Sarah van Gelder

@sarahvangelder

Communications . Co-founder and . Author, "The Revolution Where You Live," speaker, activist. Tweets are my own.

Seattle, WA
revolutionwhereyoulive.org/about-sarahvan…
Joined October 2008
804 Photos and videos Photos and videos

Tweets

You blocked @sarahvangelder

Are you sure you want to view these Tweets? Viewing Tweets won't unblock @sarahvangelder

  1. Retweeted
    Sep 18

    Let us honor her wishes and let the American people choose the President who will appoint her successor on the Supreme Court. The Senate must not move any nomination until next year.

    BREAKING: Following Justice Ginsburg's death, Majority Leader McConnell says a Trump Supreme Court nominee will receive vote by full Senate.
    45 replies 64 retweets 262 likes
    Undo
  2. Retweeted
    Sep 18

    "Any Trump nomination to the Supreme Court this year would be illegitimate and must be rejected." -

    11 replies 166 retweets 289 likes
    Undo
  3. Retweeted
    Sep 18

    If McConnell and Senate Republicans replace RBG, Biden and a Democratic Congress would be justified in expanding the number of justices on the Supreme Court.

    214 replies 1,264 retweets 5,655 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  4. Retweeted
    Sep 18

    Let me be clear: The voters should pick a President, and that President should select a successor to Justice Ginsburg.

    48,310 replies 82,372 retweets 528,900 likes
    Undo
  5. Retweeted
    Sep 14
    Replying to

    trump's DENIAL of COVID-19 has already caused 200,000 deaths. Because , many thousands more will die unnecessarily.

    #TrumpHidTheTruth
    Click on the link in the video to help us air our best ads in October on TV in critical swing states.
    50 replies 461 retweets 927 likes
    Undo
  6. Retweeted
    Sep 9

    An Oglala Lakota woman serving federal prison time in relation to the Dakota Access Pipeline resistance at Standing Rock will be released

    11 replies 387 retweets 1,174 likes
    Undo
  7. Retweeted
    Sep 9

    People need to understand that the Green New Deal isn't a utopian goal that you can negotiate down from, it's a last ditch attempt to save the planet from catastrophe

    75 replies 4,987 retweets 25,028 likes
    Undo
  8. Retweeted
    Sep 10

    This isn’t because “2020 sucks”, it’s because of climate change and the fossil fuel industry, who knew for decades the damage they would cause, but decided to destroy life on earth because it made them rich. This isn’t a “2020 is a bad year” thing, this will continue to worsen.

    , , and 6 others
    514 replies 54,490 retweets 118,222 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  9. Retweeted
    Sep 8

    It took only 16 minutes for twitter to label this new ad as sensitive content. Please retweet it far and wide.

    2,261 replies 93,195 retweets 97,461 likes
    Undo
  10. Retweeted
    Sep 8

    Disastrous. Brazilian courts, known for their corruption, are judging wether to continue encroaching Indigenous ancestral territories and give it to agribusinesses.

    3 retweets 4 likes
    Undo
  11. Retweeted
    16 Aug 2019

    Some pages from a very special issue of . On the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery, the magazine examines the many ways it’s legacy continues to shape and define life in the United States. .

    81 replies 1,554 retweets 3,733 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  12. Retweeted
    Aug 22

    Voting is an act of resistance. If our votes didn't matter they wouldn't work so hard to silence us. By the way, this is unconstitutional and against the law.

    JUST IN: Tennessee governor signs bill that would punish some protesters with loss of voting rights
    995 replies 18,559 retweets 60,544 likes
    Undo
  13. Retweeted
    Aug 29

    sent me this Octavia Butler passage this morning. It is the truth, unvarnished.

    76 replies 1,674 retweets 3,418 likes
    Undo
  14. Retweeted
    Aug 16

    Instead of hardening our hearts to people seeking safety for their loved ones, we must put ourselves in their shoes. When we do, we discover that we have much more in common than thing that divide us.

    1 reply 5 retweets 5 likes
    Undo
  15. Retweeted
    Aug 9

    Donald Trump isn’t just attacking Medicare, Social Security and the Postal Service. He’s launching an all-out assault on the millions of Americans who rely on all three.

    601 replies 10,336 retweets 29,729 likes
    Undo
  16. Retweeted
    Aug 7

    The Garimpeiro (illegal loggers) even have helicopters inside the indigenous territory, and now that the Ministry of the Environment has said that there will be no more inspections, what will become of our people?? outraged by this government of Death

    Garimpeiro tem até helicóptero dentro do território indígenas, e agora que não vai fiscalização o que será do povo,indignadas com esse governo da morte
    4 retweets 3 likes
    Undo
  17. Retweeted
    Jul 31

    Princess Esméralda, a member of the Belgian royal family and great-grandniece of Leopold II, calls for reparations for the Congo.

    7 replies 134 retweets 429 likes
    Undo
  18. Retweeted
    Aug 2

    “Inside our indigenous heart we’ve built a sanctuary.” Check out this awesome short video by our allies, SHARE>>

    1 retweet 4 likes
    Undo
  19. Retweeted
    Jul 13

    Hot off the press: "Those most capable of loving the Amazon are its most intimate companions: the people indigenous to that place, the cultures who have lived in and with it for thousands of years" writes for

    1 reply 11 retweets 17 likes
    Undo
  20. Retweeted
    Jun 26

    "Imagination, as Laenui describes it, is not only an antidote to hopelessness. It is a source of power, and when it is missing, it weakens the spirit." , an inspiring article for troubled times by

    4 retweets 7 likes
    Undo

@sarahvangelder hasn't Tweeted yet.

Loading seems to be taking a while.

Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

    You may also like

    ·