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thinking about how socially engaged art can make organizing work & medical care more bearable for all|
social work ---but make it liberatory
social work ---but make it liberatory
“Freire believed that even when people are lied to, they can still recognize the truth if given the chance to reflect,” Pinto said. “And Boal suggested that we should embody those reflections and act them out.”
#UniversityofMichigan #theateroftheoppressed #dreamflag
record.umich.edu/articles/pro...
#UniversityofMichigan #theateroftheoppressed #dreamflag
record.umich.edu/articles/pro...
Professor uses art as both a teaching and research tool | The University Record
record.umich.edu
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“Freire believed that even when people are lied to, they can still recognize the truth if given the chance to reflect,” Pinto said. “And Boal suggested that we should embody those reflections and act them out.”
#UniversityofMichigan #theateroftheoppressed #dreamflag
record.umich.edu/articles/pro...
#UniversityofMichigan #theateroftheoppressed #dreamflag
record.umich.edu/articles/pro...
The part where enough people have nothing left to lose enters the chat.
October 31, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The part where enough people have nothing left to lose enters the chat.
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Portland’s ICE protests at their doorstep: Gas masks, 100-decibel din, sleepless nights
https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2025/10/portlands-ice-protests-at-their-doorstep-gas-masks-100-decibel-din-sleepless-nights.html
📹 Abigail Landwehr & 📝 Kristine de Leon
#portland #ICE
https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2025/10/portlands-ice-protests-at-their-doorstep-gas-masks-100-decibel-din-sleepless-nights.html
📹 Abigail Landwehr & 📝 Kristine de Leon
#portland #ICE
October 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Portland’s ICE protests at their doorstep: Gas masks, 100-decibel din, sleepless nights
https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2025/10/portlands-ice-protests-at-their-doorstep-gas-masks-100-decibel-din-sleepless-nights.html
📹 Abigail Landwehr & 📝 Kristine de Leon
#portland #ICE
https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2025/10/portlands-ice-protests-at-their-doorstep-gas-masks-100-decibel-din-sleepless-nights.html
📹 Abigail Landwehr & 📝 Kristine de Leon
#portland #ICE
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The math being that for every dollar of SNAP issued to recipients, almost twice that goes back into the economy.
A snapshot of SNAP’s economy impact:
A snapshot of SNAP’s economy impact:
October 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The math being that for every dollar of SNAP issued to recipients, almost twice that goes back into the economy.
A snapshot of SNAP’s economy impact:
A snapshot of SNAP’s economy impact:
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#PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #policysky #polisky 🛟 💊🫁
The next pandemic will not be televised.
“Almost the entire staff behind the CDC’s flagship publication, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, have been fired.“
www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
The next pandemic will not be televised.
“Almost the entire staff behind the CDC’s flagship publication, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, have been fired.“
www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
‘It’s a massacre’: CDC battered by government shutdown firings
The White House’s mass firing of CDC staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease, according to four people familiar with t...
www.statnews.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
#PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #policysky #polisky 🛟 💊🫁
The next pandemic will not be televised.
“Almost the entire staff behind the CDC’s flagship publication, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, have been fired.“
www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
The next pandemic will not be televised.
“Almost the entire staff behind the CDC’s flagship publication, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, have been fired.“
www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
The Women’s Refugee Commission is monitoring the numbers of pregnant, postpartum & nursing people in US immigration detention, and information about the conditions and treatment they experience. Report if you know something-
detentionpregnancytracker.com?mc_cid=a6512... #WRC #iceconditions #prolife?
detentionpregnancytracker.com?mc_cid=a6512... #WRC #iceconditions #prolife?
Women's Refugee Commission
detentionpregnancytracker.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Women’s Refugee Commission is monitoring the numbers of pregnant, postpartum & nursing people in US immigration detention, and information about the conditions and treatment they experience. Report if you know something-
detentionpregnancytracker.com?mc_cid=a6512... #WRC #iceconditions #prolife?
detentionpregnancytracker.com?mc_cid=a6512... #WRC #iceconditions #prolife?
Surveillance is not safety.
October 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Surveillance is not safety.
🧵I've just reread this paragraph in James Baldwin's "The Devil Finds Work" over and over again
"In 1952, I was in America, just in time for the McCarthy era. I had never seen anything like it.
If I had ever really been able to hate white people, the era of that dimwitted, good-natured, flamboyant
"In 1952, I was in America, just in time for the McCarthy era. I had never seen anything like it.
If I had ever really been able to hate white people, the era of that dimwitted, good-natured, flamboyant
September 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
🧵I've just reread this paragraph in James Baldwin's "The Devil Finds Work" over and over again
"In 1952, I was in America, just in time for the McCarthy era. I had never seen anything like it.
If I had ever really been able to hate white people, the era of that dimwitted, good-natured, flamboyant
"In 1952, I was in America, just in time for the McCarthy era. I had never seen anything like it.
If I had ever really been able to hate white people, the era of that dimwitted, good-natured, flamboyant
Air pollution is a leading cause of cancer and asthma, and is PREVENTABLE. Good thing cancer research funding is being cancelled, too.....
