Lenifaye
@andreafaye.bsky.social
Media-based and resource organizer. Quaker Chaplain in-the-making.
Durham now, Chicago forever.
https://andreafayehartrt.substack.com/
Durham now, Chicago forever.
https://andreafayehartrt.substack.com/
NC we gotta support our immigrant businesses this holiday season.
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
NC we gotta support our immigrant businesses this holiday season.
Something I'm big on lately is building community-led infrastructure across regions/states but especially in solidarity with the South.
Seeing all my NC-based Signal threads ignite to share resources and inspiration from Chicago to fight ICE is a divine affirmation.
I believe that we will win.
Seeing all my NC-based Signal threads ignite to share resources and inspiration from Chicago to fight ICE is a divine affirmation.
I believe that we will win.
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Something I'm big on lately is building community-led infrastructure across regions/states but especially in solidarity with the South.
Seeing all my NC-based Signal threads ignite to share resources and inspiration from Chicago to fight ICE is a divine affirmation.
I believe that we will win.
Seeing all my NC-based Signal threads ignite to share resources and inspiration from Chicago to fight ICE is a divine affirmation.
I believe that we will win.
"there is something worth mourning about the absence of permanent, dedicated premises for organizing. . . [they held] conflict and disagreement. . . but the chance to navigate this in person, in spaces built collectively, meant generating new ideas and new ways of doing things."
Where is the left?
Radical organizing was once backed up by a network of physical spaces. How can we rebuild them to support the movements we need now? By Rosie Hampton.
newint.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"there is something worth mourning about the absence of permanent, dedicated premises for organizing. . . [they held] conflict and disagreement. . . but the chance to navigate this in person, in spaces built collectively, meant generating new ideas and new ways of doing things."
I really thought Nancy Pelosi was already retired. My friend said she's the Michael Jordan's of retirements.
November 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I really thought Nancy Pelosi was already retired. My friend said she's the Michael Jordan's of retirements.
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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
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Think about how much further along we’d be if there was more pushback when they were testing their limits at the beginning of this term
It's becoming chillingly clear: an administration that gleefully dismantled USAID and consigned countless people to slow death by starvation and preventable disease will not hesitate to inflict hunger on tens of millions of Americans by cutting off SNAP funds.
October 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Think about how much further along we’d be if there was more pushback when they were testing their limits at the beginning of this term
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It's becoming chillingly clear: an administration that gleefully dismantled USAID and consigned countless people to slow death by starvation and preventable disease will not hesitate to inflict hunger on tens of millions of Americans by cutting off SNAP funds.
October 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It's becoming chillingly clear: an administration that gleefully dismantled USAID and consigned countless people to slow death by starvation and preventable disease will not hesitate to inflict hunger on tens of millions of Americans by cutting off SNAP funds.
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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...
The piece is alive!
So grateful for the @objectivejournos.bsky.social for publishing this and for getting to workshop it during The Forge's Summer Writing class.
What if instead of misdiagnosing journalism’s collapse and mourning a myth, we honor the radical legacy of people-powered media?
So grateful for the @objectivejournos.bsky.social for publishing this and for getting to workshop it during The Forge's Summer Writing class.
What if instead of misdiagnosing journalism’s collapse and mourning a myth, we honor the radical legacy of people-powered media?
October 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The piece is alive!
So grateful for the @objectivejournos.bsky.social for publishing this and for getting to workshop it during The Forge's Summer Writing class.
What if instead of misdiagnosing journalism’s collapse and mourning a myth, we honor the radical legacy of people-powered media?
So grateful for the @objectivejournos.bsky.social for publishing this and for getting to workshop it during The Forge's Summer Writing class.
What if instead of misdiagnosing journalism’s collapse and mourning a myth, we honor the radical legacy of people-powered media?
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Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
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Like I said... I assume NOTHING re: the NYC electorate except that folks usually live down to expectations. If you don't want Cuomo as Mayor then you need to get out to vote. Vote early if you can.
October 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Like I said... I assume NOTHING re: the NYC electorate except that folks usually live down to expectations. If you don't want Cuomo as Mayor then you need to get out to vote. Vote early if you can.
I enjoy facebook memories because I'm sentimental. 10 years ago today City Bureau launched and now I co-own the very coffee shop/bookstore where this photo was taken around that time:
October 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I enjoy facebook memories because I'm sentimental. 10 years ago today City Bureau launched and now I co-own the very coffee shop/bookstore where this photo was taken around that time:
submitted my first invoice for a piece of writing, ever! it's slated to be published next week. can't wait for it to be out in the world and to craft more things to share.
October 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
submitted my first invoice for a piece of writing, ever! it's slated to be published next week. can't wait for it to be out in the world and to craft more things to share.
Any one who has reported on his real estate work or any business he's touched could've predicted this.
Breaking News: President Trump is having the White House’s entire East Wing demolished to make way for his $200 million ballroom. The project is far more extensive than he initially let on.
