Paula Lehman-Ewing
@rtronblue.bsky.social
🌍 Activist | Author | Advocate
📚 Exploring history & revolution through writing
🖋️ Book lover & Political commentator
Learn more at ReimaginingtheRevolution.com
📚 Exploring history & revolution through writing
🖋️ Book lover & Political commentator
Learn more at ReimaginingtheRevolution.com
I launched CO Justice Advocate (COJA) to build a bridge between advocacy and storytelling — helping others shape narratives that move people to action. We’re now offering website design and content creation services for purpose-driven projects.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I launched CO Justice Advocate (COJA) to build a bridge between advocacy and storytelling — helping others shape narratives that move people to action. We’re now offering website design and content creation services for purpose-driven projects.
✉️ DM to collaborate | 🌐 paulaewing.com
✉️ DM to collaborate | 🌐 paulaewing.com
New #prisonart drop!
“The Death of Freedom” is a haunting new piece from incarcerated artist Scotty Scott—where power, punishment, and hypocrisy collide.
Prints now available at reimaginingtherevolu... 🎨🕊️
#ArtAsResistance #PrisonArt #ScottysVision
“The Death of Freedom” is a haunting new piece from incarcerated artist Scotty Scott—where power, punishment, and hypocrisy collide.
Prints now available at reimaginingtherevolu... 🎨🕊️
#ArtAsResistance #PrisonArt #ScottysVision
October 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
New #prisonart drop!
“The Death of Freedom” is a haunting new piece from incarcerated artist Scotty Scott—where power, punishment, and hypocrisy collide.
Prints now available at reimaginingtherevolu... 🎨🕊️
#ArtAsResistance #PrisonArt #ScottysVision
“The Death of Freedom” is a haunting new piece from incarcerated artist Scotty Scott—where power, punishment, and hypocrisy collide.
Prints now available at reimaginingtherevolu... 🎨🕊️
#ArtAsResistance #PrisonArt #ScottysVision
As we mourn Assata’s passing, her words remain a call to action: freedom is won through struggle, not granted by oppressors. Her legacy challenges us to keep pushing for liberation on our own terms.
#WisdomWednesday #AssataShakur #Liberation
#WisdomWednesday #AssataShakur #Liberation
October 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
As we mourn Assata’s passing, her words remain a call to action: freedom is won through struggle, not granted by oppressors. Her legacy challenges us to keep pushing for liberation on our own terms.
#WisdomWednesday #AssataShakur #Liberation
#WisdomWednesday #AssataShakur #Liberation
✨ New in the store: Scotty’s Vision art prints ✨
Scotty's work as an incarcerated artist shines with resilience, creativity, and defiance against erasure. 100% of proceeds go to the artist for supplies.
reimaginingtherevolu...
This is more than art. It’s resistance. It’s survival. It’s vision.
Scotty's work as an incarcerated artist shines with resilience, creativity, and defiance against erasure. 100% of proceeds go to the artist for supplies.
reimaginingtherevolu...
This is more than art. It’s resistance. It’s survival. It’s vision.
September 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
✨ New in the store: Scotty’s Vision art prints ✨
Scotty's work as an incarcerated artist shines with resilience, creativity, and defiance against erasure. 100% of proceeds go to the artist for supplies.
reimaginingtherevolu...
This is more than art. It’s resistance. It’s survival. It’s vision.
Scotty's work as an incarcerated artist shines with resilience, creativity, and defiance against erasure. 100% of proceeds go to the artist for supplies.
reimaginingtherevolu...
This is more than art. It’s resistance. It’s survival. It’s vision.
The world has lost a revolutionary voice. Assata Shakur’s 78 years were marked by struggle, exile, and defiance. Her legacy continues to inspire movements for justice and freedom. Rest in power. 👑
September 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The world has lost a revolutionary voice. Assata Shakur’s 78 years were marked by struggle, exile, and defiance. Her legacy continues to inspire movements for justice and freedom. Rest in power. 👑
📅 #OTD – Sept 23, 1957
Two weeks after being turned away by the Arkansas National Guard, the Little Rock Nine returned to Central High School under federal protection.
They faced spitting mobs, death threats, and daily harassment just to walk through a school door.
#LittleRockNine #BlackHistory
Two weeks after being turned away by the Arkansas National Guard, the Little Rock Nine returned to Central High School under federal protection.
They faced spitting mobs, death threats, and daily harassment just to walk through a school door.
