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Vanessa Priya Daniel

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Queer, Feminist, Organizer, Writer, Mom. Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone about Winning, Random House, March 2025. Order it today: www.vanessapriyadaniel.com/books Founder of Groundswell Fund & Action Fund.

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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
When people on the left swarm in an ill-informed social media take down of a good person, integrity looks like speaking up to intervene. There have been a whole lot of takedowns of decent people and very little intervention in recent years.
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
“So here’s what’s helpful and meaningful right now. Find your line. If you’re in South Carolina: confirm your registration today, and set the reminder for August 11…That primary is open to you.” medium.com/@ashleewooda...
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TWO FACTS, ONE WEEKEND
Lindsey Graham died Saturday night. Mitch McConnell broke four weeks of silence Sunday to say a fall put him in the hospital in mid-June…
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
BEWARE OF SCAMS! 🚨 Please share this post and help me let others know. It has been brought to my attention that someone is impersonating me. The target seems to be progressive political candidates.
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Rashad Robinson’s must-have framework on power ‘From Presence to Power’ is available for pre-order! Head to the link below to get your copy. #frompresencetopower www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676299... #frompresencetopower
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From Presence to Power by Rashad Robinson: 9780593243565 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Why do some fights for justice hit a wall while others succeed? What does it take to win social change, especially now? It comes down to understanding one thing: the difference between presence and po...
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Silent Auction “In Solidarity with Our Immigrant Neighbors in Northampton and Nearby Communities” organized by Immigrant Solidarity Collective I donated a signed copy of Unrig the Game, and there are many more amazing items up for grabs. Bid and support by June 5. givebutter.com/c/wCO7w5/auc...
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In Solidarity with Our Immigrant Neighbors in Northampton and Nearby Communities
By Immigrant Solidarity Collective
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
To all those in philanthropy holding the line and bolstering rather than abandoning movement infrastructure: thank you! & keep going!
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
My latest newsletter is out! Let us REFUSE the urge to deal with our fear by rooting ourselves in scarcity, cynicism, or by abandoning each other. We need our hope, faith, and each other, more than ever.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
It's going to be chilly in the East on Saturday, and hot in the West, so No Kings Day requires that we all do a little extra organizing over the next 48 hours. Text people and tell them where to go! billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-time-to-...
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A Time to Rise
In anger, in hope, in whatever gets you out the door on Saturday!
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 25/03/2026
It's never been clearer that "we can't afford it" has always been a lie.
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 24/03/2026
Saturday, March 28th. No Kings. More than 3000+ events, nationwide. The biggest day of mass protest yet. Find one near you: bit.ly/nokings-march28
No Kings. Mass protest. 3/28/26.
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
No Freedom Without Dismantling Patriarchy: An Open Letter to Our Movements and Our Country ✓ The Pattern We Must Name ✓ The Questions We Must Answer ✓ What We Commit to in Our Homes, Relationships, Communities, Institutions, Politics, and Movements Read it in full and sign on:
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No Freedom Without Dismantling Patriarchy: An Open Letter to Our Movements and Our Country
In the wake of the César Chávez revelations, we commit to uprooting racism AND patriarchy, together, without exception.
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
TW: sexual violence. I am heart broken that my beloved movement elder and shero, Dolores Huerta, carried the weight of this secret all these years. May she, and every survivor who spoke up, feel our love and protection. Their truth sets us free.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 16/03/2026
While dropping off his kids, federal agents detained an Afghan refugee who served alongside U.S. special forces. He died less than 24 hours later. This is the 43rd death in ICE custody since Trump retook office. We need accountability and justice for all those who’ve died under their watch.
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Organizing for the win. Thank you Nick, for your courageous leadership. @ndncollective.bsky.social ndncollective.org/all-charges-...
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All Charges Dropped Against Nick Tilsen in Politically Charged Case - NDN COLLECTIVE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 16, 2026 Rapid City, SD – Today, the Pennington County State’s Attorney’s office dropped all charges...
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 04/03/2026
Text NO WAR to 30403 to call your Senator and tell them to also vote yes!!
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone About Winning Turns 1 💛 Pictured here is an Unrig the Game retreat for leaders organized by The Chisholm Legacy Project. This image speaks volumes about this journey: Sisterhood, connection, healing.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 25/02/2026
Attention high school students in WA-07 📢 Submit your work to the Congressional Art Competition — and have a chance to have your art displayed in the U.S. Capitol! Entries are due 4/24 at 4:30 PM PST. I look forward to seeing your creativity! jayapal.house.gov/services/art-comp…
Poster for the Congressional Art Competition featuring a large artist's easel and canvas with the text "Submit by April 24!" Instructions listed include reviewing the 2026 rules, completing a release form, and submitting by April 24, 2026, at 4:30 PM. The website jayapal.house.gov/services/art-competition/ is provided for more information.
