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derecka purnell

@derecka.bsky.social
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rooting for everyone resisting oppression | slowly transitioning from social media | get connected at my website derecka.com/contact | author, Becoming Abolitionists

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derecka purnell @derecka.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
hi, hi- i wrote about how clear backpacks, which are becoming a requirement for our kids at school, are toxic to our health and the planet, and why we gotta say no! My debut for @slowfactory.bsky.social everythingispolitical.com/readings/cle...
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Clear Backpacks, Columbine, and the Colors of School Safety
In elementary school, our classroom’s wooden door displayed a laminated sheet that listed emergency drills, coordinated by shades of urgency. Green, yellow, orange, red. Fire drills were fun. We stole...
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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 08/05/2025
We were excited to welcome @derecka.bsky.social tonight to join @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social in conversation on his new book, but she was injured defending a student from the police at Columbia last night. @lkspence.bsky.social has graciously agreed to pinch hit, though, so see you at 7!
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 04/04/2025
Baltimore! Join @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social for a conversation with @derecka.bsky.social about his new book Reconsidering Reparations, hosted by @redemmas.org Thursday, May 8th at 7:00 pm RSVP to attend:
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò presents "Reconsidering Reparations: Why Climate Justice and Constructive Politics Are Needed in the Wake of Slavery and Colonialism" in conversation w/Derecka Purnell
A clear, new case for reparations as a “constructive,” future-oriented project that responds to the weight of history’s injustices with the equitable distribution of benefits and burdens.
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AK Press @akpress.org · 25/04/2025
We'll celebrate the release day of 𝘈 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦 on Tuesday, May 6, 7pm at the Maysles Documentary Center in NYC. Join us for a screening of "Frame-up! The Imprisonment of Martin Sostre" followed by conversation w/ Garrett Felber, @derecka.bsky.social & @kazzy.bsky.social
An event flyer for A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre book release at Maysles Documentary Center, NYC on May 6. Details in text: bit.ly/ContinuousStruggle
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derecka purnell @derecka.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
hi everyone, i’m derecka, how are you? what happens here?
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