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Justseeds Artists' Cooperative @justseeds.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

New small relief print from @monicatrinidad.bsky.social ! May our daily choices, actions, and commitments continue to pollinate just futures for all who demand it. 🦋🐝🌸 justseeds.org/product/poll...

Inspired by the historic groundbreaking ceremony of the Chicago Torture Justice Memorial, proceeds from this limited edition print supports future community engagement, programming, and mutual aid projects at the memorial site.

Organizing, largely led by the survivors and their family members, made this happen. This permanent public memorial honoring survivors of police torture is the first of its kind in the U.S. It was also the final, unfulfilled promise of the Reparations Ordinance that Chicago’s City Council passed in 2015—which was also the first time survivors of racially-motivated police torture have been given reparations under international law. This memorial doesn’t undo the harm that was done, but it creates a critical space to collectively remember, heal, and learn. Oppression also thrives on forgetting—so the work doesn’t end once the memorial is constructed.

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Justseeds Artists' Cooperative @justseeds.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

New postcard from Monica Trinidad! justseeds.org/product/quee...

Emory Douglas often spoke about art’s critical role in creating a visual mythology of power for people who feel powerless. I believe he’s talking about how the stories we tell shape the world we live in, or how we disrupt and capture dominant narratives through cultural change, or even just simply how art can make us feel seen and valued amidst injustice and dehumanization.

But I believe that there is nothing mythical about our world running on queer and trans magic. It’s so deeply factual! Thinking a lot about this lately as a queer woman deeply in love with my trans partner, and my trans friends, and especially on Trans Day of Visibility. To be queer and trans is to emit brilliance and creativity; to summon audacity and authenticity; to conjure spells of safety and community care networks; to invoke protection and new world building.

We will never allow that magic to be silenced or dimmed. In fact, it’s only growing stronger and more potent.

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Justseeds Artists' Cooperative @justseeds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

New postcard design from Monica Trinidad with a quote from @mskellymhayes.bsky.social ! Details in alt text, pick one up here: justseeds.org/product/we-m...

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I signed up to be notified every time my friend @monicatrinidad.bsky.social posts a new vlog. She doesn't post frequently so I recommend others sign up for notification too. These vlogs are always very good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLx0...

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3 ways to use your art as activism

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 30/07/2026

…when my big mobile zine library box has to be used for merch, I break out its little sibling display. Find the zines themselves (and many others, and a new one coming soon) at guante.info/zines

a small purple toolbox featuring three free zines: “for artists and other creative troublemakers,” “hope does not glimmer; it burns” and “of what future are these the wild, early days”

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Our ICE OUT stickers are perfect for pasting onto your favorite water bottle, wall or laptop. Did you know our stickers are also union made? Get yours and a friends here: www.rlmartstudio.com/product/ice-...

8 identical stickers spread out in the center of the image. All stickers contain text that reads "Ice out!" with a person holding a pouch on their shoulder, standing on a maroon circle.

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 17/06/2026

New @monicatrinidad.bsky.social video on “the problems that artists face when it comes to getting paid fairly and some tips on how artists can better advocate for themselves and each other.” Especially for those of who do movement work. The whole series is worth a watch:

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Artists are workers | getting paid to make art for social change

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Third Wave Fund @thirdwavefund.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

On International Sex Worker Rights Day, we honor sex worker leadership everywhere. The Sex Worker Giving Circle at Third Wave Fund has opened our 2026 grant cycle! Apply by April 2 for 2-year grants of $35K/year. Learn more & apply: bit.ly/swgc2026 #InternationalSexWorkerRightsDay #SWGivingCircle

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Third Wave Fund @thirdwavefund.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

While the timeline debates Bad Bunny, queer & trans organizers in Puerto Rico are building power amidst ongoing colonial violence. Meet our grantee partners centering Black & Indigenous queer/trans people through decolonial justice. ¡QUE VIVA PUERTO RICO LIBRE! 🇵🇷💥

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Andrea Ritchie @dreanyc123.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Looking for a gorgeous customizable poster for today’s/this weekend’s actions? Check out downloadable and fillable versions of @monicatrinidad.bsky.social’s gorgeous art in @interruptcrim’s Block It! Don’t Build It! Don’t Fill It! Don’t Fuel It! toolkit: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it

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Block It! — Interrupting Criminalization

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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

If you are in Minneapolis, OR Portland, Maine, OR another city being targeted by ICE, and you would like FREE posters shipped to you to give out, send your shipping address to assistant@mollycrabapple.com Thanks to a generous supporter, I now have a ton of posters and don't need to ration.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 26/01/2026

The crafters are up in arms.

