Kristen Cooper (she/her) 🏳️🌈
@kristencooper.bsky.social
I believe in people before they believe in themselves.
I build what others say can’t be done.
Scaling companies. Redistributing power.
Creating hope where others gave up.
🏳️⚧️ Ally | CEO, The Startup Ladies
@thestartupladies.bsky.social
TheStartupLadies.org
I build what others say can’t be done.
Scaling companies. Redistributing power.
Creating hope where others gave up.
🏳️⚧️ Ally | CEO, The Startup Ladies
@thestartupladies.bsky.social
TheStartupLadies.org
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Hundreds of Hoosiers showed up at the #Indiana statehouse in #Indianapolis today. Every sign raised. Every chant shouted. Every person standing in solidarity—it all matters. The more we show up, the harder it is for them to turn away. To those in office: We see you. We demand action. #protests
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Hoosiers, markers up! Get your signs ready. 🖍️🔥
Monday 12/1 at NOON - Indiana Statehouse. 📍
Tell GOP cowards + #fascist Governor Mike Braun:
🛑 NO gerrymandering.
🛑 NO voter suppression.
Hoosiers aren’t scared of democracy --> they are. 🗳️💥✊
Monday 12/1 at NOON - Indiana Statehouse. 📍
Tell GOP cowards + #fascist Governor Mike Braun:
🛑 NO gerrymandering.
🛑 NO voter suppression.
Hoosiers aren’t scared of democracy --> they are. 🗳️💥✊
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Hoosiers, markers up! Get your signs ready. 🖍️🔥
Monday 12/1 at NOON - Indiana Statehouse. 📍
Tell GOP cowards + #fascist Governor Mike Braun:
🛑 NO gerrymandering.
🛑 NO voter suppression.
Hoosiers aren’t scared of democracy --> they are. 🗳️💥✊
Monday 12/1 at NOON - Indiana Statehouse. 📍
Tell GOP cowards + #fascist Governor Mike Braun:
🛑 NO gerrymandering.
🛑 NO voter suppression.
Hoosiers aren’t scared of democracy --> they are. 🗳️💥✊
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🔥 The heat is intense right now - but nothing is more suffocating than knowing there’s a concentration camp operating in our state. We cannot and will not allow this.
Join us for a critical protest against the “Speedway Slammer” on Sunday, Sept 7, from 5:30–7 PM.
www.mobilize.us/progressived...
Join us for a critical protest against the “Speedway Slammer” on Sunday, Sept 7, from 5:30–7 PM.
www.mobilize.us/progressived...
Protest: Housing Not Concentration Camps! · Progressive Democrats of America
Hard-working Hoosiers are going without necessities, including food and medical care, just to keep a roof over their families' heads. Many full-time workers have found themselves homeless or on the ve...
www.mobilize.us
August 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🔥 The heat is intense right now - but nothing is more suffocating than knowing there’s a concentration camp operating in our state. We cannot and will not allow this.
Join us for a critical protest against the “Speedway Slammer” on Sunday, Sept 7, from 5:30–7 PM.
www.mobilize.us/progressived...
Join us for a critical protest against the “Speedway Slammer” on Sunday, Sept 7, from 5:30–7 PM.
www.mobilize.us/progressived...
This administration and anyone who supports policies like this should be deeply ashamed. No human being contributing to society deserves to be treated as though they belong in a concentration camp. This is morally indefensible and echoes the darkest chapters of history. More people must speak out.
🌽🚫 Do WE want the "Cornfield Clink" in our Hoosier state?
"Last week, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that Camp Atterbury, a military training facility licensed to the Indiana National Guard, will soon be used as an immigrant detention facility."
Read article here: bit.ly/4m7yy0I
"Last week, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that Camp Atterbury, a military training facility licensed to the Indiana National Guard, will soon be used as an immigrant detention facility."
Read article here: bit.ly/4m7yy0I
July 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This administration and anyone who supports policies like this should be deeply ashamed. No human being contributing to society deserves to be treated as though they belong in a concentration camp. This is morally indefensible and echoes the darkest chapters of history. More people must speak out.
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📢 50501 INDIANA: RAGE AGAINST THE REGIME
NO concentration camps in Indiana. NO fascism in our state.
🗓 Saturday, August 2
🕛 Noon
📍 Indiana Statehouse, Indianapolis
Show up. Speak out. We won't be silent while our rights, neighbors, and democracy are under attack. Bring signs. Bring friends.✊🏽
NO concentration camps in Indiana. NO fascism in our state.
