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Thread borne out of the inquiry of
BIG LEEMELONE
and the momentum of the ongoing Black Lives Matter protest.
Not where we should go from here, but what we're currently doing to reform the social corruption that brought us to this moment. There are several parts to an equitable answer for our communities (specifically speaking of low income communities and communities largely constructed of BIPOC) and around the US community leaders everywhere are coming up with unique approaches to ameliorate their local issues-- I want to use this space to share/hear about what's going on, on the ground where you live, and what we can all collectively do better.
As has been the case in prior uprisings, the need to organize and be preemptive is paramount so everybody, who can, needs to be involved with some type of local org and doing what they can support; where are folks usually volunteering their time? And if you're strapped for time and resources, find out ways to lend your voice to an organization.
And for dialogue, the call to defund the police comes from the central idea that reform is futile when the foundation of the institution we're calling to up-heave is oppressive and it's the clarion call to us all that we need to center our politics so that reform can be functional; social justice for black males can't be talked about without justice for Black women; social justice for women can't be talked about without trans/gay justice; economic justice can't be mongered without first calling to the homeless and sex workers and so on.
Also a good place to talk about the services needed and how we could go about providing them for ourselves, and means of communicating locally about the things that we need that only government can be lobbied to provide. We have all these small non-profits in our areas as well: some working together for the first time-- now is the time to normalize crowdfunding for community services, campaign contributions for worthy candidates, lobbying local gov, food insecurity, rent relief, etc.
These types of threads usually last a short while before discussion dies out and it devolves into a place to either leave memes or ignore, if discussion occurs at all, so contribute however you feel necessary if you think this is a worthwhile topic, especially while people are still putting boots on the ground-- post links, vids, inquiries, questions, whatever
Not where we should go from here, but what we're currently doing to reform the social corruption that brought us to this moment. There are several parts to an equitable answer for our communities (specifically speaking of low income communities and communities largely constructed of BIPOC) and around the US community leaders everywhere are coming up with unique approaches to ameliorate their local issues-- I want to use this space to share/hear about what's going on, on the ground where you live, and what we can all collectively do better.
As has been the case in prior uprisings, the need to organize and be preemptive is paramount so everybody, who can, needs to be involved with some type of local org and doing what they can support; where are folks usually volunteering their time? And if you're strapped for time and resources, find out ways to lend your voice to an organization.
And for dialogue, the call to defund the police comes from the central idea that reform is futile when the foundation of the institution we're calling to up-heave is oppressive and it's the clarion call to us all that we need to center our politics so that reform can be functional; social justice for black males can't be talked about without justice for Black women; social justice for women can't be talked about without trans/gay justice; economic justice can't be mongered without first calling to the homeless and sex workers and so on.
Also a good place to talk about the services needed and how we could go about providing them for ourselves, and means of communicating locally about the things that we need that only government can be lobbied to provide. We have all these small non-profits in our areas as well: some working together for the first time-- now is the time to normalize crowdfunding for community services, campaign contributions for worthy candidates, lobbying local gov, food insecurity, rent relief, etc.
These types of threads usually last a short while before discussion dies out and it devolves into a place to either leave memes or ignore, if discussion occurs at all, so contribute however you feel necessary if you think this is a worthwhile topic, especially while people are still putting boots on the ground-- post links, vids, inquiries, questions, whatever