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Rumibell hooks @rumibell-hooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

You are such a #✨GiftOfLove✨ Always centering the interconnectedness of our shared humanity. 🌍

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Getting my job back at the Washington Post would not have been possible if it wasn’t for me belonging to a union. @postguild.bsky.social and @wbng.org are the unions I belong to. I was able to challenge my wrongful termination because of the collective bargaining agreement / union contract!

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Rumibell hooks @rumibell-hooks.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The epitome of being a Black woman in America. 😒

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/07/2026

Mamdani: "As we mark 250 years ... we see the wealthiest country -- one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more ... we see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans"

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Rumibell hooks @rumibell-hooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Justice Brown Jackson is such a #✨GiftOfLove✨ casually wearing ancestral wisdom and protection around her neck. #CowrieShells

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Rumibell hooks @rumibell-hooks.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Fascinating. Black Africans have always been a #✨GiftOfLove✨ for humanity. Let’s remember that when we educate our kids around the 250th, #EduSky.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The Obama Presidential Center is finally opening! Tune in today on Obama.org starting at 11am CT as Michelle and I share what this moment means to us and celebrate with friends, family, and members of the community in Chicago.

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Rumibell hooks @rumibell-hooks.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

What a #✨GiftOfLove✨ you are @mayor.nyc.gov The action of a government differs from the solidarity we might feel with people of a particular creed or ethnicity. Humanity first. Thank you for reminding us what is actually important. True brilliance.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/06/2026

Parade. Thursday. Manhattan.

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Rumibell hooks @rumibell-hooks.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Another #✨GiftOfLove✨ from @aieloc.bsky.social #EduSky, centering our stories is how we rebuild the humanity of our students. Education is a practice of freedom.

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Rumibell hooks @rumibell-hooks.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

What a #✨GiftOfLove✨. Eid Mubarak! 🤲🏿

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AIELOC @aieloc.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The Target fast ended. The boycott continues. #boycotttarget

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Rumibell hooks @rumibell-hooks.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

This organization is always radically dreaming about what is possible four students. Keep a close eye on this, #EduSky. The work they are doing is a #✨GiftOfLove✨ for education.

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Rumibell hooks @rumibell-hooks.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

#✨AGiftOfLove✨. We see the way, Trayvon. Rest in Power.

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AIELOC @aieloc.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

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Rumibell hooks @rumibell-hooks.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Hey #EduSky, here’s another #✨GiftOfLove✨ from an educational genius. Grateful for these golden nuggets of knowledge, @aieloc.bsky.social. I’m definitely sharing this movement with my scholars. ✨🤲🏿✨

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AIELOC @aieloc.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Join Dr. Emily Meadows and Alysa Perreras on 23 February for Identity-Based Harm in Schools us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Rumibell hooks @rumibell-hooks.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Another #✨GiftOfLove✨ from @qasimrashid.com #EduSky, this is how we center the connectedness of our shared humanity. 🤲🏿

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17/02/2026

“I am somebody” shaped how millions of us saw ourselves as kids, including me. That message mattered. It still does. Rest in power, Jesse Jackson 🙏🏽

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte

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Rumibell hooks @rumibell-hooks.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Wow! What a line up and a #✨GiftOfLove✨ #EduSky, the future of education is right here.

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AIELOC @aieloc.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

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Rumibell hooks @rumibell-hooks.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

#EduSky we have to pay closer attention to this organization! A conference modeled on humanizing pedagogy? 🔥 You are a #✨GiftOfLove, @aieloc.bsky.social

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 23/01/2026

Today I stood in -20 degrees alongside interfaith leaders & community members demanding that ICE stop terrorizing Minnesota. I was struck by three things. 1. People are traumatized, not paralyzed. 2. These are American tax $$. 3. MN is showing what we all could be doing nationally. Read more.

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Live from Minneapolis: Protesting ICE Out of Minnesota and Delta Stop Deportation Flights

Honored to stand alongside faith leaders representing diverse backgrounds and religions, coming from all different states around the country

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Rumibell hooks @rumibell-hooks.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

New York, you are an absolute #✨GiftOfLove✨

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Can you accept - even w/o agreeing with all our positions - that Black people know profound truths about this country that are not on Schoolhouse Rock? Now that the tactics they’ve used in our communities are becoming national policy, are you ready to concede that you need our “expertise” as well?

