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HBIC @ Black Futures Lab. strategy+partnerships @ NDWA, co-creator . there are infinite possibilities 4 freedom. views mine. IG: chasinggarza

san francisco, ca
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Joined July 2009
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  1. 1 hour ago

    This week, me and bae celebrate TEN YEARS married and FOURTEEN YEARS together. Everyday feels like the first. And for a queer couple, issa look.

    17 replies 4 retweets 299 likes
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  2. Aug 17

    Today’s mood: Y’all gon learn to put some respek on my name 🤷🏾‍♀️otherwise known as a hard head makes a soft behind. Go on and write this date and time down because you heard it here first.

    3 replies 3 retweets 48 likes
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  3. Aug 17

    🙏🏾👸🏾

    The meaning Aretha Franklin imparted to her songs "transported us all to another dimension," says scholar and activist Angela Davis. "Aretha's contributions are invaluable. [She] was the best manifestation of soul."
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  4. Aug 16

    "Angela Davis must go free. Black people will be free. I've been locked up for disturbing the peace in Detroit and I know when you can't get no peace.” with the WORD.

    2 replies 115 retweets 370 likes
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  5. Aug 16

    I woke up this morning and put on your “Amazing Grace” album, cleaned the kitchen stopping every so often to put my hands in the air and testify. I made a meal, sat down to eat and learned that you’d transitioned. Rest well, Queen. The Lord will.

    2 replies 18 retweets 225 likes
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  6. Aug 15

    SO EXCITED and my team at will be in the building! Come and hang with us!

    will be LIVE in Brooklyn next week! Join the conversation with , , , , , , Brittany Young of , + . Get your tickets >>
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  7. Aug 14

    SO PROUD!! Congratulations !!

    2 replies 8 retweets 50 likes
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  8. Retweeted
    Aug 14

    It’s Primary Election Day! Find your polling location →

    14 replies 203 retweets 518 likes
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  9. Retweeted
    Aug 13

    I’m a millennial with student debt. I know the cost barriers to education is unacceptable especially when compared to the tax breaks we give to the wealthy. Debt-forgiveness and tuition-free college is an investment in our students, our people, and our economy.

    35 replies 197 retweets 1,094 likes
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  10. Aug 9

    An incredible honor! Thank you and the for giving me an award in the name of one of my heroes: “Without struggle, there can be no progress...Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has and it never will.”

    Announcing Awardee! The Antiracist Research and Policy Center and are pleased to honor Alicia Garza () for her work as an . Visit for more info!
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  11. Aug 9

    Yes!

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    Here’s what matters: you. Your issues, your opinions, your beliefs. Our 500+ candidates have shown us that they’re ready to make their voices heard and be the changemakers in their local communities. Thank you for standing with them and us.
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  12. Retweeted
    Aug 8

    Justice for Mike Brown. Voting out McCulloch shows just how powerful we have become and how much opportunity there is for real change. I talked to the about the importance of this win ✊🏾

    6 replies 107 retweets 264 likes
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  13. Aug 7

    👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 best choice I’ve made this week. For real for real!

    BIG NEWS. Excited to announce has tapped me to teach Race & Resistance this semester! Alicia, thank you for believing this 23 y.o. can step into the same position as you & Dr. Angela Davis (what!) Our ancestors—they’re up to smthn 👀 ✊🏿👊🏽
    2 replies 15 retweets 128 likes
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  14. Aug 7

    Go get em ! Major propers to you and the team—whatever the outcome, y’all won by directly challenging the status quo. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

    Today is the day.
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  15. Aug 7

    80% of Black women are the primary breadwinners in their family, yet Black domestic workers earn an average of just $10.99/hour -- not enough to support a family. This , make your voice heard & :

    13 replies 362 retweets 701 likes
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  16. Aug 7

    that 85 years ago Black domestic workers were excluded from basic labor protections in the New Deal? Unfortunately it's not ancient history--today Black women earn 63 cents to every dollar a white man does. Learn more:

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  17. Aug 6

    Wow—I really love her. Amazing, vulnerable interview with

    3 replies 24 retweets 125 likes
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  18. Aug 1

    Harpo who dis? Ohio this is y’all people or nah?

    13 replies 16 retweets 42 likes
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  19. Retweeted
    Jul 30

    List of white supremacists running for office this year: Arthur Jones Paul Nehlen Sean Donahue John Abarr Augustus Invictus Tom Tancredo Joe Arpaio Steve King Corey Stewart Matt Gaetz Dana Rohrabacher Lou Barletta John Abarr is running as a Dem. We need to vet Dems too!

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  20. Jul 31

    Overheard in an airport: Man asks “Is gospel African American?” I perk up because the dude said it in Russian and then “African American” so I think he’s talking about me LOL. Anyhoo, the friend replies, “No! Just gospel!” What say you? Is gospel distinctly Black?

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