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The Trump Administration’s Attack on Environmental Protections Will Increase Cancer-Causing Pollution
The Trump administration’s plan to torpedo air pollution limits and cancer prevention programs while ripping away health care and cancer treatment and canceling clean energy investments will increase ...
www.americanprogress.org
September 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Air pollution is a leading cause of cancer and asthma, and is PREVENTABLE. Good thing cancer research funding is being cancelled, too.....
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
Real big turnout at the Rally for Gender Affirming Care in front of #MichiganMedicine. It was hard to hear the speakers because so many cars leaving the MM hospital were honking in support.
Gender affirming care for people under 19 is evidence based, medically necessary & shouldn't be a big deal.
Gender affirming care for people under 19 is evidence based, medically necessary & shouldn't be a big deal.
September 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Real big turnout at the Rally for Gender Affirming Care in front of #MichiganMedicine. It was hard to hear the speakers because so many cars leaving the MM hospital were honking in support.
Gender affirming care for people under 19 is evidence based, medically necessary & shouldn't be a big deal.
Gender affirming care for people under 19 is evidence based, medically necessary & shouldn't be a big deal.
I guess #CancelCulture is no longer "Woke" as of September 10th.
September 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I guess #CancelCulture is no longer "Woke" as of September 10th.
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There's no substitute for actually taking action.
September 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
There's no substitute for actually taking action.
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September 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
August 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
Listen to @democracynow.org's fabulous interview with Dr. Lonnie Bunch from 5 years ago. What a legendary creator and storyteller.
Full Interview: Smithsonian Head Lonnie Bunch in 2020 on Telling "Unvarnished" History, Trump & More
Full Interview: Smithsonian Head Lonnie Bunch in 2020 on Telling “Unvarnished” History, Trump & More
In early 2020, Democracy Now! spoke with the newly appointed secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Lonnie G. Bunch III, in Washington, D.C.
www.democracynow.org
August 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Listen to @democracynow.org's fabulous interview with Dr. Lonnie Bunch from 5 years ago. What a legendary creator and storyteller.
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The U.S. invaded Afghanistan on October 7th, 2001, an occupation that lasted 13 years. If we’re going to imbue dates with meaning….
August 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The U.S. invaded Afghanistan on October 7th, 2001, an occupation that lasted 13 years. If we’re going to imbue dates with meaning….
reposting for the comments---
August 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Enraging & inspiring story of practicing #interruptingcriminalization by superstar @reprorightsdoc.bsky.social.
I am dreaming about how many lives can be saved and what we can change if a few more people can be this brave and just do the right fucking thing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvY4...
I am dreaming about how many lives can be saved and what we can change if a few more people can be this brave and just do the right fucking thing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvY4...
Dr. Jamila Perritt | Storytelling Media Project | Beyond Do No Harm
YouTube video by Interrupting Criminalization
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August 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Enraging & inspiring story of practicing #interruptingcriminalization by superstar @reprorightsdoc.bsky.social.
I am dreaming about how many lives can be saved and what we can change if a few more people can be this brave and just do the right fucking thing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvY4...
I am dreaming about how many lives can be saved and what we can change if a few more people can be this brave and just do the right fucking thing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvY4...
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1. we need to get offline
2. we need to use plain language
3. we need to meet people there they are.
immediately
2. we need to use plain language
3. we need to meet people there they are.
immediately
August 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
1. we need to get offline
2. we need to use plain language
3. we need to meet people there they are.
immediately
2. we need to use plain language
3. we need to meet people there they are.
immediately
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Being inside of this reality feels crappy and some people lash out because that's all they can control. Whatever responses they crave, they often don't feel like they have the capacity/resources/courage to actually implement those responses. So what you get is snark or sometimes misdirected rage.
July 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Being inside of this reality feels crappy and some people lash out because that's all they can control. Whatever responses they crave, they often don't feel like they have the capacity/resources/courage to actually implement those responses. So what you get is snark or sometimes misdirected rage.
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In honor of National Breastfeeding Month, which raises awareness about the importance and benefits of breastfeeding, we’re hosting a webinar to discuss how to support new parents with a variety of disabilities in lactation and breastfeeding their child.
Register on Zoom: zurl.co/UMvAl
Register on Zoom: zurl.co/UMvAl
July 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
In honor of National Breastfeeding Month, which raises awareness about the importance and benefits of breastfeeding, we’re hosting a webinar to discuss how to support new parents with a variety of disabilities in lactation and breastfeeding their child.
Register on Zoom: zurl.co/UMvAl
Register on Zoom: zurl.co/UMvAl
I just became a monthly reoccurring supporter (while on a humble research stipend) to @truthout.org because critical, independent journalism is vital to our future. I also LOVE Movement Memos!!
Even a little goes a really long way. Donate one time or monthly here-
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Even a little goes a really long way. Donate one time or monthly here-
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Explore progressive perspectives and stay informed on social justice, activism, and politics at Truthout.org. Uncover truth, spark change.
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July 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I just became a monthly reoccurring supporter (while on a humble research stipend) to @truthout.org because critical, independent journalism is vital to our future. I also LOVE Movement Memos!!
Even a little goes a really long way. Donate one time or monthly here-
truthout.org?form=donate&...
Even a little goes a really long way. Donate one time or monthly here-
truthout.org?form=donate&...