🗓 Saturday, August 2
🕛 Noon
📍 Indiana Statehouse, Indianapolis
Show up. Speak out. We won't be silent while our rights, neighbors, and democracy are under attack. Bring signs. Bring friends.✊🏽
July 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
📢 50501 INDIANA: RAGE AGAINST THE REGIME
NO concentration camps in Indiana. NO fascism in our state.
🗓 Saturday, August 2
🕛 Noon
📍 Indiana Statehouse, Indianapolis
Show up. Speak out. We won't be silent while our rights, neighbors, and democracy are under attack. Bring signs. Bring friends.✊🏽
NO concentration camps in Indiana. NO fascism in our state.
🗓 Saturday, August 2
🕛 Noon
📍 Indiana Statehouse, Indianapolis
Show up. Speak out. We won't be silent while our rights, neighbors, and democracy are under attack. Bring signs. Bring friends.✊🏽
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❗CONCENTRATION CAMP COMING TO IN❗
"In a letter sent to Congress last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote that the US Department of Homeland Security would make use of military bases in New Jersey and #Indiana for immigration detention on a “temporary” basis." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"In a letter sent to Congress last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote that the US Department of Homeland Security would make use of military bases in New Jersey and #Indiana for immigration detention on a “temporary” basis." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Awards $1.26 Billion Contract to Build Biggest Immigrant Detention Center in US
Tent camp with 5,000 beds would be the largest such facility in the country, fueling fears of advocates who say they often don’t meet basic needs
www.bloomberg.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
❗CONCENTRATION CAMP COMING TO IN❗
"In a letter sent to Congress last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote that the US Department of Homeland Security would make use of military bases in New Jersey and #Indiana for immigration detention on a “temporary” basis." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"In a letter sent to Congress last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote that the US Department of Homeland Security would make use of military bases in New Jersey and #Indiana for immigration detention on a “temporary” basis." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
RALLY for Transgender youth: Today, Saturday, JULY 12 from noon-2pm at the Indiana statehouse in Indianapolis.
We're rallying in response to the U.S. v. Skrmetti decision allowing state bans on gender-affirming care for trans youth.
July 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
RALLY for Transgender youth: Today, Saturday, JULY 12 from noon-2pm at the Indiana statehouse in Indianapolis.
I'm attending American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana's event, “RALLY for TRANS YOUTH: US v. Skrmetti Response Rally” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/acluin/event...
RALLY for TRANS YOUTH: US v. Skrmetti Response Rally · American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana
Join us on Saturday, July 12th at 12:00-2:00p at the Indiana Statehouse for a mass mobilization in response to the Supreme Court’s dangerous decision that opens the door for state bans on gender-affir...
www.mobilize.us
July 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I'm attending American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana's event, “RALLY for TRANS YOUTH: US v. Skrmetti Response Rally” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/acluin/event...
Will legislators & voters backing Trump's reckless path be ready to fill the ranks AND own the cost? It’s on us to demand leaders who choose peace over war. Call your senators and representatives NOW. Hold them accountable before more lives are lost. (Phone lines are open 24/7.)
June 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Will legislators & voters backing Trump's reckless path be ready to fill the ranks AND own the cost? It’s on us to demand leaders who choose peace over war. Call your senators and representatives NOW. Hold them accountable before more lives are lost. (Phone lines are open 24/7.)
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FREE EVENT! NEW! Community Zone and Vendor Village! Celebration on the Circle is a highlight of Indy Pride Weekend, taking it back to one of the most meaningful traditions in the history of Indianapolis Pride for TWO DAYS. Head to indypride.org/pride-weekend for more.
March 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
FREE EVENT! NEW! Community Zone and Vendor Village! Celebration on the Circle is a highlight of Indy Pride Weekend, taking it back to one of the most meaningful traditions in the history of Indianapolis Pride for TWO DAYS. Head to indypride.org/pride-weekend for more.
Reposted by Kristen Cooper (she/her) 🏳️🌈
June is here, and Indy is bursting with love, color, and community! Check out these can’t-miss events happening around the city to celebrate Pride Month 🏳️🌈💖
Your guide to Pride 2025: Events and celebrations in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — June is Pride Month, and there are numerous activities happening around the city in celebration. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Indy Pride Inc., an organization that hosts events that educate and celebrate Indy’s LGBTQ+ community. Each year, Indy Pride Inc. hosts the Indy Pride Festival in downtown Indianapolis. Below is […]
wishtv.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
June is here, and Indy is bursting with love, color, and community! Check out these can’t-miss events happening around the city to celebrate Pride Month 🏳️🌈💖
Reposted by Kristen Cooper (she/her) 🏳️🌈
Happy #PRIDE to all of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer members of the 50501 community of every gender! We love having you here with us as we continue to organize and protest to protect our democracy and civil rights. Cheers to all #LGBTQ+ Hoosiers throughout Indiana!
