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Tricia Rose @proftriciarose.bsky.social · 3h

The struggle isn’t going away anytime soon, yet we must also live with dignity. We are insistent about our dignity. Poet and emcee akua naru and I spoke about how she does that through hidden stories and language. This conversation is part of the #SpiritStaysFree series on www.wayouttanoway.com

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

On the surface, Trump's executive orders on school discipline are about rules. But what they actually do is roll back years of progress made to protect Black students from being punished and pushed out of classrooms at rates far higher than their White peers. #WayOuttaNoWay

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Tricia Rose @proftriciarose.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My dear scholar, artist, and activist friend, Bryonn Bain brought the powerful Audre Lorde into our conversation by invoking Lorde’s famous black womanist-inspired phrase: “I feel, therefore I know I should be free.” This conversation is part of the #SpiritStaysFree series on www.wayouttanoway.com

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

All Chicago public school students now benefit from easier access to libraries. What caught our attention isn't just what it gives students access to, it's what it removes. The barriers that make access uneven. How have you accessed resources that weren’t readily available to you? #WayOuttaNoWay

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Tricia Rose @proftriciarose.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

When making the @wayouttanoway.bsky.social website, I knew it would be important for it to be full of life and deeply researched. The 500+ resources are embedded in life, community, and all is beauty. Learn more on wayouttanoway.com #WayOuttaNoWay #SystemicRacism #Beauty

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

In 2020, news broke that the Crenshaw Mall—the economic heart of Black Los Angeles—was being sold. Someone in the community asked: What if we bought it ourselves? Today, the Liberty Ecosystem is developing the mall into a “solidarity economy” built around Black culture. #WayOuttaNoWay

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Tricia Rose @proftriciarose.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Activist Rashad Robinson said that tackling the effects of a racist system without a systemic approach is much like Whack-A-Mole. What do you think? This conversation is part of the #SpiritStaysFree series on #WayOuttaNoWay Learn more at www.wayouttanoway.com #SystemicRacism #Resilience

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Chance the Rapper was raised on the South Side of Chicago, the neighborhood where the Obama Presidential Center opens this #Juneteenth. When Chance raps, “We need CBA, CBA, CBA, Barry,” he's demanding a Community Benefits Agreement to protect residents from displacement. #Housing #Gentrification

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Tricia Rose @proftriciarose.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

African American creative practices open up new ways to understand and find our places in the world. Poet and emcee akua naru and I spoke about the power of language to do precisely that. #SpiritStaysFree #SystemicRacism #Resilience #WayOuttaNoWay

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

When one door closes, Black communities have a long tradition of opening new ones for themselves: Literacy classes held in buses. Freedom schools where teaching happened under trees. Church basements. Kitchen tables. Study groups — in person and online — that become movements. #WayOuttaNoWay

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Tricia Rose @proftriciarose.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I want to tell you about Way Outta No Way, which is a cornerstone of my Systemic Racism and Resilience Project. Learn more on wayouttanoway.com #WayOuttaNoWay #SystemicRacism #Stories

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Part of staying resilient under the pressures of systemic racism is to reclaim time, space and the right to move our bodies freely and at ease, together. This is the kind of thing we mean when we say, Spirit Stays Free! #WayOuttaNoWay

Bright and colorful roller skaters surround the words "Rolling Into Spring. The Black roller skating tradition dates back to a time when African American people were officially barred from entering White rinks. Black skaters went on to develop new styles of roller skating. As with so many cultural expressions, Black roller skaters changed the game with new, virtuosic polyrhythmic skating moves. When the weather gets nice, you gonna bounce, rock, skate, roll or what?"

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The power of the Black cultural tradition is the understanding that freedom dreams are collective and do not cease to exist when a leader passes away. What we inherit from Jackson is a practice of resilience defined by the strength to build bridges with others and, together, to cross them. 3/3

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

For Jesse Jackson, Rose pointed out, the pathway to a lasting coalition is not simply about “political alignment, it is also about the sense of a moral vision and a sense of what we want collectively in the future and what we want to build.” 2/3

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

“A politics based on a moral vision changes us; it builds bridges of mutual recognition and gives us the courage to cross them again and again.” Last week, Professor Tricia Rose reflected on Reverend Jesse Jackson’s legacy with the BBC World Service. 1/3 #WayOuttaNoWay