Trump Will Demolish Entire White House East Wing for Ballroom: Live Updates
nyti.ms
October 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Any one who has reported on his real estate work or any business he's touched could've predicted this.
Saw One Battle After Another yesterday and walked away thinking it's the film Ari Aster wish he made with Eddington. It reminded me of the feeling I had after seeing There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men in theaters in 2007.
Paul Thomas Anderson knows how to make a truly American film.
Paul Thomas Anderson knows how to make a truly American film.
October 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Saw One Battle After Another yesterday and walked away thinking it's the film Ari Aster wish he made with Eddington. It reminded me of the feeling I had after seeing There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men in theaters in 2007.
Paul Thomas Anderson knows how to make a truly American film.
Paul Thomas Anderson knows how to make a truly American film.
the more I assess investments in tools/strategies to "save democracy" the more I'm convinced we need to be doing programs that are mutual aid, guaranteed income and/or rapid response funds for basic material needs.
I would bet those would have a far greater impact than funding nonprofit news.
I would bet those would have a far greater impact than funding nonprofit news.
October 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
the more I assess investments in tools/strategies to "save democracy" the more I'm convinced we need to be doing programs that are mutual aid, guaranteed income and/or rapid response funds for basic material needs.
I would bet those would have a far greater impact than funding nonprofit news.
I would bet those would have a far greater impact than funding nonprofit news.
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I am happy that more people see that the police state is a BIPARTISAN project.
October 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I am happy that more people see that the police state is a BIPARTISAN project.
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Honestly a pretty formative Pitchfork staff memory for me was when D'Angelo returned and started playing shows. I probably watched him cover "Space Oddity" 50 times when it happened. Black Messiah is a masterpiece. His cover of "Sometimes It Snows in April" still makes me cry. We didn't deserve him.
D'angelo - Space Oddity (David Bowie cover) - Paris 29.01.12
YouTube video by Cream Fresh
www.youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Honestly a pretty formative Pitchfork staff memory for me was when D'Angelo returned and started playing shows. I probably watched him cover "Space Oddity" 50 times when it happened. Black Messiah is a masterpiece. His cover of "Sometimes It Snows in April" still makes me cry. We didn't deserve him.
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We remember trailblazing transgender activist Miss Major, who has sadly passed away at the age of 78.
Miss Major began organizing before 1969’s Stonewall riots, and her love for her community has turned her into a mother figure to thousands of queer and trans people around the world.
Miss Major began organizing before 1969’s Stonewall riots, and her love for her community has turned her into a mother figure to thousands of queer and trans people around the world.
A Mother’s Day Chat With Revolutionary Trans Activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
Janet Mock has called Miss Major, who has nurtured generations of queer and trans youth, “the mother we all deserve.”…
truthout.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We remember trailblazing transgender activist Miss Major, who has sadly passed away at the age of 78.
Miss Major began organizing before 1969’s Stonewall riots, and her love for her community has turned her into a mother figure to thousands of queer and trans people around the world.
Miss Major began organizing before 1969’s Stonewall riots, and her love for her community has turned her into a mother figure to thousands of queer and trans people around the world.
Thinking about the power of Allied Media Conference (AMC), wishing it still existed.
20 years of convening an intersectional group of radical media-makers generated the cultural organizing we see today.
The most dangerous thing in the world to the state is community itself and AMC fostered it.
20 years of convening an intersectional group of radical media-makers generated the cultural organizing we see today.
The most dangerous thing in the world to the state is community itself and AMC fostered it.
October 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Thinking about the power of Allied Media Conference (AMC), wishing it still existed.
20 years of convening an intersectional group of radical media-makers generated the cultural organizing we see today.
The most dangerous thing in the world to the state is community itself and AMC fostered it.
20 years of convening an intersectional group of radical media-makers generated the cultural organizing we see today.
The most dangerous thing in the world to the state is community itself and AMC fostered it.
12 years ago I first bleached my hair at home and it I only kept going.
October 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
12 years ago I first bleached my hair at home and it I only kept going.
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Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."
October 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."
Celebrate Banned Books Week with Build Coffee & Books!
Join us tonight at 6pm CT for a special virtual event featuring bestselling authors Clint Smith and John Green in conversation about Smith’s newly adapted young readers’ edition of How the Word Is Passed:
Join us tonight at 6pm CT for a special virtual event featuring bestselling authors Clint Smith and John Green in conversation about Smith’s newly adapted young readers’ edition of How the Word Is Passed:
10/8 - CLINT SMITH & JOHN GREEN: HOW THE WORD IS PASSED (ADAPTED FOR YOUNG READERS) by Build Coffee & Books
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October 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Celebrate Banned Books Week with Build Coffee & Books!
Join us tonight at 6pm CT for a special virtual event featuring bestselling authors Clint Smith and John Green in conversation about Smith’s newly adapted young readers’ edition of How the Word Is Passed:
Join us tonight at 6pm CT for a special virtual event featuring bestselling authors Clint Smith and John Green in conversation about Smith’s newly adapted young readers’ edition of How the Word Is Passed:
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This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
October 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
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