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Rumibell hooks @rumibell-hooks.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The responses of world leaders have been underwhelming. This is why I appreciate Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. When will U.S. leaders take a page out of his playbook? He’s paving a clear path for us, a #✨GiftOfLove✨ #Edusky, we got work to do at the grassroots! We see you @aieloc.bsky.social

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Rumibell hooks @rumibell-hooks.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

“I can best articulate Mayor Mamdani’s remarks into three main points: 1. The representation was real. 2. There was an unmistakable shift from defensive politics to affirmative justice. 3. Mamdani stood firmly in who he is and refused to dilute it. Grateful for this #✨GiftOfLove✨ @qasimrashid.com

1. The representation was real.
There was no tokenism here. No carefully curated optics meant to check boxes and move on. The crowd, the stage, and the leadership reflected New York as it actually exists. Mamdani didn't just speak about working people—he situated himself among them. As he put it plainly, "I stand alongside construction workers in steel-toed boots and halal cart vendors whose knees ache
from working all day." That line landed because it wasn't rhetorical. Then Alderman Mamdani went
on a weeks long hunger strike to win historic alleviations from debt for Taxi cab drivers, drivers who were dying by suicide due to the suffocating debt. Moreover, the statement matched the room's composition, the coalition he built, and the governing team he has assembled.
This matters. Representation is not just who gets invited to the podium—it's who government is structurally designed to serve. Mamdani's administration looks like the city because it intends to work for the city.

2. There was an unmistakable shift from defensive politics to affirmative justice.
For too long, Democrats have been trapped in a posture of apology-explaining why basic human rights are "reasonable," why dignity is "pragmatic," why justice must be incremental so as not to offend entrenched power. What I heard today was a clean break from that cowardice.
Mamdani explicitly rejected the idea that this moment requires lowering expectations: "In writing this address, I have been told that this is the occasion to reset expectations... / will do no such thing. The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations." That is not rhetorical bravado—it is a governing philosophy. One that understands that working people do not suffer from asking for too much, but from being told to accept too little.
He followed that with a commitment we rarely hear stated so directly: "No longer will City Hall hesitate to use its power to improve New Yorkers' lives." That sentence alone draws a sharp line between governance that manages decline and governance that actually confronts injustice. He

between governance that manages decline and governance that actually confronts injustice. He related how he sat one on one with hundreds of New Yorkers from all five boroughs to understand the crisis of affordability from their points of view, and build policy with their input to counter these economic injustices.
While newly minted mayors often prioritize meeting with billionaires to discuss how to make billionaires even wealthier, Mayor Mamdani is meeting with countless working people to assess how to unapologetically protect their humanity.
That is powerful.

3. Mayor Mamdani stood firmly in who he is— and refused to dilute it.
He did not obscure his faith, his background, or his politics. He did not run from the labels others use to marginalize or discredit. Instead, he claimed them with confidence. "/ was elected as a
democratic socialist and I will govern as a democratic socialist," he said, adding, "I will not abandon my principles for fear of being deemed radical." He doubled down by proudly embracing his faith as a Muslim, swearing in on the Holy Qur'an, speaking in Urdu during his address, and referencing his South Asian ethnicity, his Ugandan birth, and the fact that New York City belongs to everyone-whether they arrived five generations ago or five minutes ago.
That clarity matters. Authoritarian movements thrive on fear and ambiguity. They succeed when leaders are ashamed of their values or afraid to articulate them. Mamdani did the opposite. He made clear that the real radicalism is a system
"which gives so much to so few and denies so many people the basic necessities of life."

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Rumibell hooks @rumibell-hooks.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

We are grateful for the abundance of knowledge and genius indigenous people continue to share the world over. What a #✨GiftOfLove✨! Shout out to organizations like @aieloc.bsky.social that continue to amplify the voices that center our humanity. #EduSky www.firstnations.org/our-values/i...

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Impact Stories | First Nations Development Institute

We are often asked what impact we are having in Native communities. We can provide statistics, reports and formal findings, of course, but sometimes the words of our grantees speak loudest. Here are s...

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Rumibell hooks @rumibell-hooks.bsky.social · 21/11/2025