.@MauriceWFP sharing thoughts on inside/outside strategy and the relationship between elected officials & social movements.
"There's connectivity there but there's also tension. That tension is always going to exist. What we need to develop is comradery across lanes."
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.@YT4Clarkston's advice to local elected officials: "Sometimes with allies and partners we expect them to know what's in our purview and what's not. But we have to remember that, at one point, YOU were that person that had to be educated on how to do your job."
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@Cynthia09xx on accountability to immigrant communities: "Just because I wasn't able to elect you, you still represent me. We're organizing to win but we're also organizing for folks to be seen. To be heard. And for our stories to come at the forefront."#LP2020pic.twitter.com/C2SETZFePUShow this thread -
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@HelenGymPHL reminding us of the power of local elected officials. "We don't have to accept Betsy DeVos as a deliverer of what a just education system looks like when we have school board members determined to raise up the voices of the young people of our nation."#LP2020pic.twitter.com/m0solM7MsRShow this thread
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