Freedom To Thrive
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Christopher Simmons has spent 30 years incarcerated in New York, earning his degrees, mentoring others, and leading with compassion.
We’re calling on @GovKathyHochul to grant his commutation and #BringChrisHome.
Check out theToolkit for more ways to support Chris using the LINK IN BIO
We’re calling on @GovKathyHochul to grant his commutation and #BringChrisHome.
Check out theToolkit for more ways to support Chris using the LINK IN BIO
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Christopher Simmons has spent 30 years incarcerated in New York, earning his degrees, mentoring others, and leading with compassion.
We’re calling on @GovKathyHochul to grant his commutation and #BringChrisHome.
Check out theToolkit for more ways to support Chris using the LINK IN BIO
We’re calling on @GovKathyHochul to grant his commutation and #BringChrisHome.
Check out theToolkit for more ways to support Chris using the LINK IN BIO
Arthur is 13. He was arrested by Everett Police and taken by ICE — moved from MA to VA in less than 72 hours.
This is not safety.
We demand his return and an end to ICE-police collaboration in our communities.
Add your name using the link in our BIO.
This is not safety.
We demand his return and an end to ICE-police collaboration in our communities.
Add your name using the link in our BIO.
November 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Arthur is 13. He was arrested by Everett Police and taken by ICE — moved from MA to VA in less than 72 hours.
This is not safety.
We demand his return and an end to ICE-police collaboration in our communities.
Add your name using the link in our BIO.
This is not safety.
We demand his return and an end to ICE-police collaboration in our communities.
Add your name using the link in our BIO.
In uncertain times, joy is resistance. ✊🏽
Our Oct newsletter dives into joy as power, free speech under attack, the harms of AI surveillance, & the launch of our 2026 We Rise cohort.
💜 Read & rise with us → LINKS IN BIO
#FreedomToThrive #JoyIsResistance #WeRise #OrganizeToWin
Our Oct newsletter dives into joy as power, free speech under attack, the harms of AI surveillance, & the launch of our 2026 We Rise cohort.
💜 Read & rise with us → LINKS IN BIO
#FreedomToThrive #JoyIsResistance #WeRise #OrganizeToWin
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In uncertain times, joy is resistance. ✊🏽
Our Oct newsletter dives into joy as power, free speech under attack, the harms of AI surveillance, & the launch of our 2026 We Rise cohort.
💜 Read & rise with us → LINKS IN BIO
#FreedomToThrive #JoyIsResistance #WeRise #OrganizeToWin
Our Oct newsletter dives into joy as power, free speech under attack, the harms of AI surveillance, & the launch of our 2026 We Rise cohort.
💜 Read & rise with us → LINKS IN BIO
#FreedomToThrive #JoyIsResistance #WeRise #OrganizeToWin
🕯️ This Día de los Muertos, we remember those who died in ICE custody — lives that should never have been lost.
@DetentionWatchNetwork’s #DayoftheDead Toolkit helps us turn grief into action
LINK IN BIO
#DeadlyDetention #CommunitiesNotCages #DisappearedinAmerica
@DetentionWatchNetwork’s #DayoftheDead Toolkit helps us turn grief into action
LINK IN BIO
#DeadlyDetention #CommunitiesNotCages #DisappearedinAmerica
November 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
🕯️ This Día de los Muertos, we remember those who died in ICE custody — lives that should never have been lost.
@DetentionWatchNetwork’s #DayoftheDead Toolkit helps us turn grief into action
LINK IN BIO
#DeadlyDetention #CommunitiesNotCages #DisappearedinAmerica
@DetentionWatchNetwork’s #DayoftheDead Toolkit helps us turn grief into action
LINK IN BIO
#DeadlyDetention #CommunitiesNotCages #DisappearedinAmerica
Today, Oct 22, is National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality. The People's Organization for Progress is marching to demand civilian control of police, oversight boards with subpoena power, and an end to ICE’s terror in our communities. Read more at the link in our bio.
October 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Today, Oct 22, is National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality. The People's Organization for Progress is marching to demand civilian control of police, oversight boards with subpoena power, and an end to ICE’s terror in our communities. Read more at the link in our bio.