June 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
RALLY at the Indianapolis airport is happening RIGHT NOW!
📣 URGENT: PROTEST HAPPENING NOW @ IND AIRPORT 📣
Join @acluindiana.bsky.social, Exodus Refugee, & IN Muslim Advocacy Network. Rally against discriminatory travel ban scheduled to go into effect TODAY! Targeting black & brown countries is not how we make Hoosier communities better.
No ban! No raids!
Join @acluindiana.bsky.social, Exodus Refugee, & IN Muslim Advocacy Network. Rally against discriminatory travel ban scheduled to go into effect TODAY! Targeting black & brown countries is not how we make Hoosier communities better.
No ban! No raids!
June 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
RALLY at the Indianapolis airport is happening RIGHT NOW!
Reposted by Kristen Cooper (she/her) 🏳️🌈
Mexico is suing Google over how it’s labeling the Gulf of Mexico - https://www.theverge.com/news/664796/mexico-lawsuit-google-gulf-of-mexico-america
Mexico is suing Google over how it’s labeling the Gulf of Mexico
Google should only rename the US part of the waters, says Mexico’s President.
www.theverge.com
May 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Mexico is suing Google over how it’s labeling the Gulf of Mexico - https://www.theverge.com/news/664796/mexico-lawsuit-google-gulf-of-mexico-america
Reposted by Kristen Cooper (she/her) 🏳️🌈
"When citizens must think twice about criticizing or opposing the government because they could credibly face government retribution, they no longer live in a full democracy."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
One answer is, we won’t know, any more than than you know when you’ve crossed the event horizon of a black hole. The other answer is, we’ve probably already crossed it, when it comes to authoritarianism.
Levitsky discusses a way out, if it isn’t already too late.
One answer is, we won’t know, any more than than you know when you’ve crossed the event horizon of a black hole. The other answer is, we’ve probably already crossed it, when it comes to authoritarianism.
Levitsky discusses a way out, if it isn’t already too late.
Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
www.nytimes.com
May 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"When citizens must think twice about criticizing or opposing the government because they could credibly face government retribution, they no longer live in a full democracy."
May 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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More than two years after Tyre Nichols died from injuries sustained during a brutal beating after a traffic stop, three former Memphis, Tennessee, police officers have been found not guilty of causing his death. capitalbnews.org/tyre-nichols...
Tyre Nichols Died. A Tennessee Jury Didn’t Convict Three ex-Officers for His Death.
Former Memphis police officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith still face up to 20 years in federal prison.
capitalbnews.org
May 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
More than two years after Tyre Nichols died from injuries sustained during a brutal beating after a traffic stop, three former Memphis, Tennessee, police officers have been found not guilty of causing his death. capitalbnews.org/tyre-nichols...
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🎤 The People Speak is now streaming!
A stunning performance amplifying voices for justice, featuring IU Indy faculty + @senatorhunley.bsky.social.
📺 Watch + share this powerful reminder of what’s at stake.
youtu.be/1_LEkZKXOx4
@50501movement.bsky.social
A stunning performance amplifying voices for justice, featuring IU Indy faculty + @senatorhunley.bsky.social.
📺 Watch + share this powerful reminder of what’s at stake.
youtu.be/1_LEkZKXOx4
@50501movement.bsky.social
The People Speak: Good Trouble, Public Witness, and a Collective Humanity
YouTube video by IU Indianapolis Arts and Humanities Institute
youtu.be
May 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
🎤 The People Speak is now streaming!
A stunning performance amplifying voices for justice, featuring IU Indy faculty + @senatorhunley.bsky.social.
📺 Watch + share this powerful reminder of what’s at stake.
youtu.be/1_LEkZKXOx4
@50501movement.bsky.social
A stunning performance amplifying voices for justice, featuring IU Indy faculty + @senatorhunley.bsky.social.
📺 Watch + share this powerful reminder of what’s at stake.
youtu.be/1_LEkZKXOx4
@50501movement.bsky.social
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Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita chose April Fools' Day to post this—but discrimination is no joke. Now is the time to speak out for LGBTQ+ Hoosiers and make it clear: bigotry has no place in Indiana.
