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Shailly Gupta Barnes
@shaillybarnes.bsky.social
Policy Director, Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice, as well as for the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival

https://linktr.ee/KairosCenter
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Trump has federalized at least 2,000 National Guard forces and reportedly plans to deploy troops to Los Angeles over Governor Newsom’s objections. If that happens, it will be the first time since 1965 that a president has sent troops into a state without a state request. 1/19
June 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Faith communities can meet this moment by providing for material needs in their communities and turning networks of support into networks to build power. @Shaillybarnes.bsky.social of @Kairoscenter.org provides ways to take action: protectdemocracy.org/work/the-fai...
May 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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WATCH: “Fascism is here. We cannot act like this is normal. Shame on you who are silent in this time.”

Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social just spoke out about the Trump regime “kidnapping” #KilmarAbregoGarcia and refusing to return him.
April 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Join us this Thursday, March 20th at 7PM ET as we share lessons from our new report, "A Matter of Survival: Organizing to Meet Unmet Needs and Build Power in Times of Crisis" and hear from experts and organizers about its relevance in this moment. 

#FightPoverty
March 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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🚨BREAKING: We closed down Tesla in NYC

Well we, went down to the rich man's house and we 🎶
Took back what he stole from us
Took back our dignity
Took back our humanity
📣Resistance Revival Chorus

Thank you to everyone who joined us. PEOPLE POWER⚡️

#TeslaTakedown #StoptheCoup #Resist
March 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Controlling people’s bodies is an age-old means of maintaining power, wealth and social position that requires “othering” categories of people in order to isolate and marginalize them.

We are here to declare, #transgender and #nonbinary people are created in the image of God.
Trump 2.0's scapegoating of trans people is a Christian nationalist distraction
(RNS) — Reprising arguments from the abortion debate, Christian nationalists are claiming to be 'defending innocent children' in their war against gender-affirming care.
religionnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Throughout history, the unjust and powerful have sought to control people’s bodies as a means to maintain their own social position.

otherwords.org/trans-people... #trans #humanrights
Trans People Aren’t to Blame for Your Struggles - OtherWords
Anti-trans politicians want struggling people to blame trans folks for their problems. But we’re allies in the fight against hardships we know all too well.
otherwords.org
February 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Some Republican lawmakers are considering harmful cuts & policy changes to #SNAP this year. But these proposals wouldn’t only harm low-income people who need SNAP to afford groceries. They could also weaken SNAP’s effectiveness in supporting jobs & the broader economy. 🧵
February 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Our Policy Director, @shaillybarnes.bsky.social, shares some key facts from Oxfam International’s 2025 global inequality report, “Takers Not Makers.”

Every act we take—for and with each other—is an act of protest against a system that prioritizes billionaires.

*Original Artwork by Josh Yoder
January 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I love this. We need so much more of exactly this to ground, inspire and keep us connected, even when we aren’t together in the same space. Music can change the very air around us.
This medley was created at a cultural organizing retreat in August 2024, hosted by the @kairoscenter.org & the NYS Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival at Bethany Arts Center.

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Voices of Resistance
YouTube video by Kairos Center
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December 5, 2024 at 11:32 PM
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Kairos - is an Ancient Greek word meaning a moment when the old ways of the world are dying and new ones are struggling to be born. 

On this Giving Tuesday will you donate towards our goal of raising $5000 to support Kairos' in 2025? 
 
Link to donate in profile or visit kairoscenter.org/donate
December 3, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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Join us in recommitting to the struggle for justice and liberation as we confront systems that seek power over life and land by drawing strength from those who fight on the frontlines—especially indigenous communities. #CeasefireNow
December 2, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Read my latest article with @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org in @thenation.com

See below.
Read my latest article with Shailly Barnes in @thenation.com

The Democrats Disregarded Poor and Low-Income Voters—to Their Peril

Poverty is clearly anything but a marginal experience—and yet, it’s repeatedly minimalized and dismissed in our nation’s politics.

www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Democrats Disregarded Poor and Low-Income Voters—to Their Peril
Poverty is clearly anything but a marginal experience—and yet, as in the last election, it’s repeatedly minimalized and dismissed in our nation’s politics.
www.thenation.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:44 PM