Michael Farris, Jr.
@michaelfarrisjr
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Believer. Husband. Father. Son. Brother. Friend. Views and Opinions are My Own | IG and SC: michaelfarrisjr
Indianapolis, IN
Joined March 2012
Standing in support of 52 years of excellence, inclusion and legacy at the annual Indiana Black Expo luncheon. @INBlackExpoInc #awards #talent
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We (YMCA of Greater Indianapolis) are looking for an amazing leader to join our team. Could that be you or someone you know? Come join us #leader #opportunity #changemakers
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#GrowWithMLD is celebrating this move! Congratulations @michaelfarrisjr on your appointment to Chief Operating Officer @ymcaindy is getting a true impact leader who cares deeply for people. #equitychampion #servantleader #disruptor
Huge congratulations to @michaelfarrisjr!!! @ymcaindy’s next Chief Operating Officer!! Can’t wait to see the impact your leadership will have!! #YouSetTheTone #TrueEquityLeader #Courageous #Visionary #LetsDoThis #WeAreAllWithYou
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Huge congratulations to @michaelfarrisjr!!! @ymcaindy’s next Chief Operating Officer!! Can’t wait to see the impact your leadership will have!! #YouSetTheTone #TrueEquityLeader #Courageous #Visionary #LetsDoThis #WeAreAllWithYou
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An incredibly powerful discussion this afternoon with @RodriguaRoss @nicogourdet @michaelfarrisjr from the Y USA movement & moderator @kosuaM. Thanks for sharing your journey in working toward being a truly anti-racist organization & how to champion this work in your communities.
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Our youth have power. They don't need us to empower them.
Hundreds of high school students staged a walkout and gathered in downtown Minneapolis to protest the deaths of Daunte Wright and George Floyd and chant “National Guard go home.” At least 600 young people in the the crowd by 2:45. Speakers and participants were 16, 17 years old.
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A world that’s safer for Asian people will be safer for Black people. A world that’s safer for Black people will be safer for Asian people. White supremacy thrives by pitting us against each other. Don’t you ever let them ✊🏾❤️
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Here are the victims of the Atlanta shootings and their stories: Delaina Ashley Yaun, 33 Xiaojie Tan, 49 Daoyou Feng, 44 Paul Andre Michels, 54 Elcias R Hernandez-Ortiz, 30 Hyun Jung Grant, 51 Soon C Park, 74 Suncha Kim, 69 Yong A Yue, 63 Thread 👇
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The sociology professor Nancy Wang Yuen says that extricating racism from the conversation about the Atlanta-area shootings ignores the history of hypersexualization and fetishization of Asian women in the U.S. https://t.co/Ri2nnb2ZPv
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"In a historic first, the town of Evanston, Illinois, has become the first city in the U.S. to commit to paying the Black citizens who live within its borders reparations for generations of lost wealth, inequality and systemic raci… https://t.co/167A85AWba
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The NJ Y State Alliance is celebrating "We Wear Black Day". A response to a societal awakening to systemic racism. We must lead and boldly model diverse & inclusive cultures! #WeWearBlack @ymca @njymca @RWJF @njhealthykids @YMCAadvocacy
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Celebrating Black History Month at the YMCA. We celebrate from Anthony Bowen to @KevinWashYMCA The contributions are amazing the history is rich. #blackbrilliance #UnlearningSystemicRacism Watch this powerful video.
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Tomorrow, Feb. 26th is #WeWearBlack Day – a national effort to celebrate Black excellence & bring awareness to systemic racism. If you want to join to promote inclusion and equity for all, wear all black, take a photo & post with #WeWearBlack - tag @GlobalYMCA & @TampaYMCA
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Take them to the bridge brother @esglaude: Who can claim ownership of the Country? “The horror is that America changes all the time without changing at all” Baldwin 💥 Unlearning Systemic Racism #JustiveBeforeOrder #BlackHistoryMonth
#EmbracetheRage #RaisetheConsciousness
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Join us for the second Unlearning Systemic Racism townhall, https://t.co/2nw2GQsW4y.
#unlearn #racism #systemschange
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3 of the 4 coordinators on the field in the Super Bowl are black. Besides playing for a championship, what they also have in common is that the represent how the NFL continues to fail black coaches. My latest for @TheAtlantic
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The NFL has pledged to address racism, but team owners still won’t put Black coaches in charge.
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A thriving democracy takes all of us. We cannot allow the anti-democratic sentiment that fueled yesterday's events at the U.S. Capitol to gain strength. We must work toward common ground characterized by equity, decency and truth. See my statement here:
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