Lisa Rider
@lisarider.bsky.social
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” - Ida B. Wells
On This Day in American History: The NAACP was founded in response to racial violence and injustice, becoming the nation’s largest civil rights organization.
#NAACP #EnvironmentalJustice #BecauseOfThemWeCan #CleanWaterForAll #EquityInAction
#NAACP #EnvironmentalJustice #BecauseOfThemWeCan #CleanWaterForAll #EquityInAction
February 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
On This Day in American History: The NAACP was founded in response to racial violence and injustice, becoming the nation’s largest civil rights organization.
#NAACP #EnvironmentalJustice #BecauseOfThemWeCan #CleanWaterForAll #EquityInAction
#NAACP #EnvironmentalJustice #BecauseOfThemWeCan #CleanWaterForAll #EquityInAction
Herman and Quinnetta Manley, better known as Fishman and Mermaid Q, is a testament to incredible resilience.
“Recognizing African American Participation in the North Carolina Seafood Industry”4 p.m. March 9 at Core Sound Waterfowl Museum in Harkers Island, N.C.
bit.ly/AfricanAmerc...
“Recognizing African American Participation in the North Carolina Seafood Industry”4 p.m. March 9 at Core Sound Waterfowl Museum in Harkers Island, N.C.
bit.ly/AfricanAmerc...
February 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Herman and Quinnetta Manley, better known as Fishman and Mermaid Q, is a testament to incredible resilience.
“Recognizing African American Participation in the North Carolina Seafood Industry”4 p.m. March 9 at Core Sound Waterfowl Museum in Harkers Island, N.C.
bit.ly/AfricanAmerc...
“Recognizing African American Participation in the North Carolina Seafood Industry”4 p.m. March 9 at Core Sound Waterfowl Museum in Harkers Island, N.C.
bit.ly/AfricanAmerc...
As Valentine's Day approaches, we urge you to skip out on purchasing balloons for your loved ones.
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Balloons are harmful to wildlife when not disposed of properly and do not belong in our environment.
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Balloons are harmful to wildlife when not disposed of properly and do not belong in our environment.
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February 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
As Valentine's Day approaches, we urge you to skip out on purchasing balloons for your loved ones.
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Balloons are harmful to wildlife when not disposed of properly and do not belong in our environment.
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Balloons are harmful to wildlife when not disposed of properly and do not belong in our environment.
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NC’ first community of formerly enslaved people. Named after Rev. Horace James, these residents built a legacy of resilience and self-determination.Visit or book a tour: www.jamescityhistory.org
#BlackHistory #JamesCityNC #FreedomSeekers #HistoricPreservation #CivilWarHistory #NCHistory #VisitNC
#BlackHistory #JamesCityNC #FreedomSeekers #HistoricPreservation #CivilWarHistory #NCHistory #VisitNC
February 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
NC’ first community of formerly enslaved people. Named after Rev. Horace James, these residents built a legacy of resilience and self-determination.Visit or book a tour: www.jamescityhistory.org
#BlackHistory #JamesCityNC #FreedomSeekers #HistoricPreservation #CivilWarHistory #NCHistory #VisitNC
#BlackHistory #JamesCityNC #FreedomSeekers #HistoricPreservation #CivilWarHistory #NCHistory #VisitNC
On Feb. 1, 1960, 4 NCA&T students (Ezell Blair Jr.,Franklin McCain,Joseph McNeil, &David Richmond) sat at the segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, NC,&refused to leave.Their courage sparked a nationwide movement, proving that direct action drives change. #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory
February 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
On Feb. 1, 1960, 4 NCA&T students (Ezell Blair Jr.,Franklin McCain,Joseph McNeil, &David Richmond) sat at the segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, NC,&refused to leave.Their courage sparked a nationwide movement, proving that direct action drives change. #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory
New book for weekend reads 📚
Required text for #environmentaljustice
#nccu #ellengriffithspears #booksky #books #booksbooksbooks #bookstoread #uncpress #toxics #pcbs #environmentalinjustice #environmentalracism #environmentalapartheid #nonfiction #themoreyouknow #monsanto
Required text for #environmentaljustice
#nccu #ellengriffithspears #booksky #books #booksbooksbooks #bookstoread #uncpress #toxics #pcbs #environmentalinjustice #environmentalracism #environmentalapartheid #nonfiction #themoreyouknow #monsanto
January 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
New book for weekend reads 📚
Required text for #environmentaljustice
#nccu #ellengriffithspears #booksky #books #booksbooksbooks #bookstoread #uncpress #toxics #pcbs #environmentalinjustice #environmentalracism #environmentalapartheid #nonfiction #themoreyouknow #monsanto
Required text for #environmentaljustice
#nccu #ellengriffithspears #booksky #books #booksbooksbooks #bookstoread #uncpress #toxics #pcbs #environmentalinjustice #environmentalracism #environmentalapartheid #nonfiction #themoreyouknow #monsanto
If you haven’t watched Exterminate All the Brutes, now is the time!! 🎥 exposes the brutal legacy of colonialism, genocide,& white supremacy,challenging the narratives that have ignored these truths for too long.