Post in the Hand Embroidery Group:

I don't know what else to do.
[Photo of a stitched canvas with the words FUCK ICE]

Post in the Hand Embroidery Group:

Let us RESIST this regime with stitches today.
[Photo of stitched canvas with words Resist]

Post in the Hand Embroidery Group:

[Stitched quote from Anne Frank: "What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it from happening again."]

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fragilescales 🐍✨ @fragilescales.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

plugging this by @monicatrinidad.bsky.social watched yesterday and it motivated me to get my frustration out on paper. good reminder that everything needs practice, including art for social change! which i tend to be more hesitant to make because of fear i'll fumble it, but that's how you learn

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Justseeds Artists' Cooperative @justseeds.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

New video from Justseeds artist Monica Trinidad: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNVI...

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Art is not enough – and you still need to make it

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Andrea Ritchie @dreanyc123.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

If you are looking for ways to disrupt the abduction detention & deportation machine check out the new mini-toolkit from @interruptcrim.bsky.social gathering opportunities for action from orgs like @detentionwatchnetwork.org @siembranc.bsky.social BAJI + www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it

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Third Wave Fund @thirdwavefund.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Thrilled to introduce Chi Nwosu, our inaugural #ArtistinResidence! Chi (them/they) is a Black, nonbinary, queer Nigerian artist whose work invites us to imagine collective liberation, shaped by kinship & histories of international resistance. Read the full Q&A: www.thirdwavefund.org/blog/meet-ou...

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Third Wave Fund @thirdwavefund.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

🌊 Resistance is only natural! We’re channeling $3.7M+ to QTBIPOC-led movements in 2025. Become a new monthly donor & receive a set of gorgeous stickers by #ArtistinResidence Chi Nwosu! Let resources flow to sustain the fight for gender justice: bit.ly/donatetwf2025

An image of a hand holding the sticker, as well as two other TWF stickers. At the top it says, “All monthly donors can get this sticker set,” and at the bottom it says, “Join us or give twice this month.”

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Maxwell Evans @afrodip.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

City Council just backed a plan to set aside city-owned land for affordable housing and fund homeownership programs near the future Obama Center. The ordinance passed within a day, after an initial draft — focused solely on South Shore — stalled for 2 years. blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/25/o...

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Obama Center Housing Ordinance Passes City Council After 2-Year Delay And Overhaul

Alderpeople on Thursday approved an ordinance to fund homeownership programs and reserve city-owned land for income-based housing in three South Side neighborhoods near the future Obama Presidential C...

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Third Wave Fund @thirdwavefund.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

The FINAL #MobilizePowerFund deadline of the year is 10.7.25! MPF provides rapid response funding for: • Urgent direct action • Community mobilizing • Healing justice work Open to youth-led/intergenerational groups across the U.S. (No 501c3 required!) www.thirdwavefund.org/mobilize-pow...

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Anne @annieoranne.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Just saw this video from @monicatrinidad.bsky.social Super inspiring and encouraging, with lots of pieces of advice, both big and small, from Monica and others (Monica created the cover art for "We Do This 'Til We Free Us") Highly recommend giving it a watch youtu.be/jwBmLCaHKUw?...

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How to make art for social change

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Under the Tree w/Bill Ayers - A Seminar on Freedom @underthetreepod.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

It was a beautiful night last night with Amos Kennedy, Chi Nwosu and @monicatrinidad.bsky.social Thanks as always to our amazing hosts and friends @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social If you weren’t able to make it you can still pick up copies of the book and prints from them!

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Overflowing bookstore of rad folks here tonight to hear Amos Kennedy, @monicatrinidad.bsky.social & Chi Nwosu talk about art & activism!

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Dream event! Join us next Friday, March 28th at 7 pm for a celebration of Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr's new book CITIZEN PRINTER ❤️‍🔥 Amos will be joined by Chicago legends @monicatrinidad.bsky.social & Chi Nwosu to talk about the role of the artist in social movements. pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/45845

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Justseeds Artists' Cooperative @justseeds.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

New from @monicatrinidad.bsky.social on our free high-resolution downloads page! justseeds.org/graphic/be-l...

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