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Join @ShakSimley, on 5.8 at 12-1:30pm PST, for a virtual panel about decolonizing the food system. Hosted by @shapeupsf, Shakirah will be in conversation with Dr. Rupa Marya, Esperanza Pallana, and public health dietitian Anjali Prasertong. Register here: https://t.co/GreBM1uKBo

Thank you 🙏🏾 ♥️

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court just overturned Roe v. Wade, ending our constitutional right to abortion. We know you may be feeling a lot of things right now — hurt, anger, confusion. Whatever you feel is OK. We’re here with you — and we’ll never stop fighting for you.

52 U.S. Senators blocked voting rights legislation. Some of them tweeted on #MLKDay, while resolutely opposing legislation to prevent states from suppressing the votes of Black, Brown & rural communities. These Senators invoke a martyr, while castigating his legacy & teachings.

EVERYONE'S GOING TO GET IT 🦋IT = vaccines 🦋IT = healthcare 🦋IT = workplace safety 🦋IT = debt cancellation 🦋IT = guaranteed housing 🦋IT = universal basic income 🦋IT = climate adaptation funds

There is a rumor circulating that all #EBT benefits balances must be used by 12/31/21. THIS IS NOT TRUE! Your benefits balance rolls over. There's no need to panic or to use all the benefits if you don't want to. If you have questions about your CalFresh benefits: (415) 558-4700.

How Shakirah Simley went from running a jam company to working in city government to becoming the executive director of SF’s oldest Black-led, Black-serving community center https://t.co/BceDIaSTKn

We need food folks everywhere, esp in govt & public service! Thx @Eater for the profile - hope it inspires others to follow their hearts to serve others in (& take care themselves) in more ways than one.

Quick reminder: Kindness and justice are not synonymous. Be kind. And advocate and work for justice. Lives depend on it.

@tundeolaniran Same vibes

As the @megablacksf #Juneteenth on the Waterfront event wraps up, I managed to get a photo with my friend & organizer @ShakSimley who was the one that invited me in the first place! She’s one in a million and this city is an infinitely better place because she’s in it 😍😍😍

Me: “I got a Juneteenth t-shirt. I’m wearing it.” Mom: “I got Juneteenth skin. Imma wear that.”

“I am a survivor of the Tulsa race massacre. Two weeks ago, I celebrated my 107th birthday. Today, I’m visiting Washington, DC for the first time in my life. I’m here seeking justice, and I'm asking my country to acknowledge what happened in Tulsa in 1921.” –Viola Fletcher

Omg the library just reopened & people lined up and were so excited and the library staff gave an ovation when they walked through the door. Just loving human beings so much right now. SOUND ON! 🥲🥲🥲 @SFPublicLibrary

Dear baby girl Ma’Khia: Right now, someone is excusing your death for their own reasons. No excuses. I believe that you being shot and killed by police is reflective of an ideology and persistent inhumanity that this nation refuses to address. I mourn you and I’m sorry.

Our hearts are with the families of the AAPI women slain yesterday. Hatred is infectious and cumulative - it begins w pejoratives about race and evolves into acts of unspeakable violence. We must do more than condemn. Our responsibility is to protect and defend. By word and deed.

We don’t know how many chances we will get to reverse our democracy’s near-death experience. We must not waste this one. We must go big — the future of democracy demands it. My op-ed in @washingtonpost: