Monika Watkins✨
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I did it! A long held dream fulfilled.✨ Grateful for all that I have learned about myself on this journey of achievement.✨
Spoke to over 2,000 in attendance on the same stage and auditorium that Dr. King spoke at in 1966. How cool is that?! #Blessed #Graduate #MasterofArts
Spoke to over 2,000 in attendance on the same stage and auditorium that Dr. King spoke at in 1966. How cool is that?! #Blessed #Graduate #MasterofArts
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OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
I did it! A long held dream fulfilled.✨ Grateful for all that I have learned about myself on this journey of achievement.✨
Spoke to over 2,000 in attendance on the same stage and auditorium that Dr. King spoke at in 1966. How cool is that?! #Blessed #Graduate #MasterofArts
Spoke to over 2,000 in attendance on the same stage and auditorium that Dr. King spoke at in 1966. How cool is that?! #Blessed #Graduate #MasterofArts
May 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I did it! A long held dream fulfilled.✨ Grateful for all that I have learned about myself on this journey of achievement.✨
Spoke to over 2,000 in attendance on the same stage and auditorium that Dr. King spoke at in 1966. How cool is that?! #Blessed #Graduate #MasterofArts
Spoke to over 2,000 in attendance on the same stage and auditorium that Dr. King spoke at in 1966. How cool is that?! #Blessed #Graduate #MasterofArts
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Majority of white men voted for Trump. Majority of white women voted for Trump. But it’s Black people need to be booed relentlessly? Respectfully, you got this all fucked up.
barack and michelle obama deserve to be booed relentlessly everywhere they go for their silence in this moment
March 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Majority of white men voted for Trump. Majority of white women voted for Trump. But it’s Black people need to be booed relentlessly? Respectfully, you got this all fucked up.
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Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
March 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
Had the pleasure of hearing Terrance read this/his poem live last week. #Powerful #AmericanSonnet
“I lock you in an American sonnet that is part prison, / Part panic closet, a little room in a house set aflame. / I lock you in a form that is part music box, part meat / Grinder to separate the song of the bird from the bone.” — Terrence Hayes
American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin [“I lock you in an…
I lock you in an American sonnet that is part prison, Part panic closet, a little room in a house set aflame. I lock you in a form that is part music box, part meat Grinder to separate the song of the...
www.poetryfoundation.org
March 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Had the pleasure of hearing Terrance read this/his poem live last week. #Powerful #AmericanSonnet
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Not true. Elon's speaking in the weird, stochastic way he always does and however full of shit he is (very), it's definitely not incoherent to his audience.
It doesn't do our side any favors to pretend these guys are suddenly blundering or have lost the plot when they are clearly winning.
It doesn't do our side any favors to pretend these guys are suddenly blundering or have lost the plot when they are clearly winning.
February 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Not true. Elon's speaking in the weird, stochastic way he always does and however full of shit he is (very), it's definitely not incoherent to his audience.
It doesn't do our side any favors to pretend these guys are suddenly blundering or have lost the plot when they are clearly winning.
It doesn't do our side any favors to pretend these guys are suddenly blundering or have lost the plot when they are clearly winning.
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Bad messaging: We need to educate our constituents so they know we don't have any power.
Good messaging: We will do everything possible to protect our constituents and democracy, we hear their concerns, and we're going to tell them daily how they can help us oppose autocracy.
Good messaging: We will do everything possible to protect our constituents and democracy, we hear their concerns, and we're going to tell them daily how they can help us oppose autocracy.
February 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Bad messaging: We need to educate our constituents so they know we don't have any power.
Good messaging: We will do everything possible to protect our constituents and democracy, we hear their concerns, and we're going to tell them daily how they can help us oppose autocracy.
Good messaging: We will do everything possible to protect our constituents and democracy, we hear their concerns, and we're going to tell them daily how they can help us oppose autocracy.
Somehow I’m following a significant number of prolific cat people on here. I mean every three or four posts is a new cat photo. Not sure how this happened, but I’m not mad at it✨
February 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Somehow I’m following a significant number of prolific cat people on here. I mean every three or four posts is a new cat photo. Not sure how this happened, but I’m not mad at it✨
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This is the way…
“The elected officials in Washington have to stop protesting in Washington. They have to go back to their districts…show the consequences…show the school that isn’t operating…they have to make it real.”
With social media, word will spread to neighboring districts—even red ones.
“The elected officials in Washington have to stop protesting in Washington. They have to go back to their districts…show the consequences…show the school that isn’t operating…they have to make it real.”
With social media, word will spread to neighboring districts—even red ones.
February 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This is the way…
“The elected officials in Washington have to stop protesting in Washington. They have to go back to their districts…show the consequences…show the school that isn’t operating…they have to make it real.”
With social media, word will spread to neighboring districts—even red ones.
“The elected officials in Washington have to stop protesting in Washington. They have to go back to their districts…show the consequences…show the school that isn’t operating…they have to make it real.”
With social media, word will spread to neighboring districts—even red ones.
“I am clear that it can and may become not just worse, but intolerable for many, many people, and that none of us will be immune. That recognition makes it clear to me that there is no option but to fight.” Sherrilyn Ifill
Excellent read 👇🏾 and lots of great resources. #5Calls #SmartNews
Excellent read 👇🏾 and lots of great resources. #5Calls #SmartNews
Yes. “People are doing things. You will meet them when YOU start doing things.”
Lots of information and resources in this one.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Lots of information and resources in this one.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything?
Yes. And You Can Too.
open.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:03 AM
“I am clear that it can and may become not just worse, but intolerable for many, many people, and that none of us will be immune. That recognition makes it clear to me that there is no option but to fight.” Sherrilyn Ifill
Excellent read 👇🏾 and lots of great resources. #5Calls #SmartNews
Excellent read 👇🏾 and lots of great resources. #5Calls #SmartNews
Goodness…✨ #GoEagles
So it’s Hurts’ turn, you understand. Period. open.substack.com/pub/shinebri...
February 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Goodness…✨ #GoEagles
AOC shared a lot of great actionable insights in this live. If you want to know what you can do in this moment, it is worth your time. ✨
Yesterday’s live is now on YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?featur...
February 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
AOC shared a lot of great actionable insights in this live. If you want to know what you can do in this moment, it is worth your time. ✨
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“I think sometimes genre is a code word to keep us in our place as artists, and I just want to encourage people to do what they’re passionate about” - Beyoncé after winning Best Country Album for “Cowboy Carter”
February 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
“I think sometimes genre is a code word to keep us in our place as artists, and I just want to encourage people to do what they’re passionate about” - Beyoncé after winning Best Country Album for “Cowboy Carter”
Happy Black History Month! This is a trailer to a documentary on Harriet Tubman that I recently directed for the National Parks. Hope you enjoy and are inspired!✨ #BlackHistory #DefyDocs #HarrietTubman #NationalParks #MonikaWatkins youtu.be/hx97SeOw1ss?...
Harriet Tubman: Living Legacy
YouTube video by Monika Watkins
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February 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Happy Black History Month! This is a trailer to a documentary on Harriet Tubman that I recently directed for the National Parks. Hope you enjoy and are inspired!✨ #BlackHistory #DefyDocs #HarrietTubman #NationalParks #MonikaWatkins youtu.be/hx97SeOw1ss?...
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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
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One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
January 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
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More than 100 years after its initial review that blamed Black men, the Dept. of Justice just released its report on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”
The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”
DoJ releases its Tulsa race massacre report over 100 years after initial review
DoJ report acknowledges attack ‘was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence’
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
More than 100 years after its initial review that blamed Black men, the Dept. of Justice just released its report on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”
The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”
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Rest in peace, Jimmy Carter. Thank you for being one of the remarkable people who demonstrated that what's often thought of as time for retirement is when some among us reach their prime. Thank you for your feminism, your advocacy for Palestinians, your hands-on Habitat for Humanity work....
December 29, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Rest in peace, Jimmy Carter. Thank you for being one of the remarkable people who demonstrated that what's often thought of as time for retirement is when some among us reach their prime. Thank you for your feminism, your advocacy for Palestinians, your hands-on Habitat for Humanity work....
Bravo, sir! Well done. 👏🏾✨
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, has died
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 100, dies
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at home in Georgia.
www.ajc.com
December 29, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Bravo, sir! Well done. 👏🏾✨
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This moment in Bluesky is a great example of how joy itself can be defiance and resistance.
We are just hanging out, shitposting, being silly, happy, and normal. It is being treated as if it is transgressive, opting out of the endless negativity. Because in a way, it is.
Joy is my favorite weapon.
We are just hanging out, shitposting, being silly, happy, and normal. It is being treated as if it is transgressive, opting out of the endless negativity. Because in a way, it is.
Joy is my favorite weapon.
November 24, 2024 at 10:34 PM
This moment in Bluesky is a great example of how joy itself can be defiance and resistance.
We are just hanging out, shitposting, being silly, happy, and normal. It is being treated as if it is transgressive, opting out of the endless negativity. Because in a way, it is.
Joy is my favorite weapon.
We are just hanging out, shitposting, being silly, happy, and normal. It is being treated as if it is transgressive, opting out of the endless negativity. Because in a way, it is.
Joy is my favorite weapon.
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I made a Black women in tech starter pack because I couldn’t find one and it annoyed me.
go.bsky.app/5upv7SQ
go.bsky.app/5upv7SQ
November 13, 2024 at 9:25 PM
I made a Black women in tech starter pack because I couldn’t find one and it annoyed me.
go.bsky.app/5upv7SQ
go.bsky.app/5upv7SQ
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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
-- Margaret Mead, who died #OTD 1978
-- Margaret Mead, who died #OTD 1978
November 15, 2024 at 1:18 PM
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
-- Margaret Mead, who died #OTD 1978
-- Margaret Mead, who died #OTD 1978
November 15, 2024 at 7:58 PM