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NAACP
@NAACP

.@WEtv has joined us in the fight to make our voices heard. Vote! Our lives depend on it. https://t.co/P9aNliliIP #Turnout18 #NAACP

Posted: 4 minutes ago
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Human Rights Campaign
@HRC

From the creators to the stories being told, representation matters. It is so important for #LGBTQ people, especially youth, to see themselves reflected on screen. Thank you, @LuisSandovalTV, for sharing your story with us. https://t.co/UF58iFF64f

Posted: 5 minutes ago
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Dave Zirin
@EdgeofSports

I ask John Carlos about the @SInow piece by @SITimLayden ....and that last line where Tommie Smith says he wants to spend the day with John. https://t.co/4P9Ed6SDts

Posted: 9 minutes ago
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The Leadership Conference
@civilrightsorg

Equal opportunity and affirmative action policies at universities are supported by a broad cross-section of American society and, as the Supreme Court has found, have benefits that extend to ALL students in our colleges and universities. #DefendDiversity

Posted: 9 minutes ago
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ACLU of Michigan
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Protest Rights Threatened Trump has a record of attacking the rights of protesters nationwide, and now his administration is targeting the First Amendment in Washington itself. We have until today to stop it: https://action.aclu.org/petition/dc-restrict-demonstration-rights

Posted: 59 minutes ago
March For Our Lives
@AMarch4OurLives

“Glimmer of Hope” comes out tomorrow! This book was written by 20+ of us that mobilized immediately following the shooting at MSD.
It’s been 8 months, and now there are so many more people fighting for this cause every single...

Posted: 3 hours ago
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African American Intellectual History Society
Shared story

Dignity, Work, and Race Capitalism – AAIHS Today, we’re featuring a post by James Padilloni Jr. —
“One of the powerful aspects of the Black Studies toolkit is its complete deconstruction of all Euro-American categories of analysis. This reorientation of thought — thinking in Black — is ...

Posted: 5 hours ago
Facing History
@facinghistory

In this webinar we will share tips for making meaningful connections between current events and your curriculum. Register here: https://t.co/8pxUjW3Nx8 https://t.co/6AJVZYhLat

Posted: 19 hours ago
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Teaching Tolerance
@Tolerance_org

"I accept this award on behalf of a civil rights movement which is moving with determination and a majestic scorn for risk and danger to establish a reign of freedom and a rule of justice." Martin Luther King Jr. was...

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TAKE ON HATE
@takeonhate

Listening to members of @BLMChi & @BYP_100, Tanya Watkins from @SOULInChicago and Frank Chapman from @CAARPRNow talk about what’s next in the fight for #Justice4Laquan?
#CPACNow
#NoCopAcademy
#EraseTheGangDatabase https://t.co/9lfikIpfas

Posted: Yesterday
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Cair Michigan
Shared story

Rochester Hills man guilty in shooting at lost black teen #CAIR-MI: Rochester Hills man guilty in shooting at lost black teen
Jeffrey Zeigler could be sentenced to as much as 10 years in prison on the assault conviction, plus a mandatory two years for a firearm count

Posted: Yesterday
Youth Empower
@WomensMarchY

New Yorkers! Today is your LAST CHANCE to register to vote. Not all of us are old enough to vote, but we’re all old enough to know how important voting is. That’s why we’ll be in Union Square today registering...

Posted: 2 days ago
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Mi Civil Rights
@MiCivilRights

20 years ago Matthew Shepard died from injuries he received as a victim of anti-gay violence. But hate violence has not ended, in 2017, Michigan State Police reported 13% of hate crimes were motivated by sexual orientation bias: https://t.co/D8fnWl7eNy #EraseHate...

Posted: 3 days ago
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Brave New Films

Locking up Migrant Children is Government Sanctioned Child Abuse • BRAVE NEW FILMS Watch our full video: https://youtu.be/Nxc_RQRlljk
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Set up a free screening or house party for any of our films free: http://www.bravenewfilms.org/screenings
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Posted: 3 days ago
It Gets Better Project

Riot Games Says It Gets Better For National Coming Out Day In support of National Coming Out Day, a group of LGBTQ+ Rioters, in partnership with the It Gets Better Project, decided to share their journeys of self-discovery, how they opened up to the world, and their advice for anyone, young ...

Posted: 3 days ago
Pod Save The People
@PodSaveThePpl

New Pod! @DeRay, @ClintSmithIII, @samswey & @MsPackyetti discuss the consequences of privatizing policymaking, how limited access to abortion harms women, and more. Also @jonfavs joins with @TrevellAnderson to talk about the future of activism.
https://t.co/TqgMDiTOZ8

Posted: 6 days ago
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UN Human Rights

Austria:Adheres to human rights recommendations - reforms prisons Austria, implemented recommendations of the Universal Periodic Review in 2015, and reformed prisons.

Posted: Last week