Are you a person of color who has been impacted by the Crimmigration? Are you interested in building your organizing skills? Would you like to collaboratively work with organizations to create the change that you would like to see?
LINK IN BIO
Deadline to apply: Friday, November 13th 12PM ET
LINK IN BIO
Deadline to apply: Friday, November 13th 12PM ET
October 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Are you a person of color who has been impacted by the Crimmigration? Are you interested in building your organizing skills? Would you like to collaboratively work with organizations to create the change that you would like to see?
LINK IN BIO
Deadline to apply: Friday, November 13th 12PM ET
LINK IN BIO
Deadline to apply: Friday, November 13th 12PM ET
LINK IN BIO 🗓️ Sunday, Oct 5 · 12 PM
📍 Central Park West & 72nd St.
🖤 Wear all black
🚫 No chants, singing, banners, or signs
This Sunday, join NYC Jewish Elders in a silent, solemn procession to honor the tens of thousands of Palestinians killed by Israel.
📍 Central Park West & 72nd St.
🖤 Wear all black
🚫 No chants, singing, banners, or signs
This Sunday, join NYC Jewish Elders in a silent, solemn procession to honor the tens of thousands of Palestinians killed by Israel.
October 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
LINK IN BIO 🗓️ Sunday, Oct 5 · 12 PM
📍 Central Park West & 72nd St.
🖤 Wear all black
🚫 No chants, singing, banners, or signs
This Sunday, join NYC Jewish Elders in a silent, solemn procession to honor the tens of thousands of Palestinians killed by Israel.
📍 Central Park West & 72nd St.
🖤 Wear all black
🚫 No chants, singing, banners, or signs
This Sunday, join NYC Jewish Elders in a silent, solemn procession to honor the tens of thousands of Palestinians killed by Israel.
🛑 Resisting Surveillance 🛑
Have you experienced government surveillance—or stood beside someone who has?
We're hosting a private, community-only session for immigrants and those who work closely with impacted communities.
📍 Portland, OR
📅 Saturday, August 30
🔗 in BIO
Have you experienced government surveillance—or stood beside someone who has?
We're hosting a private, community-only session for immigrants and those who work closely with impacted communities.
📍 Portland, OR
📅 Saturday, August 30
🔗 in BIO
August 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
🛑 Resisting Surveillance 🛑
Have you experienced government surveillance—or stood beside someone who has?
We're hosting a private, community-only session for immigrants and those who work closely with impacted communities.
📍 Portland, OR
📅 Saturday, August 30
🔗 in BIO
Have you experienced government surveillance—or stood beside someone who has?
We're hosting a private, community-only session for immigrants and those who work closely with impacted communities.
📍 Portland, OR
📅 Saturday, August 30
🔗 in BIO
📬 Our latest newsletter is live:
From resisting mass detention and surveillance, to uplifting Black immigrants and launching our new We Rise program, we’re moving with strategy, truth, and care.
🔗 Tap the link in bio to read, share, and support
#BlackAugust #Crimmigration #ImmigrantJustice
From resisting mass detention and surveillance, to uplifting Black immigrants and launching our new We Rise program, we’re moving with strategy, truth, and care.
🔗 Tap the link in bio to read, share, and support
#BlackAugust #Crimmigration #ImmigrantJustice
August 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
📬 Our latest newsletter is live:
From resisting mass detention and surveillance, to uplifting Black immigrants and launching our new We Rise program, we’re moving with strategy, truth, and care.
🔗 Tap the link in bio to read, share, and support
#BlackAugust #Crimmigration #ImmigrantJustice
From resisting mass detention and surveillance, to uplifting Black immigrants and launching our new We Rise program, we’re moving with strategy, truth, and care.
🔗 Tap the link in bio to read, share, and support
#BlackAugust #Crimmigration #ImmigrantJustice
Emancipation is not a date: it’s a process.
Across the diaspora, across generations, we continue to fight systems of control—from slavery to surveillance, colonization to incarceration.
