Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali
@mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social
I've Always Loved The Idea Of Not Being What People Expect Me To Be! Be You, Be Authentic, Be Powerful, Be Woke & Be Original. Former Senior Leader @EPA + @UCS + @HipHopCaucus✊🏾Policy Expert, ClimateJustice Gladiator, Artivist, Poet, Frequent TV Commentator
Simple Truths: “Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”
— James Baldwin
— James Baldwin
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Simple Truths: “Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”
— James Baldwin
— James Baldwin
“Zohran Mamdani didn’t just win New York—he reminded it who it belongs to: the working class, the dreamers, the unseen & unheard, the ones who never stopped believing justice could live here.” ~ Mustafa Santiago Ali
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
“Zohran Mamdani didn’t just win New York—he reminded it who it belongs to: the working class, the dreamers, the unseen & unheard, the ones who never stopped believing justice could live here.” ~ Mustafa Santiago Ali
Get in good trouble, necessary trouble! “A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few. Ignoring these cries and failing to respond to this movement is simply not an option — for peace cannot exist where justice is not served.” — John Lewis
#NoKings
#NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Get in good trouble, necessary trouble! “A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few. Ignoring these cries and failing to respond to this movement is simply not an option — for peace cannot exist where justice is not served.” — John Lewis
#NoKings
#NoKings
“No one is born racist — hate is taught, not inherited. Break the cycle and stop passing down the sins of your bigotry to the next generation. ©️MustafaSantiagoAli #Resister @rolandsmartin.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
“No one is born racist — hate is taught, not inherited. Break the cycle and stop passing down the sins of your bigotry to the next generation. ©️MustafaSantiagoAli #Resister @rolandsmartin.bsky.social
Simple Truths: "Show respect to all people, but grovel to none." – Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota
October 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Simple Truths: "Show respect to all people, but grovel to none." – Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota
When the government shuts down, it’s not politicians who suffer — it’s workers, families, and fragile futures. My new op-ed tells the story of who’s being sacrificed and why this pain is no accident. #Resister #ProudBlue #BlackSky
Read Here: 👉🏾 wordinblack.com/2025/10/the-...
Read Here: 👉🏾 wordinblack.com/2025/10/the-...
October 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
When the government shuts down, it’s not politicians who suffer — it’s workers, families, and fragile futures. My new op-ed tells the story of who’s being sacrificed and why this pain is no accident. #Resister #ProudBlue #BlackSky
Read Here: 👉🏾 wordinblack.com/2025/10/the-...
Read Here: 👉🏾 wordinblack.com/2025/10/the-...
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” ~ Jane Goodall
Rest in Peace my friend 🙏🏽
Rest in Peace my friend 🙏🏽
October 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” ~ Jane Goodall
Rest in Peace my friend 🙏🏽
Rest in Peace my friend 🙏🏽
Simple Truths: “Government shutdowns - reveal the cruelty of power disguised as strategy — a cold calculus that trades human need for political gain.”
©️MustafaSantiagoAli
©️MustafaSantiagoAli
October 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Simple Truths: “Government shutdowns - reveal the cruelty of power disguised as strategy — a cold calculus that trades human need for political gain.”
©️MustafaSantiagoAli
©️MustafaSantiagoAli
Do evil.
Speak evil.
Live evil.
Darkness always calls you back home.
©️MustafaSantiagoAli
Speak evil.
Live evil.
Darkness always calls you back home.
©️MustafaSantiagoAli
September 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Do evil.
Speak evil.
Live evil.
Darkness always calls you back home.
©️MustafaSantiagoAli
Speak evil.
Live evil.
Darkness always calls you back home.
©️MustafaSantiagoAli
Simple Truths: “Call hate from the shadows and it will nod like a servant — until it turns, and devours its master first.”
©️MustafaSantiagoAli
©️MustafaSantiagoAli
September 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Simple Truths: “Call hate from the shadows and it will nod like a servant — until it turns, and devours its master first.”
©️MustafaSantiagoAli
©️MustafaSantiagoAli
"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything."
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
September 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything."