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Right now, we have Robert Glasper’s “Shine” in rotation. The music and the lyrics feel to us like a loving incantation and a call to fire. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v575... 3/4

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

As we look to the year ahead, we are inspired by the courage and creativity of long-standing Black cultural practices that map new constellations of living that shine with possibility and hope–that have made a way outta no way. 2/4

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Injustice weighs especially heavy right now. Tales from the East Side is the narrative cornerstone of Way Outta No Way because the human impacts of systemic racism are real and embedded in lived experience. It is hard to face, sometimes–but we must grasp those impacts with clarity and knowledge. 1/4

A multi-colored, collage style graphic showing two people's hands embracing says "Injustice weighs heavy right now. So we have Robert Glasper’s “Shine” in rotation. The music and the lyrics feel to us like a loving incantation and a call to fire. What are you listening to that lifts you up? Share it with us!" The graphic also shares a piece of lyrics from the song: "“I can feel the love in here
My inner space got constellations
And all those inner conversations
They help me to shine, shine
(Shine) shine
They help me to shine (shine)
So (shine) shine
They help me to shine

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Picture only offering heaven although they give you hell, like
Picture that, scripture that
Picture that brilliant sister from Sister Act
That gave us the miseducation, found those who missed the map
And gave 'em hope, just one more again, picture an extra lap
That's love”

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

We are thrilled to announce a free, four-part workshop series led by Way Outta No Way’s creator, renowned scholar @proftriciarose.bsky.social, presented by Gathering Ground. The series kicks off this Friday, Oct 3rd, from 10a – 1p (ET). Use the link below to register and secure your spot today!

A flyer with the following event details: Way Outta No Way: Systemic Racism and Resilience. Free, Four-Part workshop series with Tricia Rose, presented by Gathering Ground. Select Fridays, 10a-1p ET. Oct 3, Oct 24, Nov 14, Dec 3. Register and secure your spot today!

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Tricia Rose @proftriciarose.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I’ve spent a decade researching systemic racism, and I am struck with awe by the power of Black cultural resilience. This is why #WayOuttaNoWay includes Spirit Stays Free: a collection of conversations with Black artists and activists. I hope they inspire you as they do me! #BlackSky #AcademicSky

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Tricia Rose @proftriciarose.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Baltimore is seeing a historic drop in violent crime rates. How? Essentially, they’re now taking a “comprehensive” (i.e. systems) approach. Investing in young people helps everyone! Watch the video for my takeaways. #BlackSky #AcademicSky

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Byronn Bain talks to @proftriciarose.bsky.social about our need for a vision of the future. What’s your vision? Tell us in the comments. Watch more videos of Black artists and activists who inspire us with that freedom spirit on the #SpiritStaysFree pg of #WayOuttaNoWay #SystemicRacism #Resilience

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

#WayOuttaNoWay is the result of more than a decade of research and teaching by @proftriciarose.bsky.social‬ as part of her wider Systemic Racism Project at Brown University. It has been generously supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Mellon Foundation. bit.ly/4jYe7lt 6/6

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

The #WayOuttaNoWay experience is enhanced by the Spirit Stays Free YouTube channel, companion guides and more. Please keep in touch with the latest updates by joining our mailing list. bit.ly/4jYe7lt #SystemicRacism #Resilience 5/6

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

… the devastating loss, suffering and systemic barriers to human thriving that define “no way out”—and the enduring power of Black imagination, resilience and freedom-dreaming that insist on living and loving forward. bit.ly/4jYe7lt #SystemicRacism #Resilience 4/6

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

By centering the lived experiences of an intergenerational African American family and their community, #WayOuttaNoWay sensitively captures the dynamic tension at heart of the Systemic Racism and Resilience Project… 3/6

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

#WayOuttaNoWay demonstrates the power of Black life and culture to originate rich modes of human resistance and resilience. bit.ly/4jYe7lt #SystemicRacism #Resilience 2/6

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

What is #WayOuttaNoWay? A dynamic web-based experience that blends a systems analysis of racism with compelling character-driven stories, supported by rigorous research. bit.ly/4jYe7lt #SystemicRacism #Resilience 1/6

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Way Outta No Way @wayouttanoway.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

#WayOuttaNoWay is a dynamic web-based experience that brings to life @proftriciarose.bsky.social‬’s systems analysis of how racism works, and demonstrates the power of Black life and culture to originate rich modes of human resistance and resilience.

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