Today, on this day, we celebrate the birthday🎂of two of the three authors (@TheBarbaraSmith and #BeverlySmith) of the Combahee River Collective Statement, essentially, the Black Feminist Manifesto. This work has influenced every freedom struggle since the 70s. Please . . . 1/2

Using X makes us feel like traitors, but there is still an audience. Check this out now & whenever u tune in ltr. Beyond Fragility The Legacy of Anti Racist White Women https://t.co/DCai3GBFHw Support, amplify, donate to the SmithCaringCircle @ patreon! #ThePeoplesPension

It's taking place at the University of Rhode Island, so you could also come in person if you're local to the area!

Why is the presidential race so close? Every day we are subjected to DJT'S & JDV's racist/fascist lies with no seeming impact on half the electorate's support. Here's my explanation from January 2021. @blkwomenradical @StrugIsEternal @smithcaringcirc https://t.co/R7XNujKZF9

🎤🎧 Here's the interview I did about protesting at the Chicago convention in 1968 & about what's happening now. @StrugIsEternal @blkwomenradical @smithcaringcirc @EdgeofSports @haymarketbooksv @ZinnEdProject @dem8z @M_Lipshutz https://t.co/fZ1VSiPLiG

Shout out to you for not only writing a book about identity politics and how it impacts EVERYTHING BUT that you name it too, and name it in the way that literally almost everyone gets it wrong! #CombaheeTaughtMe Support, amplify, share,

#OGBlackFemist #ContextIsEverything and @TheBarbaraSmith literally has #AllTheContext

Incredible that this convo started w/o talking to @TheBarbaraSmith, the #OGBlackFeminist who is literally accessible AF! Thank you @JaimeeSwift @blkwomenradical @StrugIsEternal for conducting this interview w/care. #StillDoingALLTheWork Amplify & support the #SmithCaringCircle

And yet more. Keep this close as #DNCChicago #DNC2024 gets underway #StillDoingALLTheWork @TheBarbaraSmith #THEPeoplesPension #SmithCaringCircle #SupportAmplifyShare

Nothing compares to the historical, contextual, intersectional, coalition building, Black feminist analysis from a person in the struggle since birth (almost!). #StillDoingALLTheWork @TheBarbaraSmith #THEPeoplesPension #SmithCaringCircle #SupportAmplifyShare

From the treasured life of activist, organizer, scholar and critical thinker @TheBarbaraSmith #THEPeoplesPension #SmithCaringCircle #SupportAmplifyShare

The science will dropping again this evening as always w/@TheBarbaraSmith, coauthor, Combahee River Collective Statement. Once in a life-time w/@fdemita, too! Join @blkwomenradical May 22 at 630. Support/amplify the #SmithCaringCircle

How fortunate for all, that the https://t.co/18RYwhMGJd has support of 100's of patrons. It's #ThePeoplesPension & creates a world where @TheBarbaraSmith can keep doing the work she is committed to doing. #Support #Share #Amplify #StillDoingALLTheWork #CombaheeTaughtMe

Lift up Black Lesbian Feminism! @WindyCityTimes thinks we should, ALL. THE. TIME. https://t.co/c8t9bPpDZO SUPPORT, SHARE, AMPLIFY to support the work and scholarship of @TheBarbaraSmith https://t.co/md7L0GOMZ6

Support, share, amplify https://t.co/md7L0GOMZ6 so she can continue to work for liberation and justice on behalf of those of us who are being crushed by the ruling class. #StillDoingALLTheWork #CombaheeTaughtMe #ListenToBlackFeminists

.@mtholyoke knows first hand why @TheBarbaraSmith is and has been a treasured scholar, thinker, author, activist & pop culture aficionado. MHC has known her since the 60s. Now there is a Presidential Lecture named for her greatness & genius.

"I am currently a patron of The Smith Caring Circle that helps to provide her with an extremely modest level of support and which, in my opinion, is criminally underfunded given the impact of her work. " https://t.co/THBQRza8vT Support, share, amplify https://t.co/Ov7nKVLhFd

Honored and grateful for this piece by @blackgirlinmain in her exploration about the often hidden lives and work of Black women and their greatness. In so many ways, Black women are often not "valued enough to be compensated and not taken advantage of..."

Of course @TheBarbaraSmith is working for peace and justice. She never stops. Thanks to the Smith Caring Circle, she is able to do that. Most grateful for #ThePeoplesPension. Please support these efforts https://t.co/Gdtq7PM6hf so she can continue #CeasefireNOW #FreePalestine

I give to this "people's pension" for Barbara Smith, a fund for her ongoing activism since her life as a Black feminist pioneer left her outside salaried positions that would have given her a secure retirement. Sign up if you appreciate her ongoing work. https://t.co/oTcIfXzBkS

If the work, scholarship of @TheBarbaraSmith influenced your world, lead you on a path, consider supporting Caring Circle! We have signed copies of the re released works: "Home Girls" and "The Truth That Never Hurts" for new patrons. Support and amplify! https://t.co/BnQeRDFgSD