🎞️ : @hbomax
www.hbo.com/exterminate-...
#ExterminateAllTheBrutes #History #RaoulPeck
🎞️ : @hbomax
www.hbo.com/exterminate-...
#ExterminateAllTheBrutes #History #RaoulPeck
January 31, 2025 at 12:25 AM
If you haven’t watched Exterminate All the Brutes, now is the time!! 🎥 exposes the brutal legacy of colonialism, genocide,& white supremacy,challenging the narratives that have ignored these truths for too long.
🎞️ : @hbomax
www.hbo.com/exterminate-...
#ExterminateAllTheBrutes #History #RaoulPeck
🎞️ : @hbomax
www.hbo.com/exterminate-...
#ExterminateAllTheBrutes #History #RaoulPeck
📢 Keeping Justice40 Alive in 2025
Join the conversation-local impact on environmental justice & equity for marginalized communities.
📅 Jan 30 (TOMORROW!)
🕕 6 PM ET
📍 Live on Facebook & YouTube
Register bit.ly/THEGREENAGENDA
#TheGreenAgenda #Justice40 #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateAction #LiveEvent
Join the conversation-local impact on environmental justice & equity for marginalized communities.
📅 Jan 30 (TOMORROW!)
🕕 6 PM ET
📍 Live on Facebook & YouTube
Register bit.ly/THEGREENAGENDA
#TheGreenAgenda #Justice40 #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateAction #LiveEvent
January 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
📢 Keeping Justice40 Alive in 2025
Join the conversation-local impact on environmental justice & equity for marginalized communities.
📅 Jan 30 (TOMORROW!)
🕕 6 PM ET
📍 Live on Facebook & YouTube
Register bit.ly/THEGREENAGENDA
#TheGreenAgenda #Justice40 #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateAction #LiveEvent
Join the conversation-local impact on environmental justice & equity for marginalized communities.
📅 Jan 30 (TOMORROW!)
🕕 6 PM ET
📍 Live on Facebook & YouTube
Register bit.ly/THEGREENAGENDA
#TheGreenAgenda #Justice40 #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateAction #LiveEvent
“Phoenix-like, he will rise up some day and come again.”
Congressman George H. White, the last Black representative from the South during Reconstruction, gave a speech to Congress as Jim Crow laws stripped Black voters rights. www.edchange.org/multicultura...
Credit: @cardinalandpine Billy Ball
Congressman George H. White, the last Black representative from the South during Reconstruction, gave a speech to Congress as Jim Crow laws stripped Black voters rights. www.edchange.org/multicultura...
Credit: @cardinalandpine Billy Ball
January 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“Phoenix-like, he will rise up some day and come again.”
Congressman George H. White, the last Black representative from the South during Reconstruction, gave a speech to Congress as Jim Crow laws stripped Black voters rights. www.edchange.org/multicultura...
Credit: @cardinalandpine Billy Ball
Congressman George H. White, the last Black representative from the South during Reconstruction, gave a speech to Congress as Jim Crow laws stripped Black voters rights. www.edchange.org/multicultura...
