Friday's three things: "You don't know how it feels to know that we are not the only ones."
Quote source: SNCC Digital Gateway.
Item 1. Two weekend opportunities
Will tomorrow be the day the world turns on Tesla? (Kelly Hayes) If you are able to show up IRL ➡️ Find a protest near you. You'll be helping to divert attention from this. Read these tips from Oregon-based Civil Liberties Defense Center beforehand.
Are you a New Yorker? ➡️ Say no to a sneaky mask ban. Help flood Hochul’s phone lines between now and Monday.
Item 2. Friday follow-ups
- Yesterday I mentioned Dan Sinker's post Hidden Writings.
- Want something ready-made that you can print and share? ➡️ Get a load of all these stickers (Garrett Bucks); flyers and more stickers (Celeste Ng).
- Feeling moved to create something yourself? ➡️ Sarah McAnulty, who's behind the seed-spreading initiative I mentioned yesterday, is offering a beginner's guide to street art online on April 1. And the artist Carolyn Yoo just broke down what a zine is and why you should make one, and is offering a workshop series if you want some virtual hand-holding!
- Re: academia (several recent posts)...
- ➡️ Boycotting Columbia. Also "Columbia University has given in, but their researchers still have recourse." (Sam Wang)
- Know any Mount Holyoke alumni? ➡️ Maybe they'd like to thank the school's president (via Ruha Benjamin).
- Speaking of food and farms:
- Cesar Chavez Day is this Monday. ➡️ Share this Whose Amazing Life podcast episode with a young person, or read this brief history of the alliance between SNCC and the National Farm Workers Association.
Item 3. Weekend wishes
- This thread, ending with the sweet dreams note, from Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson (Bluesky).
- And Marge Piercy's poem "Stone, Paper, Knife" via Maya Schenwar (FB link).