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
— FREE DC —
we. are. not. a. colony.
not your backdrop for war games
or Black pain on replay.
no more taxes
with no voice.
no more boots
to stomp our choice.
from malcolm’s park
to plaza’s flame—
the streets be shoutin
our true name.
this ain’t chaos.
this clarity.
not a riot—
but a prophecy.
we. are. not. a. colony.
not your backdrop for war games
or Black pain on replay.
no more taxes
with no voice.
no more boots
to stomp our choice.
from malcolm’s park
to plaza’s flame—
the streets be shoutin
our true name.
this ain’t chaos.
this clarity.
not a riot—
but a prophecy.
September 7, 2025 at 4:09 AM
— FREE DC —
we. are. not. a. colony.
not your backdrop for war games
or Black pain on replay.
no more taxes
with no voice.
no more boots
to stomp our choice.
from malcolm’s park
to plaza’s flame—
the streets be shoutin
our true name.
this ain’t chaos.
this clarity.
not a riot—
but a prophecy.
we. are. not. a. colony.
not your backdrop for war games
or Black pain on replay.
no more taxes
with no voice.
no more boots
to stomp our choice.
from malcolm’s park
to plaza’s flame—
the streets be shoutin
our true name.
this ain’t chaos.
this clarity.
not a riot—
but a prophecy.
Simple Truths: “Activism is my rent for living on the planet”
~Alice Walker
~Alice Walker
September 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Simple Truths: “Activism is my rent for living on the planet”
~Alice Walker
~Alice Walker
— Epstein Survivors Speak—
they called it scandal.
we called it rape.
he flew first class,
we prayed escape.
the cameras flashed,
they turned their backs.
girls in chains
while men made stacks.
america shrugged.
power grinned.
but we remember
everything.
©️MustafaSantiagoAli
#EpsteinFiles
they called it scandal.
we called it rape.
he flew first class,
we prayed escape.
the cameras flashed,
they turned their backs.
girls in chains
while men made stacks.
america shrugged.
power grinned.
but we remember
everything.
©️MustafaSantiagoAli
#EpsteinFiles
September 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
— Epstein Survivors Speak—
they called it scandal.
we called it rape.
he flew first class,
we prayed escape.
the cameras flashed,
they turned their backs.
girls in chains
while men made stacks.
america shrugged.
power grinned.
but we remember
everything.
©️MustafaSantiagoAli
#EpsteinFiles
they called it scandal.
we called it rape.
he flew first class,
we prayed escape.
the cameras flashed,
they turned their backs.
girls in chains
while men made stacks.
america shrugged.
power grinned.
but we remember
everything.
©️MustafaSantiagoAli
#EpsteinFiles
"Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in this world,
but it has not solved one yet."
— Maya Angelou
#Resister #ProudBlue
but it has not solved one yet."
— Maya Angelou
#Resister #ProudBlue
August 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in this world,
but it has not solved one yet."
— Maya Angelou
#Resister #ProudBlue
but it has not solved one yet."
— Maya Angelou
#Resister #ProudBlue
“Listen”
how many prayers
must we stack
before the ceiling cracks?
how many babies
must we bury
before the ground
refuses us?
stop calling it tragedy
when it’s policy.
stop calling it freedom
when our children
are the collateral.
we deserve a country
that loves them enough
to keep them alive.
how many prayers
must we stack
before the ceiling cracks?
how many babies
must we bury
before the ground
refuses us?
stop calling it tragedy
when it’s policy.
stop calling it freedom
when our children
are the collateral.
we deserve a country
that loves them enough
to keep them alive.
August 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Listen”
how many prayers
must we stack
before the ceiling cracks?
how many babies
must we bury
before the ground
refuses us?
stop calling it tragedy
when it’s policy.
stop calling it freedom
when our children
are the collateral.
we deserve a country
that loves them enough
to keep them alive.
how many prayers
must we stack
before the ceiling cracks?
how many babies
must we bury
before the ground
refuses us?
stop calling it tragedy
when it’s policy.
stop calling it freedom
when our children
are the collateral.
we deserve a country
that loves them enough
to keep them alive.
