Fannie Lou Heather
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Disability Advocate • Writer • Mother • Daydreamer • Chocolatelover • Cane/WC-user #BlackDisabledProud
Boston, MA
Joined September 2011
"Have Cane, Will Strut: Black Disabled Woman" https://t.co/Mu2g9jyrr0 via @hwatkins927 #WOCwD #DisabledWOC
slowwalkersseemore.wordpress.com
As a disabled Black woman born with a neuromuscular disability, I’m often asked “what are you?” and “what happened to you?” You know when you “appear” raci…
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Advocates You Should Be Following: Keith Jones Keith Jones is an activist, speaker & artist advocating for accessibility, self-determination & systemic change. As the President of SoulTouchin’ Experiences, he works to uplift & empower the Black disabled community. 📢 "We can’t
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Here is a thread of 20 books by black authors in honor of Black History Month🤎 *All different genres*
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The @LurieInstitute created easy-to-use data dashboards about community living equity and parents with disabilities. Learn about the dashboards and how to use them using these tutorial videos: https://t.co/lW7DibbcNE
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#OTD in 1960, 4 African American students attending @ncatsuaggies staged the first sit-in at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. Learn more about the Black American tradition of activism on our Searchable Museum: https://t.co/udUsVqfOFj
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I hope you always have enough money to pay your rent on time, to buy your favorite groceries, and to invest in your art.
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We made Black history! We gave 225 Black Beauty Supply Kits to patients at Cone Health Behavioral Health! This Black History Month and all throughout the year, we aim to fulfill our ancestors' dream to heal with dignity. https://t.co/43sGC3R81k
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Almost half of evicted women and families in metro Detroit say they were illegally pushed out of their homes
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A first-of-its-kind study documents the scope and impact of evictions on Black women and families in metro Detroit.
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Many more older people are leaving prison and face unmet needs for housing and health care − as well as a tangle of groups trying to help
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Yesterday, a Los Angeles passport agency refused to issue a passport renewal to a trans woman. The agency kept all of her documents, did not issue her a passport, and threatened to arrest her
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ICE raided my sister’s home this morning. Her 3 month old was screaming as they pushed her to the ground and kept her separated from him. After searching her apartment room by room and ignoring her attempts to get information, they realized they were at the wrong address. SMH
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I’m furious. Schedule A is a program that helps disabled people access federal jobs—but Trump is twisting it to push his hateful agenda. Blaming DEI & disabled workers for the crash isn’t just wrong, it’s vile. We’re not the problem. His lies are.
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After the fatal crash over the Potomac River, President Trump blamed diversity hiring. But that's not how disability hiring works.
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RIP ❤️ Professor Kiah Duggins was among those lost in the mid-air plane collision at Reagan National Airport. Professor Duggins was set to begin a new chapter as a professor at Howard University School of Law this fall. May her memory be a blessing.
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FAA employees with disabilities did not cause last night's tragic plane crash. The investigation into the crash is still ongoing. It is extremely inappropriate for the President to use this tragedy to push an anti-diversity hiring agenda. Doing so makes all Americans less safe.
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Buddy heard a Blackhawk was involved and jumped right to blaming DEI
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The 19-year-old healthcare worker who was dancing on multiple patient’s head has now been arrested and charged with exploiting a disabled person
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Sending love to the part of you that’s exhausted yet prayerful
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The White House has rescinded an order freezing federal grants and loans following intense backlash
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👉🏾Our roundtable on Hettie Williams’s new book continues today with an essay by Patricia Reid-Merritt: “The starting point of engaging in civil rights activism remains grounded in local, community-level grassroots organizing.” https://t.co/QEfGN5RGzi
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