Across the diaspora, across generations, we continue to fight systems of control—from slavery to surveillance, colonization to incarceration.
August 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Emancipation is not a date: it’s a process.
Across the diaspora, across generations, we continue to fight systems of control—from slavery to surveillance, colonization to incarceration.
Across the diaspora, across generations, we continue to fight systems of control—from slavery to surveillance, colonization to incarceration.
🛑 Resisting Surveillance 🛑 🔗 in BIO📍 Beaverton, OR
Have you experienced government surveillance—or stood beside someone who has?
Freedom to Thrive is hosting a private, community-only session for immigrants and those who work closely with impacted communities.
Have you experienced government surveillance—or stood beside someone who has?
Freedom to Thrive is hosting a private, community-only session for immigrants and those who work closely with impacted communities.
August 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
🛑 Resisting Surveillance 🛑 🔗 in BIO📍 Beaverton, OR
Have you experienced government surveillance—or stood beside someone who has?
Freedom to Thrive is hosting a private, community-only session for immigrants and those who work closely with impacted communities.
Have you experienced government surveillance—or stood beside someone who has?
Freedom to Thrive is hosting a private, community-only session for immigrants and those who work closely with impacted communities.
Emancipation Day is observed on the 1st Monday in August in the English-speaking Caribbean. We honor the ancestors who rose up, rebelled, and reclaimed their freedom. We honor the ancestors who rose up, rebelled, and reclaimed their freedom.
#EmancipationDay #FreedomToThrive
#EmancipationDay #FreedomToThrive
August 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Emancipation Day is observed on the 1st Monday in August in the English-speaking Caribbean. We honor the ancestors who rose up, rebelled, and reclaimed their freedom. We honor the ancestors who rose up, rebelled, and reclaimed their freedom.
#EmancipationDay #FreedomToThrive
#EmancipationDay #FreedomToThrive
🛑 Resisting Surveillance: A Listening Session 🛑
Beaverton, have you experienced gov surveillance—or stood beside someone who has?
We’re creating space for impacted immigrants & allies to share, connect, and build safety.
📍 Beaverton | Aug 17
🔗 in BIO
#ResistingSurveillance
Beaverton, have you experienced gov surveillance—or stood beside someone who has?
We’re creating space for impacted immigrants & allies to share, connect, and build safety.
📍 Beaverton | Aug 17
🔗 in BIO
#ResistingSurveillance
August 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🛑 Resisting Surveillance: A Listening Session 🛑
Beaverton, have you experienced gov surveillance—or stood beside someone who has?
We’re creating space for impacted immigrants & allies to share, connect, and build safety.
📍 Beaverton | Aug 17
🔗 in BIO
#ResistingSurveillance
Beaverton, have you experienced gov surveillance—or stood beside someone who has?
We’re creating space for impacted immigrants & allies to share, connect, and build safety.
📍 Beaverton | Aug 17
🔗 in BIO
#ResistingSurveillance
🚨 The Federal Budget Scam is robbing working-class New Yorkers to give billionaires another tax break.
🩺 Cuts to healthcare.
🥫 Cuts to food aid.
🚔 More money for ICE.
Gov. Hochul: Tax the rich. Protect our people.
#NYCantWait #FundOurFuture #PassNY4All
🩺 Cuts to healthcare.
🥫 Cuts to food aid.
🚔 More money for ICE.
Gov. Hochul: Tax the rich. Protect our people.
#NYCantWait #FundOurFuture #PassNY4All
July 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🚨 The Federal Budget Scam is robbing working-class New Yorkers to give billionaires another tax break.
🩺 Cuts to healthcare.
🥫 Cuts to food aid.
🚔 More money for ICE.
Gov. Hochul: Tax the rich. Protect our people.
#NYCantWait #FundOurFuture #PassNY4All
🩺 Cuts to healthcare.
🥫 Cuts to food aid.
🚔 More money for ICE.
Gov. Hochul: Tax the rich. Protect our people.
#NYCantWait #FundOurFuture #PassNY4All
🚨 ISRAEL IS TRYING TO STARVE GAZA TO DEATH 🚨
They’ve blocked almost all aid since March.
