybe some Universalists, too. Browse members selectively, or follow them all with a single click!
Enjoy! 🤗
go.bsky.app/VFpxmXf
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November 21, 2024 at 2:32 AM
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#OctaviaButler ‘s fantastical, yet terrifying speculative fiction of the modern day, #ParableoftheSower.
Her alarming prediction becomes reality.
#BookSky #Books
Her alarming prediction becomes reality.
#BookSky #Books
November 20, 2024 at 8:15 PM
#OctaviaButler ‘s fantastical, yet terrifying speculative fiction of the modern day, #ParableoftheSower.
Her alarming prediction becomes reality.
#BookSky #Books
Her alarming prediction becomes reality.
#BookSky #Books
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alright I am wide awake working on a project so you all get my poetry starter pack of poets who know what the fuck is up (AKA are lefty, support Palestine, write good shit of all varieties, and are very worth reading in my expert opinion... disclaimer, most are my buds!) go.bsky.app/2s73n71
November 20, 2024 at 7:30 AM
alright I am wide awake working on a project so you all get my poetry starter pack of poets who know what the fuck is up (AKA are lefty, support Palestine, write good shit of all varieties, and are very worth reading in my expert opinion... disclaimer, most are my buds!) go.bsky.app/2s73n71
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if you’re looking for a palestine starter pack @danaelkurd.bsky.social made a great one
November 15, 2024 at 1:49 PM
if you’re looking for a palestine starter pack @danaelkurd.bsky.social made a great one
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A solidarity stand of Palestinian journalists in the #Gaza Strip appealing for international protection from the crimes committed against them by Israeli occupation forces.
#Palestine
#Palestine
November 17, 2024 at 11:07 AM
A solidarity stand of Palestinian journalists in the #Gaza Strip appealing for international protection from the crimes committed against them by Israeli occupation forces.
#Palestine
#Palestine