Kathy 🇭🇹

Ms.Rachel is showing more humanity than our politicians

Haitian leader in Indy talks ‘stress and anxiety’ Heated rhetoric and increased immigration enforcement are affecting Haitians here.

The executive director of an Indy Haitian organization said recent actions on both the state and federal level have led to kids not reporting to school and his org is considering cancelling an annual celebration.

@peterblanchard.bsky.social #Indianapolis #HoosierSky

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#HaitianSky #Haiti

Retired service band members united to play in concert with young musicians after their show was canceled due to President Trump’s executive order ending DEI programs. https://cbsn.ws/4iaHcKm

This is what a LEADER is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #obama

Cover reveal (art by Monnin Pascale) for a remarkable Haitian novel we'll publish on September 23rd: Emmelie Prophète's Cécé, in a vivid translation from French by Aidan Rooney.

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Trauma meter 😬
this week is too much.

Education Department cuts half its staff as Trump vows to wind the agency down The Education Department plans to lay off more than 1,300 of its employees as part of an effort to halve the organization’s staff -- a prelude to President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency.

When schools wouldn’t desegregate, the Office for Civil Rights made them. When schools ignored sexual harassment, OCR made them look. When schools shut doors to students w/ disabilities, OCR opened them. Trump just closed OCR’s regional offices. /x

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This was @mrspearlmania500.bsky.social’s legit reaction when I showed her the image of Gavin Newsom interviewing Steve Bannon:

Being Haitian and American 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

That’s all I have to say.

In an effort to contextualize White America’s choice of Christian White Nationalism against their own best interest and in violent opposition of progress—been revisiting the Black Elder wisdom, available to the public during my lifetime (1987).

Here is Dr. Alice Walker on Charlie Rose in 1997:

We need to Fact Check for our Sanity

We need to Fact Check for our Sanity

We need to Fact Check for our Sanity

We need to Fact Check for our Sanity

#stateofhepeople #joyreid #reidshow

Has anyone created a spreadsheet detailing which country is best to move to? 😩😩😩😩

Not sure if this is the millennial experience but every time I have gotten big increases, promotions or generally made away for myself this country has fucked me.

Thank you for sharing this. Similar with Quenepa 🥹

It’s on my list to try it. Idk where can I find it.

'Lives turned completely upside down': Haitian migrant advocate laments Trump orders Guerline Jozef spoke with Briana Jansky on the White House actions targeting migrants — including Haitians — on both sides of the U.S. border.

The blitzkrieg of changes affects both migrants legally residing in the U.S. and those who have only started the process of obtaining rightful entry. 

The orders have left major gaps in the latter's process and have left many asylum seekers https://buff.ly/4jZzbcE

The Black Consumer Advisory

Confused about what company is doing what and why we are boycotting this or that? The @naacpmainline.bsky.social has a guide!! #blacksky #boycott

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New York Times 👀👀 not The Onion

I absolutely love this idea.

Stop asking Black women to fix the shit you broke.

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This film had my brain 🧠

I am “Safing” myself
For the next 4 years

#somatic #trauma

One of my concern about becoming a professor in the age of AI is that the new generation of students may struggle with research and writing skills.

I have to agree. DNF (TV version of this term)

As a plant mom, this warms my heart 💚 looking forward to learn more from Emma. #planthealing

Oooh no
Hope you can reschedule it.

4 #documentaries to watch during #BlackHistoryMonth that won’t make you cry

Thank you 🥰🥰🥰

This was me yesterday 🥹