#LittleRockNine #BlackHistory
September 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
📅 #OTD – Sept 23, 1957
Two weeks after being turned away by the Arkansas National Guard, the Little Rock Nine returned to Central High School under federal protection.
They faced spitting mobs, death threats, and daily harassment just to walk through a school door.
#LittleRockNine #BlackHistory
Two weeks after being turned away by the Arkansas National Guard, the Little Rock Nine returned to Central High School under federal protection.
They faced spitting mobs, death threats, and daily harassment just to walk through a school door.
#LittleRockNine #BlackHistory
📅 #OTD – Sept 18, 1895
Booker T. Washington delivered his famous Atlanta Exposition speech—calling for Black economic uplift and racial cooperation.
The line “cast down your bucket where you are” would be celebrated by some, criticized by others, and debated for generations.
#Atlanta #BlackHistory
Booker T. Washington delivered his famous Atlanta Exposition speech—calling for Black economic uplift and racial cooperation.
The line “cast down your bucket where you are” would be celebrated by some, criticized by others, and debated for generations.
#Atlanta #BlackHistory
September 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
📅 #OTD – Sept 18, 1895
Booker T. Washington delivered his famous Atlanta Exposition speech—calling for Black economic uplift and racial cooperation.
The line “cast down your bucket where you are” would be celebrated by some, criticized by others, and debated for generations.
#Atlanta #BlackHistory
Booker T. Washington delivered his famous Atlanta Exposition speech—calling for Black economic uplift and racial cooperation.
The line “cast down your bucket where you are” would be celebrated by some, criticized by others, and debated for generations.
#Atlanta #BlackHistory
Cabral was a revolutionary leader who organized anti-colonial liberation movements in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. His legacy is a blueprint for principled struggle—one rooted in truth, strategy, and collective power. #WisdomWednesday #AmilcarCabral #LiberationIsHonestWork
September 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Cabral was a revolutionary leader who organized anti-colonial liberation movements in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. His legacy is a blueprint for principled struggle—one rooted in truth, strategy, and collective power. #WisdomWednesday #AmilcarCabral #LiberationIsHonestWork
Thousands of kids—disproportionately Black, Brown, and poor—are locked up for things that could be handled in schools or communities.
#YouthJustice #EndYouthPrisons #AbolitionNow #DidYouKnow
#YouthJustice #EndYouthPrisons #AbolitionNow #DidYouKnow
September 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Thousands of kids—disproportionately Black, Brown, and poor—are locked up for things that could be handled in schools or communities.
#YouthJustice #EndYouthPrisons #AbolitionNow #DidYouKnow
#YouthJustice #EndYouthPrisons #AbolitionNow #DidYouKnow
Safety isn't about who shows up with badges and guns.
Elizabeth Hinton reminds us that real safety is clean water, decent housing, and a well-informed public.
#WisdomWednesday #PublicSafety #AbolitionNow #AmericaOnFire
Elizabeth Hinton reminds us that real safety is clean water, decent housing, and a well-informed public.
#WisdomWednesday #PublicSafety #AbolitionNow #AmericaOnFire
September 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Safety isn't about who shows up with badges and guns.
Elizabeth Hinton reminds us that real safety is clean water, decent housing, and a well-informed public.
#WisdomWednesday #PublicSafety #AbolitionNow #AmericaOnFire
Elizabeth Hinton reminds us that real safety is clean water, decent housing, and a well-informed public.
#WisdomWednesday #PublicSafety #AbolitionNow #AmericaOnFire
📅 On This Day – Sept 9, 2016
Incarcerated people in over 20 states launched the largest prison strike in U.S. history—refusing to work and demanding an end to prison slavery.
They chose this date to honor the 1971 Attica uprising.
#OTD #PrisonStrike #AtticaUprising #13thAmendment #BlackAugust
Incarcerated people in over 20 states launched the largest prison strike in U.S. history—refusing to work and demanding an end to prison slavery.
They chose this date to honor the 1971 Attica uprising.
#OTD #PrisonStrike #AtticaUprising #13thAmendment #BlackAugust
September 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
📅 On This Day – Sept 9, 2016
Incarcerated people in over 20 states launched the largest prison strike in U.S. history—refusing to work and demanding an end to prison slavery.
They chose this date to honor the 1971 Attica uprising.
#OTD #PrisonStrike #AtticaUprising #13thAmendment #BlackAugust
Incarcerated people in over 20 states launched the largest prison strike in U.S. history—refusing to work and demanding an end to prison slavery.
