Let's normalize working with encouraging, brave leaders in places that invest in our development and trust our creativity and expertise. Can we do that? I'd love if we could do that.
"What will it take for black people to be free?-- as long as I didn't give up on my question I was going to be alright"
"The work is bigger than the job."
On engaging in resistance whole working within the discipline and academia: "If you're in the masters house do you think you're really going to stay there comfortably?"
"In academia I have one rule: One job, one pay check. Bc I was working harder than everyone else and not getting paid the same. So I had to ask myself, 'you are from a working class background. If you accept this Patricia, how smart are you actually?'"
Day 2 of #ASA2025 Standing room only for today's afternoon plenary featuring Patricia Hill Collins on 35 years of Black Feminist Thought!
If you're looking for ways to better support students through these uncertain times and are curious about ways your research and advocacy can have a greater impact, join this ASA webinar happening now! lnkd.in/dzEZG8UH
Creating snitch lines where citizens can report one another for wrong-think is totalitarian stuff reminiscent of the Gestapo and Stasi.
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"You may be thinking that one day can't make a difference. "but it could be one day or day one." @adriennemareebrown.
Coretta Scott King reminds us that "freedom must be won with every generation." #economicboycott ✊🏽
Each day it becomes more clear that scholars are needed in the public discourse to present complex ideas and combat misinformation. Join us tomorrow to learn tools for engaging with media and public facing platforms!
Free webinar for ASA members! Join us in a talk with Rashawn Ray @sociologistray.bsky.social @univofmaryland.bsky.social about skills and strategies needed to effectively engage with the public through interviews, authoring op-eds and blogs, & more. Feb 20, 1 pm EST. Register: https://bit.ly/3WPI2ne
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Kendrick Lamar really embodies that feeling of just being annoyed by everybody and everything and I really appreciate that about him 😂
A brick building with a white sign with green letters that says "Bread for the City" with wooden pallets barricading a glass window
A photo of the inside of a warehouse space with shelving and pallets with large bags of onions and other vegetables
Volunteered at Bread for the City food bank in Northwest DC today. I find that putting my focus on and leaning in to community always makes me feel better and more capable. Community is the only way!