The U.S. funds this. We have the power to stop it.
CALL TO ACTION
📞 Call Congress NOW to demand open borders for humanitarian aid.
Let aid in. Block the bombs.
Link in bio.
They’ve blocked almost all aid since March.
The U.S. funds this. We have the power to stop it.
CALL TO ACTION
📞 Call Congress NOW to demand open borders for humanitarian aid.
Let aid in. Block the bombs.
Link in bio.
July 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🚨 ISRAEL IS TRYING TO STARVE GAZA TO DEATH 🚨
They’ve blocked almost all aid since March.
The U.S. funds this. We have the power to stop it.
CALL TO ACTION
📞 Call Congress NOW to demand open borders for humanitarian aid.
Let aid in. Block the bombs.
Link in bio.
They’ve blocked almost all aid since March.
The U.S. funds this. We have the power to stop it.
CALL TO ACTION
📞 Call Congress NOW to demand open borders for humanitarian aid.
Let aid in. Block the bombs.
Link in bio.
On July 2, Sammy will check in with ICE at 26 Federal Plaza. We anticipate that ICE will detain and prepare Sammy for deportation to Laos.
Join us to flood the Governor Hochul's office with calls/emails to demand she pardon Sammy immediately.
Join us to flood the Governor Hochul's office with calls/emails to demand she pardon Sammy immediately.
July 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
On July 2, Sammy will check in with ICE at 26 Federal Plaza. We anticipate that ICE will detain and prepare Sammy for deportation to Laos.
Join us to flood the Governor Hochul's office with calls/emails to demand she pardon Sammy immediately.
Join us to flood the Governor Hochul's office with calls/emails to demand she pardon Sammy immediately.
As Pride month comes to a close and in the wake of World Refugee Day, we’re holding space for queer and people who face persecution, detention, and exile simply for existing.
Our next podcast episode touches on what they face inside detention centers.
#PrideIsAProtest #WorldRefugeeDay
Our next podcast episode touches on what they face inside detention centers.
#PrideIsAProtest #WorldRefugeeDay
June 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
As Pride month comes to a close and in the wake of World Refugee Day, we’re holding space for queer and people who face persecution, detention, and exile simply for existing.
Our next podcast episode touches on what they face inside detention centers.
#PrideIsAProtest #WorldRefugeeDay
Our next podcast episode touches on what they face inside detention centers.
#PrideIsAProtest #WorldRefugeeDay
Juneteenth reminds us: Freedom is always contested—and always worth defending.
Our June newsletter dives into Black immigrant resistance, crimmigration, and why our liberation is bound together.
🖤 Link in bio
#Juneteenth #FreedomToThrive #BlackImmigrantsMatter
Our June newsletter dives into Black immigrant resistance, crimmigration, and why our liberation is bound together.
🖤 Link in bio
#Juneteenth #FreedomToThrive #BlackImmigrantsMatter
June 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Juneteenth reminds us: Freedom is always contested—and always worth defending.
Our June newsletter dives into Black immigrant resistance, crimmigration, and why our liberation is bound together.
🖤 Link in bio
#Juneteenth #FreedomToThrive #BlackImmigrantsMatter
Our June newsletter dives into Black immigrant resistance, crimmigration, and why our liberation is bound together.
🖤 Link in bio
#Juneteenth #FreedomToThrive #BlackImmigrantsMatter
This Father’s Day, we honor the fathers, caregivers, tios, stepdads, big cousins, and chosen family who show up with love, even in systems designed to break them.
Let’s build a world where no one has to parent through bars.
#FathersDay #EndFamilySeparation #AbolishICE
Let’s build a world where no one has to parent through bars.
#FathersDay #EndFamilySeparation #AbolishICE
June 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This Father’s Day, we honor the fathers, caregivers, tios, stepdads, big cousins, and chosen family who show up with love, even in systems designed to break them.
Let’s build a world where no one has to parent through bars.
#FathersDay #EndFamilySeparation #AbolishICE
Let’s build a world where no one has to parent through bars.