They chose this date to honor the 1971 Attica uprising.
#OTD #PrisonStrike #AtticaUprising #13thAmendment #BlackAugust
🎉 Happy Birthday, Claudette Colvin!
Born #OTD in 1939, she was just 15 when she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus—months before Rosa Parks.
Too often left out of the story, Claudette's courage helped launch a movement.
#ClaudetteColvin #BlackHistory #CivilRights #UnsungHeroes
Born #OTD in 1939, she was just 15 when she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus—months before Rosa Parks.
Too often left out of the story, Claudette's courage helped launch a movement.
#ClaudetteColvin #BlackHistory #CivilRights #UnsungHeroes
September 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🎉 Happy Birthday, Claudette Colvin!
Born #OTD in 1939, she was just 15 when she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus—months before Rosa Parks.
Too often left out of the story, Claudette's courage helped launch a movement.
#ClaudetteColvin #BlackHistory #CivilRights #UnsungHeroes
Born #OTD in 1939, she was just 15 when she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus—months before Rosa Parks.
Too often left out of the story, Claudette's courage helped launch a movement.
#ClaudetteColvin #BlackHistory #CivilRights #UnsungHeroes
No one should be criminalized for seeking safety.
Borders divide.
Care connects.
#NoHumanIsIllegal #AbolishICE #ThisVsThat
Borders divide.
Care connects.
#NoHumanIsIllegal #AbolishICE #ThisVsThat
September 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
No one should be criminalized for seeking safety.
Borders divide.
Care connects.
#NoHumanIsIllegal #AbolishICE #ThisVsThat
Borders divide.
Care connects.
#NoHumanIsIllegal #AbolishICE #ThisVsThat
We’re not handed justice—we fight for it.
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor reminds us that every inch of progress has been won by movements, not mercy.
#WisdomWednesday #BlackLiberation #MovementHistory #KeeangaYamahttaTaylor
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor reminds us that every inch of progress has been won by movements, not mercy.
#WisdomWednesday #BlackLiberation #MovementHistory #KeeangaYamahttaTaylor
September 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
We’re not handed justice—we fight for it.
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor reminds us that every inch of progress has been won by movements, not mercy.
#WisdomWednesday #BlackLiberation #MovementHistory #KeeangaYamahttaTaylor
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor reminds us that every inch of progress has been won by movements, not mercy.
#WisdomWednesday #BlackLiberation #MovementHistory #KeeangaYamahttaTaylor
We’re funding surveillance over support. That’s not safety. That’s criminalizing kids.
#DidYouKnow #CounselorsNotCops #EducationJustice #AbolitionNow
#DidYouKnow #CounselorsNotCops #EducationJustice #AbolitionNow
September 1, 2025 at 6:19 AM
We’re funding surveillance over support. That’s not safety. That’s criminalizing kids.
#DidYouKnow #CounselorsNotCops #EducationJustice #AbolitionNow
#DidYouKnow #CounselorsNotCops #EducationJustice #AbolitionNow
Fear fuels budgets.
Facts demand accountability.
Let’s stop legislating based on headlines.
#DefundThePolice #ThisVsThat #PolicyNotPanic
Facts demand accountability.
Let’s stop legislating based on headlines.
#DefundThePolice #ThisVsThat #PolicyNotPanic
August 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Fear fuels budgets.
Facts demand accountability.
Let’s stop legislating based on headlines.
#DefundThePolice #ThisVsThat #PolicyNotPanic
Facts demand accountability.
Let’s stop legislating based on headlines.
#DefundThePolice #ThisVsThat #PolicyNotPanic
Policing isn’t broken. It’s working exactly as designed—managing poverty, not protecting people.
Real safety means organizing for housing, healthcare, and dignity—not more cops.
#WisdomWednesday #EndOfPolicing #AbolitionNow #PublicSafety
Real safety means organizing for housing, healthcare, and dignity—not more cops.
#WisdomWednesday #EndOfPolicing #AbolitionNow #PublicSafety
August 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Policing isn’t broken. It’s working exactly as designed—managing poverty, not protecting people.
Real safety means organizing for housing, healthcare, and dignity—not more cops.
#WisdomWednesday #EndOfPolicing #AbolitionNow #PublicSafety
Real safety means organizing for housing, healthcare, and dignity—not more cops.