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 25/02/2026
Watch live: The @workingfamilies.org State of the Union Response, delivered by @summerlee.bsky.social:
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Working Families Party Response to the State of the Union
YouTube video by Working Families Party
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Los Angeles, CA - Scripps Presents: Vanessa Priya Daniel (Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone About Winning) in conversation with Myriam J. A. Chancy, followed by a book signing. Books available for purchase. 📍February 24 @ 7pm Balch Auditorium 🎟️ Get your free tickets:
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Vanessa Priya Daniel in Conversation
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Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson @ashdashlee.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
SOTU is Tuesday. The real state of our union isn’t coming from that podium — it’s coming from us. I’ve been building something called WeAct. 559 people are already taking verified actions together. New SOTU response actions just dropped. 🧵 Here’s what’s live for the State of the Union:
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 20/02/2026
Relevant words.
Black History Month. Ignorance married with power is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. James Baldwin.
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Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson @ashdashlee.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Use our email and call tools to tell Congress: Not a penny more for ICE brutality! Email: - nokings.org/aclu-stopice Call: - nokings.org/iceout-senate - nokings.org/iceout-house #NoKings #IceOut
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
My friend and colleague Letetia Daniels Jackson is running for elected office in Alabama. Please join me in contributing to her campaign: secure.actblue.com/donate/letet... Letetia is a lifelong champion for the rights of working people, women and Black folks in the South.
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NPR @npr.org · 31/01/2026
A judge has ordered the U.S. to release a father and 5-year-old son who were taken into custody during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. A judge previously ruled that they could not be removed from the U.S. for now. n.pr/4qVBJLV
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Judge orders release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his dad from ICE detention
A judge has ordered the U.S. to release a father and 5-year-old son who were taken into custody during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. A judge previously ruled that they could not be removed from the U.S. for now.
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Please join me in taking the following three actions to stand in solidarity with Minneapolis and with ourselves because if we don’t respond here, other cities will be next. Three things you can do right now: 1️⃣ Nationwide Shutdown January 30 - No work, school, shopping.
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
One thing I love about my friend Edgar Villanueva is that he is not timid about scale. There’s nothing wrong with small & scrappy efforts and they can even win some things but i appreciate when people and orgs on the left play big and set audacious goals. We need more of this!
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How This Entrepreneur Aims To Redirect $1 Trillion In Philanthropy
Since founding the Decolonizing Wealth Project, Edgar Villanueva has redirected reportedly $1 billion towards "reparative" initiatives. His next goal? $1 trillion.
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I’ve been reeling all day from the shock of hearing that the wonderful Helen Kim has joined the realm of the ancestors. It doesn’t feel real. I thought we’d have so much more time with her.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 15/12/2025
In 2025, my office answered thousands of letters and phone calls, saved millions of dollars, and completed important casework requests for constituents. We are always here to help you!
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Hyperlocal organizing, which can also link to more established organizations for greater durability, is one key answer to the shock and awe tactics of everywhere, everything, all at once. We are everywhere too. And there are more of us. Subscribe to read: www.vanessapriyadaniel.com/newsletter
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 07/12/2025
My Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act establishes real standards for immigrant detention and phases out for-profit facilities. This corrupt administration shouldn’t be allowed to funnel billions of dollars to private prisons companies who donated millions to Trump’s campaign.
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
SEATTLE! Today, Dec 4. There’s still time to grab your tickets. “Reimagine to Win. Vanessa Priya Daniel joins Social Venture Partners Seattle to talk about how philanthropy can “unrig the game” by centering women of color leaders and resourcing community power.” svpseattle.org/event/reimag...
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Reimagine to Win: Unrig the Game with Vanessa Daniel
Join SVP Seattle on December 4, 2025, for an inspiring evening with author and activist Vanessa Daniel, founder of Groundswell Fund. Drawing from her book Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach...
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
A reminder that strategy is essential, tactics are key, but authentic connections and relationships that brim with kindness and heart are how we keep our candles lit. From my latest newsletter, subscribe for free to read it in full: www.vanessapriyadaniel.com/newsletter
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Hi Friends,
As we head into the cold months of winter, I'm offering my last newsletter of the year as a warm reminder of our capacity to keep our minds set on freedom as we close out 2025 and contemplate the New Year.
A reminder that strategy is essential, tactics are key, but authentic connections and relationships that brim with kindness and heart are how we keep our candles lit.
In this edition: How we keep our candles lit amidst the winds of fear, resignation and despair / Unrig the Game as a holiday gift / Recs for end-of-year giving / Resources
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Diana Parker-Kafka @dianaparker.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Our tribal ID’s validity depends entirely on the person we’re presenting it to. My attempting to use it has failed many times because of the lack of knowledge people in government have about it. After this, I expect the feds to try to further delegitimize it.
Text: Federal government agencies recognize tribal ID as a valid form of identification, and Miles has used it to travel back and forth to Canada and Mexico without any issues. Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it "fake." "Anyone can make that,” she recalled another
agent saying.
