Rana Elmir

@elmirana

All civil liberties, all the time. Deputy Director of ACLU of Michigan. Views are my own.

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Joined December 2011

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    28 Dec 2015
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  2. 18 hours ago
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  3. Retweeted
    Jan 3

    Jazmine Barnes’ family was on a coffee run when investigators say a man pulled up next to them and opened fire. Her family believes her death was racially motivated.

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  4. Retweeted
    Jan 3

    This is the first image we are seeing of Jazmine’s killer! Share widely!

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  5. Jan 3

    “When people like us run and don’t change anything about ourselves, we win!” -Congresswomen at the People’s Swearing In.

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  6. Jan 3

    No better travel partner than as we head to DC to celebrate CONGRESSWOMAN ’s historic swearing in.

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  7. Jan 2
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  8. 25 Dec 2018

    There are no words to describe moments like this.

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    I cannot begin to express how much it saddens (and angers) me that white Jewish women, many of whom identify as progressive, are playing the role of spoilers of the . I'm not talking here about anyone specific, but about a general trend 1/

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  10. 21 Dec 2018

    What a roller coaster week for our clients?! Grateful for the huge team working to ensure every one of our community members stays home permanently.

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  11. 21 Dec 2018

    But they gutted the sick time and minimum wage proposals.

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  12. Retweeted
    21 Dec 2018

    , : •Stripped public schools of money •Gave itself almost absolute power to intervene in court cases •Unconstitutionally restricted ballot access •Lessened rules on dark money & campaign finance violations So everyone.

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  13. 17 Dec 2018
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    Protect your voice and your vote. Be ready to act this week to tell your MI senators to OPPOSE House Bill 6595. If it passes the MI senate, this would make collecting enough signatures to get citizen-led reforms on future ballots nearly impossible.

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  15. Retweeted
    13 Dec 2018

    This tragedy represents the worst possible outcome when children are held in inhumane conditions. We call for a rigorous investigation into how this tragedy happened and serious reforms to prevent future deaths.

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  16. 13 Dec 2018
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  17. Retweeted
    12 Dec 2018

    Thank you, for opposing HB 6595, which will prevent citizens from having a voice in the political process.

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  18. 4 Dec 2018

    Today “goes down in the history books, not only as an enormous failure to live up to our values of religious and racial equality, but for the real impact that the ban has on people’s lives.” - .

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  19. 1 Dec 2018

    I can’t imagine this comes as a surprise to most people of color working in progressive circles. Being forced into a learning posture is a constant and it undermines “the work” and relationships.

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  20. 30 Nov 2018

    Dutch law doesn’t allow law enforcement to enter a church when a service is in progress. One church has been holding service for five weeks straight to protect an Armenian migrant family. This is allyship.

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  21. 29 Nov 2018
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