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Julie M Creates (they/them)
@juliemcreates.bsky.social
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a disabled & queer educator dreaming, creating, & organizing for a better world.🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♿️🇮🇳
📍Potawatomi land
https://juliemcreates.com/
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I don't remember what specifically prompted me to create this in Dec 2023, but I am very grateful that I had the opportunity to give a print of it to @thrasherxy.bsky.social last fall & it continues to hold true ❤️
A blurry red and green background. White boxy letters read: "You will never regret speaking up for Palestine."
February 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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grateful for this offering from Assata Shakur 💜
A dark blue sky has clouds at the bottom of the digital drawing. In white text, it reads: “R/evolution means protecting the people. The plants. The animals. The air. The water. R/evolution means saving this planet. R/evolution is love. -Assata Shakur”
February 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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i've been returning to this question from @eveewing.bsky.social as we see increased attacks against education & teachers ( & as extensively traced in her new book!) 💙
A blue and purple background has digital drawings and text. In white it reads, “when you have that moment of finding out about a devastating piece of history and you realize that you never heard about it before, my question is always: who is invested in your not knowing?” -Eve L. Ewing. At the top, there is a drawing of the US fracturing into pieces with shackles, a grave, forceps, and a test tube. At the bottom, there is a stack of books, a university building, and a police badge.
February 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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migrating some of my art to bsky - always grounded by this question from @prisonculture.bsky.social 💛
A sketchbook is open on a table with pens and a paintbrush. The open page has a dark yellow background. "When something can't be fixed the then the question is what can we build instead?" - Mariame Kaba is written in black and white across the page. A police car and the Supreme Court are both drawn in black ink with flames coming out of them at the top of the page, and blossoming flowers and plants are drawn in black and white ink at the bottom.
February 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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happy valentine’s day to all my CC cuties!! so grateful for everyone who continues to make their communities safer by masking 😷💛

(& shoutout to the cutest CC of all, my wife 🥰🥰🥰)
A digital drawing with a beige background. Red bubble letters read: “mask 4 mask” with cursive text under that says: “because community care is HOT!” Beneath is a drawing of two blobs, one orange and one purple, with long legs and masks holding hands.
February 15, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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one act of care is supporting those in Gaza asking for funds, such as Duaa & her family. hoping you can support Duaa & others this year, financially or otherwise ❤️‍🔥

www.gofundme.com/f/help-duaa-...
A digital drawing of a collection of vines, leaves, and flowers against a black background above a family. The vines are green and the flowers are dark red, blue, and mustard yellow with white line drawings over theme. The family is black line drawings over a yellow background with flowers blooming behind them. The family includes a man in a collared shirt, a hijabi woman, a teenage boy, and three girls, the youngest of whom is a toddler. White text reads: SUPPORT DUAA'S FAMILY. Leaves connecting to the family have their names: Yazan, Amar, Razan, Duaa, Juri, Siwar.
January 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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we - all people on earth, our oppressions and our liberation, our pasts and our futures - are all connected. in this new year, let us continue to fight against interconnected systems of oppressions and move closer to our collective liberation.
A digital drawing of a collection of vines, leaves, and flowers against a black background. The vines are green and the flowers are dark red, blue, and mustard yellow with white line drawings over theme. All of the vines, flowers, and leaves are connected to each other. Scattered along the vines are white handwritten capital letters reading WE ARE ALL CONNECTED.
January 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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now available - stickers to show solidarity from Chicago to Palestine! limited supplies and availability, so order by Saturday! 100% of profits will go to Palestine Red Crescent Society and I'll post receipts on Sunday for transparency. 💛🇵🇸
www.juliemcreates.com/shop/p/chica...
A light blue background has text around two stickers. The text on top reads: "STICKER FUNDRAISER." The sticker on the left is a drawing of the stone lion outside the Art Institute in Chicago wearing a keffiyeh. The sticker on the right is the same lion wearing a keffiyeh with a Chicago flag and a Palestine flag. Underneath, in red, black, and green text, it reads: CHICAGO TO PALESTINE / Closes Saturday, October 28th!
October 26, 2023 at 3:07 AM
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the dehumanizing rhetoric that politicians & journalists are employing against Palestinians is horrific. we must resist efforts to normalize mass killing & disregard the preciousness of each life. dehumanization & genocidal violence go hand in hand, & we must reject it all.
A white line drawing of Palestine colored green with Gaza in white. It is surrounded by red, green, and black flowers with white details. Above and below the drawings, white text reads: "where life is precious, LIFE IS PRECIOUS. -Ruth Wilson Gilmore"
October 17, 2023 at 3:02 AM
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i've been working on this poster for the fair since august, and the connections between our movements for liberation have helped ground me as we witness state-sanctioned violence around the world. i hope it might spark ideas from others. i'm excited to come together next month.
A drawing of a world map with smaller scenes around it against a purple background;. In the upper left, white text: "OUR FIGHT IS ONE: DISMANTLING US IMPERIALISM, TEACHING FOR SOLIDARITY." Five scenes are scattered in circles around the map with posters and lines connected back to the map. In a circle, a group of figures protest with "Black Lives Matter" & "Don't Strangle Zambia" signs. In another circle, an olive tree with signs: "You are on stolen land," "Free Palestine," "Land Back," & "Whatungarongaro te tangata toitū te whenua." Floating signs that read, "No one is illegal," "demilitarize our schools," & "fund communities, not war." A circle of palm trees in front of Mauna Kea is surrounded by signs: "US Bases out now!!," "Fanohge," "Protect Mauna Kea," "Road closed due to desecration," & "No war" with Uchinaaguchi text. Last circle is a forest with signs: "Forest defense is self defense," "Water is Life," "Welcome to Weelaunee," & "Amazônia é do povo." Lines connect them all.
October 14, 2023 at 12:58 AM
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i hope fellow educators and organizers in chicago can make it to the Teachers for Social Justice curriculum fair next month! this theme was decided in the summer and feels so important to explore and organize around in this moment. register: www.eventbrite.com/e/teachers-f...
A dark purple background with white text and white rectangles with black borders and black text. It reads: "Teachers for Social Justice presents / THE 18TH TEACHING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE CURRICULUM FAIR / co-sponsored by Rethinking Schools / OUR FIGHT IS ONE: DISMANTLING U.S. IMPERIALISM, TEACHING FOR SOLIDARITY / Westinghouse High School / 3223 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago, IL / Saturday, November 11, 2023 / 10am-4pm / featuring speakers, resources, curriculum, workshops, cultural performances / childcare, PDHs, Spanish and ASL translation available / MASKS REQUIRED!"
October 14, 2023 at 12:49 AM