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NAACP
@NAACP

"The entire nation can see the power of black women." - @RepKarenBass
Tonight's conversation was dynamic! Hear what Congresswoman Karen Bass had to say about the progress America has made since last November's elections. #BlackWomenLead https://t.co/zbaukQf2Mr

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The Leadership Conference
@civilrightsorg

Our democracy works best when more people are able to participate. This is good news for Iowans: https://t.co/kR8m7096UC

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Human Rights Campaign
@HRC

After more than a decade of impasse in the New York Senate, the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (#GENDA)-a bill adding gender identity and expression to the Human Rights Law-passed both chambers.
The bill heads to @NYGovCuomo’s desk to be signed....

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Dave Zirin
@EdgeofSports

Striking teachers and supporters in LA. Good gracious. (Ht @haymarketbooks) https://t.co/OBQCznIyic

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Teaching Tolerance
@Tolerance_org

“I want to be teaching. My students are not getting an education right now. However, I know that what we are fighting for is for their future, as well as teachers’.” @growingwithmrst https://t.co/RaSyhE2FVG

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Facing History
@facinghistory

Use these activities to help students develop a framework for analyzing and discussing incidents of racial bias they’re seeing in the news, while also engaging them in the hard work of confronting the unconscious biases we all share: https://t.co/brF8XL4PLE #CurrentClassrooms...

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Pod Save The People
@PodSaveThePpl

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ✊🏽

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Cair Michigan
Shared story

South Fla. Commish: Muslim Rep. Might 'Blow Up Capitol Hill' CAIR is calling for the resignation of this commissioner.
Hallandale Beach commissioner Anabelle Lima-Taub posted a petition calling for the removal of Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib – saying she proudly signed it and called Tlaib an anti-Semite with “no place ...

Posted: 11 hours ago
TAKE ON HATE
@takeonhate

Last night, our community members spoke to the community about ACT For America, the largest anti-Muslim hate group in the US, and its support for Sharon Brannigan. #ResignBrannigan NOW
Here is the full summation of last nights meeting: https://t.co/iCyXPV5Bj8 https://t.co/Ac7u0wdYsD

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March For Our Lives
@AMarch4OurLives

The NRA doesn’t care if we live or die. Choose to save lives and register to vote: https://t.co/lEPaHKpyQF

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Be A King
@BerniceKing

Brilliant King. Powerful King. This is my father at his most truth-telling, yet love-centered, self. Watch and share on today, his 90th birthday. #MLK90 #MLK https://t.co/eCJWCVnD1k Mi Civil Rights Retweeted

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ACLU of Michigan
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How Cities Make Money by Fining the Poor No one should be jailed simply because they can't afford not to be.
In many parts of America, like Corinth, Miss., judges are locking up defendants who can’t pay — sometimes for months at a time.

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African American Intellectual History Society
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The Radical Tradition of Student Protest – AAIHS Today, we're featuring a post by guest blogger Mike Jirik (UMass Department of History)--
"The history of student activism for Black freedom and equality can be traced back to the nineteenth century. One example is that of John Brown Russwurm. ...

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Women's March
@womensmarch

Young people like Jasmine-Marie Cruz are bringing the #WomensWave to Chicago!
@womensmarchIL @WomensMarchY
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It Gets Better Project

"Screaming Into Traffic" Host Johnny Lopez Says It Gets Better Podcast host Johnny Lopez talks about growing up before LGBTQ+ representation, becoming your own role model and how it gets better!
About IGBP:
The It Gets Better Project exists to uplift, empower, and connect LGBTQ+ youth around the globe.
To ...

Posted: 5 days ago
Brave New Films

Following Their Lead: Youth In Action • RISE For Youth • BRAVE NEW FILMS RISE for Youth is leading the way to end youth incarceration in Virginia.
In 2017, RISE successfully led the fight for the closure of Beaumont Juvenile Correctional Center, which had been in operation since 1890, and the reinvestment of millions ...

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UN Human Rights

Helping those left behind The Multi-Ethnic Resource Centre on Missing Persons in Kosovo provides a place for families and representatives from associations across ethnic lines to cooperate and gather information on those gone missing during the conflict in the country in 1999.

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