#WisdomWednesday #EndOfPolicing #AbolitionNow #PublicSafety
📅 #OTD– Today marks the 10-year anniversary of a great loss. Amelia Boynton Robinson, a fearless organizer of the 1965 Selma March, died on August 26, 2015. Her legacy reminds us that access has always been fought for, not granted.
#VotingRights #Selma #CivilRightsMovement #BlackAugust
#VotingRights #Selma #CivilRightsMovement #BlackAugust
August 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
📅 #OTD– Today marks the 10-year anniversary of a great loss. Amelia Boynton Robinson, a fearless organizer of the 1965 Selma March, died on August 26, 2015. Her legacy reminds us that access has always been fought for, not granted.
#VotingRights #Selma #CivilRightsMovement #BlackAugust
#VotingRights #Selma #CivilRightsMovement #BlackAugust
No one honked to help Ali when he was locked up. Now, he's outside the fence, making noise to ensure no one gets left behind.
Learn from formerly incarcerated activists like Ali Birts in Reimagining the Revolution. Fight for a better future! 📖
🔒 #Abolition #MassIncarceration
Learn from formerly incarcerated activists like Ali Birts in Reimagining the Revolution. Fight for a better future! 📖
🔒 #Abolition #MassIncarceration
August 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
No one honked to help Ali when he was locked up. Now, he's outside the fence, making noise to ensure no one gets left behind.
Learn from formerly incarcerated activists like Ali Birts in Reimagining the Revolution. Fight for a better future! 📖
🔒 #Abolition #MassIncarceration
Learn from formerly incarcerated activists like Ali Birts in Reimagining the Revolution. Fight for a better future! 📖
🔒 #Abolition #MassIncarceration
#OTD August 21, 1971, George Jackson, revolutionary, prison organizer, and author of Soledad Brother and Blood in My Eye, was assassinated by guards at San Quentin Prison.
His life—and death—ignited global solidarity and helped spark Black August.
#BlackAugust #GeorgeJackson #SoledadBrother
His life—and death—ignited global solidarity and helped spark Black August.
#BlackAugust #GeorgeJackson #SoledadBrother
August 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
#OTD August 21, 1971, George Jackson, revolutionary, prison organizer, and author of Soledad Brother and Blood in My Eye, was assassinated by guards at San Quentin Prison.
His life—and death—ignited global solidarity and helped spark Black August.
#BlackAugust #GeorgeJackson #SoledadBrother
His life—and death—ignited global solidarity and helped spark Black August.
#BlackAugust #GeorgeJackson #SoledadBrother
Author of The Undocumented Americans, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio writes with fierce clarity about the people this country exploits and then discards. This is what systemic abandonment looks like.
#wisdomwednesday #UndocumentedAmericans #immigrationjustice #reimaginingtherevolution
#wisdomwednesday #UndocumentedAmericans #immigrationjustice #reimaginingtherevolution
August 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Author of The Undocumented Americans, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio writes with fierce clarity about the people this country exploits and then discards. This is what systemic abandonment looks like.
#wisdomwednesday #UndocumentedAmericans #immigrationjustice #reimaginingtherevolution
#wisdomwednesday #UndocumentedAmericans #immigrationjustice #reimaginingtherevolution
Rehabilitation breaks cycles, while punishment only repeats them. Let's focus on building a future that prioritizes growth and healing. 🌱💪 #AbolitionNow #ThisVsThat #TransformativeJustice
August 19, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Rehabilitation breaks cycles, while punishment only repeats them. Let's focus on building a future that prioritizes growth and healing. 🌱💪 #AbolitionNow #ThisVsThat #TransformativeJustice
Half of all Black trans women report being incarcerated at least once. What does that say about the system’s design?
#transrights #incarceration #freedom #womeninprison
#transrights #incarceration #freedom #womeninprison
August 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Half of all Black trans women report being incarcerated at least once. What does that say about the system’s design?
#transrights #incarceration #freedom #womeninprison
#transrights #incarceration #freedom #womeninprison
On this day in 1947, India broke free from nearly 200 years of British rule. Independence came with both celebration and the pain of partition—reminding us that liberation is rarely simple, and never complete.
#OTD #IndianIndependence #Decolonization #LiberationStruggle
#OTD #IndianIndependence #Decolonization #LiberationStruggle
August 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
On this day in 1947, India broke free from nearly 200 years of British rule. Independence came with both celebration and the pain of partition—reminding us that liberation is rarely simple, and never complete.
#OTD #IndianIndependence #Decolonization #LiberationStruggle
#OTD #IndianIndependence #Decolonization #LiberationStruggle