Credit: @cardinalandpine Billy Ball
Memories of 📪 from the Palmer Memorial Institute
11 Most Endangered Historic Places-National Trust for Historic Preservation. A beacon of Black excellence, founded by educator & suffragette Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown. Save this treasure: historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/charlotte-hawkins-brown-museum
11 Most Endangered Historic Places-National Trust for Historic Preservation. A beacon of Black excellence, founded by educator & suffragette Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown. Save this treasure: historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/charlotte-hawkins-brown-museum
January 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Memories of 📪 from the Palmer Memorial Institute
11 Most Endangered Historic Places-National Trust for Historic Preservation. A beacon of Black excellence, founded by educator & suffragette Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown. Save this treasure: historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/charlotte-hawkins-brown-museum
11 Most Endangered Historic Places-National Trust for Historic Preservation. A beacon of Black excellence, founded by educator & suffragette Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown. Save this treasure: historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/charlotte-hawkins-brown-museum
🌊 Join me for a powerful conversation on Black Beaches During Segregation!
June 28, 2025 in Jacksonville, NC
💬 Free event (donations encouraged)
Let’s learn, reflect, and celebrate this important history together!
🔗 Register: oceancitync.ejoinme.org
#OceanCityJazzFestival #BlackHistory #CoastalNC
June 28, 2025 in Jacksonville, NC
💬 Free event (donations encouraged)
Let’s learn, reflect, and celebrate this important history together!
🔗 Register: oceancitync.ejoinme.org
#OceanCityJazzFestival #BlackHistory #CoastalNC
January 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🌊 Join me for a powerful conversation on Black Beaches During Segregation!
June 28, 2025 in Jacksonville, NC
💬 Free event (donations encouraged)
Let’s learn, reflect, and celebrate this important history together!
🔗 Register: oceancitync.ejoinme.org
#OceanCityJazzFestival #BlackHistory #CoastalNC
June 28, 2025 in Jacksonville, NC
💬 Free event (donations encouraged)
Let’s learn, reflect, and celebrate this important history together!
🔗 Register: oceancitync.ejoinme.org
#OceanCityJazzFestival #BlackHistory #CoastalNC
📢 Opportunity Alert
The Rangel Undergraduate International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program at Howard University
Apply by Feb. 5, 2025: apply.rangelprogram.org
Details: rangelprogram.org
Eligibility: U.S. citizens, full-time undergrads, 3.2+ GPA.
#Scholarship #HBCU #Opportunity #Undergrad
The Rangel Undergraduate International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program at Howard University
Apply by Feb. 5, 2025: apply.rangelprogram.org
Details: rangelprogram.org
Eligibility: U.S. citizens, full-time undergrads, 3.2+ GPA.
#Scholarship #HBCU #Opportunity #Undergrad
January 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
📢 Opportunity Alert
The Rangel Undergraduate International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program at Howard University
Apply by Feb. 5, 2025: apply.rangelprogram.org
Details: rangelprogram.org
Eligibility: U.S. citizens, full-time undergrads, 3.2+ GPA.
#Scholarship #HBCU #Opportunity #Undergrad
The Rangel Undergraduate International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program at Howard University
Apply by Feb. 5, 2025: apply.rangelprogram.org
Details: rangelprogram.org
Eligibility: U.S. citizens, full-time undergrads, 3.2+ GPA.
#Scholarship #HBCU #Opportunity #Undergrad
Happy Birthday to Bessie Coleman! She broke barriers as the first African-American woman to earn a pilot’s license on June 15, 1921, in France. Facing racism and sexism in the US, her persistence and resilience inspire us all.
#BessieColeman #Trailblazer #BlackHistory #WomenInAviation #BlueSkyVoices
#BessieColeman #Trailblazer #BlackHistory #WomenInAviation #BlueSkyVoices
January 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Happy Birthday to Bessie Coleman! She broke barriers as the first African-American woman to earn a pilot’s license on June 15, 1921, in France. Facing racism and sexism in the US, her persistence and resilience inspire us all.
