Young WV
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We are #YoungWV - The official Twitter for the YoungWV Power Building Movement! Join us in the movement to make WV a better place!
Joined April 2016
We’re still here! Together, we call for @Sen_JoeManchin to support the much needed investments into healthcare, climate action, and jobs in #WestVirginia, Pass the #BuildBackBetter Act!! @RiseUpWV
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Slavery was Legal. Colonialism was Legal. Jim Crow was Legal. Apartheid was Legal. Legality is a matter of Power, NOT Justice. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Check out how these amazing Black women are dismantling Eurocentric beauty standards and white supremacy in our state: @jenniferlwells1 @_youngwv @officialdaniwv @CharkeraE @OnlyMyya @cgoodwoman @awisewomanwins
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After a rally in support of the CROWN Act, five Black women gather in a beauty salon to talk about why America needs a law to protect natural hair.
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“Fifty years since Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm announced her run for president, she remains a shining example for Black women in politics and beyond.” #ShirleyChisholm
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Rep. Barbara Lee shared that fifty years since Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm announced her run for president, she remains a shining example for Black women in politics and beyond.
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Stand with Young West Virginians as we pledge to lift our voices for our democracy! Our petition is linked below!
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Charleston, WV #MLKDay Protesters @KatonyaHart and @kai_newkirk face the CPD as they block an intersection asking for @Sen_JoeManchin to support the Freedom to Vote: John Lewis Act.
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Low Youth Voter turn out is a MYTH! Each election, youth voter rates for WV have increased. We need policies that help make voting accessible for all! #BuildBackBetter #FreedomToVoteAct #EqualityAct
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We need strong legislation to help keep young people in West Virginia! #BuildBackBetter #FreedomToVoteAct #EqualityAct
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Happening now outside of @Sen_JoeManchin’s Charleston, WV office. Some of the groups here are @RiseUpWV & @ourfuturewv:
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Organizing works. Don’t let anyone convince you otherwise. It matters & we can be unapologetic about that. ✊🏾💙
Direct action works. Organizing works. Sharing our stories and speaking truth to power works. Ty @maddow for highlighting our actions and our partners actions in your coverage as we pass #BuildBackBetter. CC @RattleWindows @CPDAction among many, many others ♥️✊ Vid pt 1:
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Direct action works. Organizing works. Sharing our stories and speaking truth to power works. Ty @maddow for highlighting our actions and our partners actions in your coverage as we pass #BuildBackBetter. CC @RattleWindows @CPDAction among many, many others ♥️✊ Vid pt 1:
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Thank you, Dr. Jeffrey Sachs for speaking with West Virginians about Build Back Better. Thank you, @UniteThePoor for having us!
WATCH: #PoorPeoplesCampaign Community Forum | Building Back Better from the Bottom Up!
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NEWS: Numerous West Virginia organizations have released a strongly worded joint statement calling on Congress to pass #BuildBackBetter. In it, they condemn @Sen_JoeManchin for shrinking the bill and call on him to stand with Democrats to pass it now. 🧵1/
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3/ Two weeks ago, @Sen_JoeManchin said he didn’t believe polls showing #BuildBackBetter is popular in WV. He told the people who KAYAKED TO HIS YACHT to get his attention that he hasn’t heard from enough constituents. Sally Roberts responds: “You may need a hearing aid, Joe!”
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2/ West Virginians are very, very angry about @Sen_JoeManchin’s comments that the basic necessities in #BuildBackBetter will give his constituents an “entitlement mentality.” Loretta Young of Race Matters WV responds:
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West Virginians need #BuildBackBetter! @Sen_JoeManchin our future and our children’s futures depend on it!
Powerful moment from West Virginia’s Hunter Starks, at @Sen_JoeManchin’s yacht yesterday, on his obstruction of #BuildBackBetter: “Why! Why are you doing this? Why won’t you be there for us?!”
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BREAKING: Doctors, nurses, and people facing healthcare crises are blocking entrances to the Senate office buildings, demanding Congress keep all the healthcare priorities in #BuildBackBetter. They’re telling their stories and facing arrest. [captions coming] 🧵
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