Slavery was nothing less than physical & psychological trauma—built on sex trafficking and rape, on brutalization & the destruction of families, on cultural erasure & economic exploitation. It gave rise to institutionalized racism, stole futures, corrupted morals, entrenched generational inequity,👇🏾
August 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Slavery was nothing less than physical & psychological trauma—built on sex trafficking and rape, on brutalization & the destruction of families, on cultural erasure & economic exploitation. It gave rise to institutionalized racism, stole futures, corrupted morals, entrenched generational inequity,👇🏾
“The was no bright side to slavery—only trauma, rape, destruction of families, and stolen futures; anyone who says otherwise is siding with the devil.”©️MustafaSantiagoAli
August 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“The was no bright side to slavery—only trauma, rape, destruction of families, and stolen futures; anyone who says otherwise is siding with the devil.”©️MustafaSantiagoAli
Simple Truths: "If you're not careful, the media will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X
August 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Simple Truths: "If you're not careful, the media will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X
“Every day I wake to see another so-called leader bow down, kiss the ring, and sell their soul—and I hear Dr. King in my head: In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
August 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“Every day I wake to see another so-called leader bow down, kiss the ring, and sell their soul—and I hear Dr. King in my head: In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
“for barack, who dared the sky”
you wore your Black like a morning suit—
creased with hope, stitched in fire,
made the mic a pulpit
and the White House a choir.
they called it impossible.
you called it tuesday.
made yes we can
sound like truth on a school day.
your walk?
pure South Side sermon.👇🏾
you wore your Black like a morning suit—
creased with hope, stitched in fire,
made the mic a pulpit
and the White House a choir.
they called it impossible.
you called it tuesday.
made yes we can
sound like truth on a school day.
your walk?
pure South Side sermon.👇🏾
August 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
“for barack, who dared the sky”
you wore your Black like a morning suit—
creased with hope, stitched in fire,
made the mic a pulpit
and the White House a choir.
they called it impossible.
you called it tuesday.
made yes we can
sound like truth on a school day.
your walk?
pure South Side sermon.👇🏾
you wore your Black like a morning suit—
creased with hope, stitched in fire,
made the mic a pulpit
and the White House a choir.
they called it impossible.
you called it tuesday.
made yes we can
sound like truth on a school day.
your walk?
pure South Side sermon.👇🏾
Protecting women & girls from sex trafficking, pedophilia + abuse should never be political. It’s about justice. It’s about truth. Release the full #EpsteinFiles. No more silence. Do you agree?
August 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Protecting women & girls from sex trafficking, pedophilia + abuse should never be political. It’s about justice. It’s about truth. Release the full #EpsteinFiles. No more silence. Do you agree?
“the good ones die too young”
[For My Bro Malcolm-Jamal Warner]
they say time heals
but time been lyin’—
been stretchin’ out grief
like old jazz cryin’
on a dusty record player
in a room that don’t forget.
you walked like purpose,
talked like poems,
wore your skin like scripture—
[For My Bro Malcolm-Jamal Warner]
they say time heals
but time been lyin’—
been stretchin’ out grief
like old jazz cryin’
on a dusty record player
in a room that don’t forget.
you walked like purpose,
talked like poems,
wore your skin like scripture—
July 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
“the good ones die too young”
[For My Bro Malcolm-Jamal Warner]
they say time heals
but time been lyin’—
been stretchin’ out grief
like old jazz cryin’
on a dusty record player
in a room that don’t forget.
you walked like purpose,
talked like poems,
wore your skin like scripture—
[For My Bro Malcolm-Jamal Warner]
they say time heals
but time been lyin’—
been stretchin’ out grief
like old jazz cryin’
on a dusty record player
in a room that don’t forget.
you walked like purpose,
talked like poems,
wore your skin like scripture—
“the way to sesame”
you ask me, child,
how to get to sesame street—
where colors danced
and kindness had feet,
where the alphabet sang
and monsters were sweet,
where every soft soul
had a front-row seat.
but they cut the cords,
closed the gate,
turned laughter
into a budget debate.👇🏾
you ask me, child,
how to get to sesame street—
where colors danced
and kindness had feet,
where the alphabet sang
and monsters were sweet,
where every soft soul
had a front-row seat.
but they cut the cords,
closed the gate,
turned laughter
into a budget debate.👇🏾
July 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
“the way to sesame”
you ask me, child,
how to get to sesame street—
where colors danced
and kindness had feet,
where the alphabet sang
and monsters were sweet,
where every soft soul
had a front-row seat.
but they cut the cords,
closed the gate,
turned laughter
into a budget debate.👇🏾
you ask me, child,
how to get to sesame street—
where colors danced
and kindness had feet,
where the alphabet sang
and monsters were sweet,
where every soft soul
had a front-row seat.
but they cut the cords,
closed the gate,
turned laughter
into a budget debate.👇🏾