#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Ujiima Medics #Chicago #CommunityMutualAid #Abolition
Keeping our communities safe is a major aspect of the abolitionist movement. In Chicago, Ujiima Medics, a grassroots organization provides, and trains others how to provide emergency medical care in their communities. They are giving a Protestor Health and Safety workshop this weekend. More info here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNNfCttq3tfLm0VPBusfrzkucaOIMqMYXi9b09Er8BjMZA2g/viewform

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #InterruptingCriminalization #Workshops #Journalists

Hello all, one of my favorite organizations, Interrupting Criminalization, just posted some workshops it is sponsoring this summer. During the election there was a lot a talk about socialism and its back in the news because of Mamdani. You can learn more about it this summer. Also there will be 2 workshops for journalists to help stay safe in these times, Info link: https://www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Clotilda #Africatown #KamauSadiki #AfricanAmericanHistory
Try to watch the film. Its on Netflix. And if you can listen to Kamau on our Youtube channel, on Spotify, or if you don’t want to be tracked and targeted for ads, you can listen on our website. He drops some serious knowledge. 6/6
https://nubiantigerspodcast.com/recovering-our-history-from-deep-waters/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQeXIMcs4zo
https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/nubian-tigers/episodes/Recovering-Our-History-From-Deep-Waters-e34rovc

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Clotilda #Africatown #KamauSadiki #AfricanAmericanHistory The film heavily features DWP diver Kamau Sadiki, who has participated on teams working on the recovery of 5 wrecked slave ships. Through some hard work, tenacity, and a stroke of good luck we were able to interview Kamau on our podcast. He has an emotionally moving connection with our ancestors lost in the enslavement era, and talked about the importance of remembering them. 5/6

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Clotilda #Africatown #KamauSadiki #AfricanAmericanHistory A few months back, I was fortunate to meet the director of the film entitled DESCENDANT which tells the story of the Clotilda, its people and the saga of trying to locate and salvage the Clotilda wreck, which was believed to be the the Mobile River. Divers With a Purpose (DWP) assisted with locating and recovering the wreck. 4/6

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Clotilda #Africatown #KamauSadiki #AfricanAmericanHistory They succeeded in bringing 100 kidnapped and enslaved Africans to Mobile. The people were sold and the ship was burned to cover up their wrong doing. When the civil war ended those Africans had only been here for 5 years. They knew who they were and remembered where they came from. Some of them founded Africatown outside of Mobile AL and their descendants still live there today. 3/6

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Clotilda #Africatown #KamauSadiki #AfricanAmericanHistory I think @Deglassco may have written about the Clotilda, a wrecked slave ship. Two white men in Mobile AL made a bet that they could get some kidnapped Africans and forcibly transport them to the US in 1860, about 50 years after the importation of Africans for the purpose of enslavement was banned. 2/6

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Clotilda #Africatown #KamauSadiki #AfricanAmericanHistory
Those who follow me know I don’t usually attempt to educate on African American history. There are a few talented members of the community who enjoy that and do it as service. I’m going to make a small exception in this thread to my usual refusal, to talk about the last slave ship that entered the US and also boost some of my work. 1/6

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #ThirdPartyVoting #JillStein
I'm feeling a little peckish today, so out of curiosity here's my question: Have y'all heard from Jill Stein since the election? How is she helping the Green Party develop a more wide spread community supported base? Any new photos of her in Russia? Oh...guess that was more than one question.🙄

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Mavis Staples #TorontoJazzFestival
This year I've been trying to catch our outstanding performers who are getting up there in age. I had never seen Mavis Staples live so when I saw she was going to be in Toronto, I jumped on that ticket. At 86 she is still fabulous and still political. This cut, No Time for Cryin, is not from the festival but its an example of what she is still singing about. Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7m-kbPOrl8

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #TheCircle #Dave Eggers #CorpFeedBack
Remember that book THE CIRCLE where Eggers tried to warn us through the fictional Google about evaluation surveys. So, noooo I don't want to rate the product I just ordered that hasn't even arrived yet. Noooo I don't want to talk about my stay at your hotel, my meal at your restaurant, how your AI did on the phone. No. Just NO.

Black Twitter Drags White Podcasters For Trashing Marvel’s ‘Ironheart’ Starring A Black Girl Genius https://shinemycrown.com/black-twitter-drags-white-podcasters-for-trashing-marvels-ironheart-starring-a-black-girl-genius/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Ironheart #BlackTwitter #RiriWilliams #Marvel #RepresentationMatters

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #WorldBeatMusic #AfroojAftab #Toronto #TinyDesk #NPR
Hopefully this will be a timeline cleanser for some today. Just got back from the Toronto International Jazz Festival. Took a chance and went to what ended up being a sold out concert of this artist: Afrooj Aftab. It was a delightful event. What a great voice. The link below is to her Tiny Desk performance on NPR. Enjoy. Direct link: https://youtu.be/ZUYJ8_tBSSQ
https://www.aroojaftab.com/videos/
Edit: direct link

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Trump Voting Farmers Need Our Help - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unxKBExMxuk
#ReeseWaters #WhoRaisedYall #Racism #Politics #FarmLabor #BlackPeople #Bankrupt #FAFO #BlackTwitter #BlackMastodon #BlackSky #BlackThreads #BlackFediverse

#Juneteenth means y'all owe me one day's reprieve from me having to read bullshit like "any Black people still using #Twitter are fascists"

#BlackTwitter

I love being Black
I don't love being one of 12 Black people on Masto.

Anyways, Happy #Juneteenth.

If you're white American, you owe a Black person some money or labor today.
If you're white European, you owe us one day without "We don't have racism here in Europe" or "FOSS communities are race neutral"

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackFedi

BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #NoKings
Yesterday a friend of mine who lives in an African country where the military took over by coup and has denied the people the right to vote for 3 years now, saw the tanks on the street in DC. He texted me and asked if my family was safe. Now that is saying something. I shared info about the protests and said we were safe at the moment and I hoped he was as well.

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #CaribbeanFilmFest
Completely forgot to let the folks in the DMV know that the Caribbean Film Fest started at AFI Silver Spring, MD on Friday. Films showing through Thurs 6/12. Many good films and one on Franz Fanon is repeating on Wed. The film was excellent. It's about his time in Algeria when he was writing THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH. Check out the listing.
https://silver.afi.com/Browsing/EventsAndExperiences/EventDetails/0000000154

Tamera Mowry Dragged After Letting White Stylist Handle Her Natural Curls (Video) https://shinemycrown.com/tamera-mowry-dragged-after-letting-white-stylist-handle-her-natural-curls-video/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #TameraMowry #NaturalCurls #BlackHair #BlackTwitter #HairCare