Phone: (317) 232-6201
Email form:
in.accessgov.com/attorneygene...
Phone: (317) 232-6201
Email form:
in.accessgov.com/attorneygene...
April 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita chose April Fools' Day to post this—but discrimination is no joke. Now is the time to speak out for LGBTQ+ Hoosiers and make it clear: bigotry has no place in Indiana.
Phone: (317) 232-6201
Email form:
in.accessgov.com/attorneygene...
Phone: (317) 232-6201
Email form:
in.accessgov.com/attorneygene...
KEEP GOING #CoreyBooker! HE is 22 hours STRONG 💪 standing and talking about issue after issue in regard to how Americans are suffering right now. The psychological and physical fortitude is inspiring. His energy and commitment is giving me tears of joy. Nothing but LOVE for you!!!!!!!! ✊💙🌊
April 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
KEEP GOING #CoreyBooker! HE is 22 hours STRONG 💪 standing and talking about issue after issue in regard to how Americans are suffering right now. The psychological and physical fortitude is inspiring. His energy and commitment is giving me tears of joy. Nothing but LOVE for you!!!!!!!! ✊💙🌊
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TOWN HALL with Rep. Victoria Spartz 🇺🇸
📍 IN District 5 Congresswoman
📅 Friday, March 28 | ⏰ 6-8 PM
📍 IMMI: 18881 IMMI Way, Westfield, IN 46074
🔹 Prepare your questions in advance—be clear and concise.
🔹 More details on our Facebook page: bit.ly/4hN6tsY
#Indiana #TownHall #CivicEngagement
📍 IN District 5 Congresswoman
📅 Friday, March 28 | ⏰ 6-8 PM
📍 IMMI: 18881 IMMI Way, Westfield, IN 46074
🔹 Prepare your questions in advance—be clear and concise.
🔹 More details on our Facebook page: bit.ly/4hN6tsY
#Indiana #TownHall #CivicEngagement
March 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
TOWN HALL with Rep. Victoria Spartz 🇺🇸
📍 IN District 5 Congresswoman
📅 Friday, March 28 | ⏰ 6-8 PM
📍 IMMI: 18881 IMMI Way, Westfield, IN 46074
🔹 Prepare your questions in advance—be clear and concise.
🔹 More details on our Facebook page: bit.ly/4hN6tsY
#Indiana #TownHall #CivicEngagement
📍 IN District 5 Congresswoman
📅 Friday, March 28 | ⏰ 6-8 PM
📍 IMMI: 18881 IMMI Way, Westfield, IN 46074
🔹 Prepare your questions in advance—be clear and concise.
🔹 More details on our Facebook page: bit.ly/4hN6tsY
#Indiana #TownHall #CivicEngagement
This is how it starts.
For women to be taken
Away.
In plain sight,
With no exception,
Without protection,
"Illegally" legal.
If they come for me
Who will defend me?
Or will I be taken away?
Who will be there
to protect you?
I guess you will be taken away?
What happens to us next?
nyti.ms/41MwTGI
For women to be taken
Away.
In plain sight,
With no exception,
Without protection,
"Illegally" legal.
If they come for me
Who will defend me?
Or will I be taken away?
Who will be there
to protect you?
I guess you will be taken away?
What happens to us next?
nyti.ms/41MwTGI
Federal Government Detains International Student at Tufts
The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated, its president said in a late-night email to students and faculty members.
nyti.ms
March 27, 2025 at 4:36 AM
This is how it starts.
For women to be taken
Away.
In plain sight,
With no exception,
Without protection,
"Illegally" legal.
If they come for me
Who will defend me?
Or will I be taken away?
Who will be there
to protect you?
I guess you will be taken away?
What happens to us next?
nyti.ms/41MwTGI
For women to be taken
Away.
In plain sight,
With no exception,
Without protection,
"Illegally" legal.
If they come for me
Who will defend me?
Or will I be taken away?
Who will be there
to protect you?
I guess you will be taken away?
What happens to us next?
nyti.ms/41MwTGI
Reposted by Kristen Cooper (she/her) 🏳️🌈
Video of masked ICE agents surrounding and detaining Rumeysa Ozturk, Tufts PhD student and worker, has now been shared on IG. Please take action against this absurdity!
March 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Video of masked ICE agents surrounding and detaining Rumeysa Ozturk, Tufts PhD student and worker, has now been shared on IG. Please take action against this absurdity!