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Five Things Funders and Donors Can Do Right Now Tips from my last newsletter: 1• Flank the most vulnerable and those who stand with them. 2• Move as much money as you can NOW. 3• Remove the red tape. 4• Plan all the contingencies for a tighter regulatory environment. 5• Use your full power.
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
“Want to support trans people? Watch HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY, a critically important documentary that follows ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio as he battles at the steps of the Supreme Court for trans rights.” Available to watch at home for one week only: bit.ly/watch-hs
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
This is beautiful. Thank you Makani Themba and Rukia Lumumba. 💜🙏🏽 www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Dear New York: A Love Letter From Jackson, Mississippi
We join you in celebrating the election of Zohran Mamdani.
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Politico @politico.com · 12/11/2025
Progressive on the edge of a win in Seattle mayor race
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Progressive on the edge of a win in Seattle mayor race
Katie Wilson pulled ahead of a moderate Democrat in a campaign that focused on the cost of living in one of America’s most-expensive cities.
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Diana Parker-Kafka @dianaparker.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Unrig the Game by @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social may be the most consequential book about nonprofits and I haven’t even read it yet. So many people telling me how accurately it describes past and current experiences of leaders of color, I have a copy but am hesitant to read about the shared trauma.
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Whatever would we do without the strategic brilliance of Democrats stepping in between Republicans and the consequences of their actions?
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
The majority of the country, across the political spectrum, knows that the status quo has been failing them miserably and is willing to shake things up, throw open the windows and the doors, and even walk outside into the sunlight of freedom. Subscribe to read: www.vanessapriyadaniel.com/newsletter
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
New Haven, Connecticut: See you next week! “Vanessa Priya Daniel is the keynote speaker for the Community Fund for Women & Girls 30th Anniversary Celebration” Get your tickets: manyvoicesonevision.org/vision-in-ac...
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Vision In Action – The Community Fund for Women & Girls
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
My next newsletter will be out soon, subscribe for free: www.vanessapriyadaniel.com/newsletter How we KEEP GOING with courage despite fear and exhaustion; ways to out-organize authoritarians and those in our own ranks who would have us capitulate to them; what funders and donors can do, and more!
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NEWSLETTER — Vanessa Daniel
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Coffee and Calculated Curiosity @cupofcc.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
The game isn’t fair AND we can play differently. @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social gave us THE playbook in Unrig the Game. This book is for anyone ready to shift our power structures by enhancing their own leadership skills. ☕ Grab a cup and read on @nwprogressive.org 🔗 tinyurl.com/unrigthegame
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Book Review: Vanessa Priya Daniel tells all on how the shots are called in her 2025 debut “Unrig the Game" - NPI's Cascadia Advocate
Read NPI's review of Vanessa Priya Daniel's first book, which its publisher calls "a much-needed playbook to supporting and retaining women of color in leadership roles to create lasting change in the...
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
My copy of Free the People to Free the Money to Free the People: An Organize the Rich Anthology just arrived. Have you ordered yours? itascabooks.com/products/fre... I can’t wait to dig in on this book edited by movement colleagues Michael Gast, Marian Moore & Alex T. Tom.
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Support the western Alaska relief effort: alaskacf.org/western-alas...
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Western Alaska Communities Unite to Establish Disaster Response Fund Following Recent Storms  - Alaska Community Foundation
In response to recent severe storms, including Typhoon Halong, that devastated Alaska’s western coast, local …
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Thank you 🙏🏽
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Vanessa Priya Daniel @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Get your copy of Reimagining Nonprofits and Philanthropy: Unlocking the Full Potential of a Vital and Complex Sector! A book packed with helpful insights from the wonderful Vu Le @nonprofitaf.bsky.social
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BOOK!!
Vu's new book will be coming out on October 14th, 2025. Pre-order your copies at Elliott Bay Book Company, Barnes and Nobles, Bookshop, or Amazon. If you're in the UK, use this version of Bookshop. If...
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 30/09/2025
Demanding an end to Italy’s complicity in the Gaza genocide, half a million people abandoned their workplaces, schools, and universities. Niccolò Barca writes that they were inspired by a slogan: “Blocchiamo tutto.” (“Let’s block everything.”) www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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How Italy’s Workers Shut Their Country Down For Gaza
Hundreds of thousands blocked ports and roadways to demand an end to military collaboration with Israel.
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Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson @ashdashlee.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
This’s a long one. TLDR: What needs to be done requires us to get more comfortable w/contradictions & complexity, but doing the right thing, loving your neighbor through your actions, taking collective action to build & sustain our power, & reveal & make evil uncomfortable, is pretty damn simple.
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Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson @ashdashlee.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Y’all seen it yet?… 🚨 SAVE THE DATE: OCTOBER 18 Millions of our people took to the streets in June. As Trump’s regime escalates his authoritarian power grab, we’re gathering again on October 18 for a nationwide day of resistance. Let’s. Go. #NoKings #NoKingsDay #nokingsinamerica #nokingsprotest
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