#FathersDay #EndFamilySeparation #AbolishICE
Our communities are being targeted and disappeared—but we’re fighting back with care, resistance, and tools for self-determination, and we need your support to keep going. Donate today! 🔗 in bio
June 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Our communities are being targeted and disappeared—but we’re fighting back with care, resistance, and tools for self-determination, and we need your support to keep going. Donate today! 🔗 in bio
This NAAPI Heritage Month, we can honor the resilience of our communities, not by celebration alone, but through ACTION. Sammy, a Laotian refugee who fled war as a child, now faces deportation. ✍️ Sign the petition to demand that Governor Hochul #KeppSammyHome 🔗 in bio
May 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This NAAPI Heritage Month, we can honor the resilience of our communities, not by celebration alone, but through ACTION. Sammy, a Laotian refugee who fled war as a child, now faces deportation. ✍️ Sign the petition to demand that Governor Hochul #KeppSammyHome 🔗 in bio
Last week, we showed up in Albany to demand safety and freedom for immigrant New Yorkers
❌ No more collusion with ICE
❌ No more private immigration detention
✅ Pass the NY4All Act
✅ Pass Dignity Not Detention
✅ Bring our people home
✅ Pass Clemency Justice Act
❌ No more collusion with ICE
❌ No more private immigration detention
✅ Pass the NY4All Act
✅ Pass Dignity Not Detention
✅ Bring our people home
✅ Pass Clemency Justice Act
May 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Last week, we showed up in Albany to demand safety and freedom for immigrant New Yorkers
❌ No more collusion with ICE
❌ No more private immigration detention
✅ Pass the NY4All Act
✅ Pass Dignity Not Detention
✅ Bring our people home
✅ Pass Clemency Justice Act
❌ No more collusion with ICE
❌ No more private immigration detention
✅ Pass the NY4All Act
✅ Pass Dignity Not Detention
✅ Bring our people home
✅ Pass Clemency Justice Act
Today marks 100 years since the birth of Malcolm X — Malcolm’s clarity and courage cut through propaganda and fear. He demanded truth, justice, and dignity for his people. He taught us to see clearly, act boldly, and organize fearlessly.
#MalcolmX100 #ByAnyMeansNecessary
#MalcolmX100 #ByAnyMeansNecessary
May 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Today marks 100 years since the birth of Malcolm X — Malcolm’s clarity and courage cut through propaganda and fear. He demanded truth, justice, and dignity for his people. He taught us to see clearly, act boldly, and organize fearlessly.
#MalcolmX100 #ByAnyMeansNecessary
#MalcolmX100 #ByAnyMeansNecessary
🌈 On #IDAHOBIT, we affirm: no one gets left behind. From anti-trans laws to criminalizing migration and survival—these attacks target our right to live and thrive.
We reject fear. We reject borders. We fight for liberation.
@queerdep @bdlinitiative @sparkrjnow @fwdtogether
We reject fear. We reject borders. We fight for liberation.
@queerdep @bdlinitiative @sparkrjnow @fwdtogether
May 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🌈 On #IDAHOBIT, we affirm: no one gets left behind. From anti-trans laws to criminalizing migration and survival—these attacks target our right to live and thrive.
We reject fear. We reject borders. We fight for liberation.
@queerdep @bdlinitiative @sparkrjnow @fwdtogether
We reject fear. We reject borders. We fight for liberation.
@queerdep @bdlinitiative @sparkrjnow @fwdtogether
🌸 This Mother’s Day, we honor the mothers who are detained, and the mothers who fight like hell to bring their children, partners, and loved ones home.
The unnamed activists, the surrogate mothers, the emotional and financial lifelines in the face of detention and deportation.
The unnamed activists, the surrogate mothers, the emotional and financial lifelines in the face of detention and deportation.
May 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
🌸 This Mother’s Day, we honor the mothers who are detained, and the mothers who fight like hell to bring their children, partners, and loved ones home.
The unnamed activists, the surrogate mothers, the emotional and financial lifelines in the face of detention and deportation.
The unnamed activists, the surrogate mothers, the emotional and financial lifelines in the face of detention and deportation.