#BessieColeman #Trailblazer #BlackHistory #WomenInAviation #BlueSkyVoices
#BessieColeman #Trailblazer #BlackHistory #WomenInAviation #BlueSkyVoices
Happy Birthday Angela Davis! 🎉
As a renowned scholar and author, her writings have profoundly shaped discussions on feminism, race, and the criminal justice system. Her legacy continues to inspire the fight for equality, justice, and transformative activism. 📚.
#AngelaDavis #CivilRights #BookSky
As a renowned scholar and author, her writings have profoundly shaped discussions on feminism, race, and the criminal justice system. Her legacy continues to inspire the fight for equality, justice, and transformative activism. 📚.
#AngelaDavis #CivilRights #BookSky
January 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Happy Birthday Angela Davis! 🎉
As a renowned scholar and author, her writings have profoundly shaped discussions on feminism, race, and the criminal justice system. Her legacy continues to inspire the fight for equality, justice, and transformative activism. 📚.
#AngelaDavis #CivilRights #BookSky
As a renowned scholar and author, her writings have profoundly shaped discussions on feminism, race, and the criminal justice system. Her legacy continues to inspire the fight for equality, justice, and transformative activism. 📚.
#AngelaDavis #CivilRights #BookSky
January 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
#SELC said #GreensboroNC, #asheboronc & #reidsville are getting PAID by polluting companies for the right to discharge 1,4 DIOXANE, PFAS and other carcinogenic chemicals into our water supply. SO - who is getting paid in #JamestownNC? Here’s “THE LIST” —> thejamestowner9.com/water-qualit...
January 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
#SELC said #GreensboroNC, #asheboronc & #reidsville are getting PAID by polluting companies for the right to discharge 1,4 DIOXANE, PFAS and other carcinogenic chemicals into our water supply. SO - who is getting paid in #JamestownNC? Here’s “THE LIST” —> thejamestowner9.com/water-qualit...
🎺 Soundtrack to a Coup d’État takes us deep into the 1960 Congo Crisis and Lumumba’s assassination, blending jazz, archival footage, and text to show how art and activism shaped a pivotal era-during Africa’s decolonization.🎷
#Jazz #Lumumba #SoundtrackToACoupDetat #FilmSky #Documentary #WatchThis
#Jazz #Lumumba #SoundtrackToACoupDetat #FilmSky #Documentary #WatchThis
January 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
🎺 Soundtrack to a Coup d’État takes us deep into the 1960 Congo Crisis and Lumumba’s assassination, blending jazz, archival footage, and text to show how art and activism shaped a pivotal era-during Africa’s decolonization.🎷
#Jazz #Lumumba #SoundtrackToACoupDetat #FilmSky #Documentary #WatchThis
#Jazz #Lumumba #SoundtrackToACoupDetat #FilmSky #Documentary #WatchThis
📚 Dumping in Dixie by Dr. Robert Bullard
📖 Bullard’s work is a powerful reminder that environmental issues are deeply tied to social justice.
💡 Learn how race, class, and activism shape environmental justice and the fight for equity in policy and action.
#EnvironmentalJustice #BookSky #BooksToRead
📖 Bullard’s work is a powerful reminder that environmental issues are deeply tied to social justice.
💡 Learn how race, class, and activism shape environmental justice and the fight for equity in policy and action.
#EnvironmentalJustice #BookSky #BooksToRead
January 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
📚 Dumping in Dixie by Dr. Robert Bullard
📖 Bullard’s work is a powerful reminder that environmental issues are deeply tied to social justice.
💡 Learn how race, class, and activism shape environmental justice and the fight for equity in policy and action.
#EnvironmentalJustice #BookSky #BooksToRead
📖 Bullard’s work is a powerful reminder that environmental issues are deeply tied to social justice.
💡 Learn how race, class, and activism shape environmental justice and the fight for equity in policy and action.
#EnvironmentalJustice #BookSky #BooksToRead
Frida and Freya - Snow Bunnies 🐾❤️
January 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Frida and Freya - Snow Bunnies 🐾❤️