@becordera

Call me Bee | poet | environmental justice and solutions journalist @TheBWSTimes | blerd | @AHCJ fellow | ✊🏽 | she/they | @cavecanempoets fellow

 Oklahoma City, OK
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Joined February 2017
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Earlier this year, I reported on X that Westwin Elements completed their nickel refinery without getting full consent of the Tribal nations in the area. I now have a story out with @TheBWSTimes that reveals community concerns for greenwashing and lack of Tribal consultation.
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Sesame Street
@sesamestreet1 Jun 2025
On our street, everyone is welcome. Together, let’s build a world where every person and family feels loved and respected for who they are. Happy #PrideMonth!
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Jena Brooker@j_e_n_a_b22 May 2025
A parking lot-turned-garden in Southwest Detroit is growing several tons of free produce each year for residents in a neighborhood with some of the highest rates of food insecurity in the city. 🥕 bridgedetroit.com/new-growth…

New growth for Cadillac Urban Gardens in Southwest Detroit

The urban garden grows free produce for residents. The recent addition of a new greenhouse and electricity will provide for even more Detroiters.

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Yeah, um, the sight of a foreign Catholic missionary who is White riding into an Indigenous community on horseback to round up all the little Native American children has never been a “majestic” one, nor will it ever be. This scene has ruined millions of lives over the centuries
Catholic Sat
@CatholicSat9 May 2025
Some of these photographs of Pope Leo XIV are majestic
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My newest story for @TheBWSTimes, reporting on Stitt's veto of HB1137 that would have expanded Ida's Law to bolster resources for MMIP in Oklahoma: theblackwallsttimes.com/2025…

Stitt vetoes Ida’s Law expansion to help Missing Murdered Indigenous People

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt blocked HB 1137, an expansion of Ida’s Law to address missing murdered Indigenous women.

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Nicole Sealey@Nic_Sealey18 Apr 2025
Apply! Apply! Apply!
SouthernHumanitiesReview@SouthernHReview18 Apr 2025
Get your poems ready! The annual Auburn Witness Poetry Prize honoring Jake Adam York will be open May 1-June 1. Submit up to 3 poems for this year's judge @Nic_Sealey! Learn more: southernhumanitiesreview.com… #litmag #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity
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Attacking History Trump’s targeting of the National Museum of African American History sparks outrage over the potential threat to preserving African American history and culture. bit.ly/3DUcTc3
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Brian Munoz@brianmmunoz18 Mar 2025
U.S. @EPA Administrator @leemzeldin joined U.S. Sen. @HawleyMO in hearing from #StLouis-area community members still being impacted by Manhattan Project-era radioactive contamination. The latest from today's meeting by @stlpublicradio's @jrosenbaum: bit.ly/epa-west-lake-stl
U.S. Environment Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, right, listens to area residents speak about the medical impact of the West Lake Landfill during a roundtable at the Bridgeton City Hall hosted by U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, center, on Monday, March 17, 2025, at the Bridgeton City Hall. Jim Macy, the EPA’s Region 7 director in Kansas City, sits to the left. (Brian Munoz / St. Louis Public Radio)

ALT U.S. Environment Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, right, listens to area residents speak about the medical impact of the West Lake Landfill during a roundtable at the Bridgeton City Hall hosted by U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, center, on Monday, March 17, 2025, at the Bridgeton City Hall. Jim Macy, the EPA’s Region 7 director in Kansas City, sits to the left. (Brian Munoz / St. Louis Public Radio)

Karen Nickel, Just Moms STL co-founder, embraces Bridgeton resident Debbie Neuman as she recounts the medical issues she’s faced living near the radioactive West Lake Landfill on Monday, March 17, 2025, during a round table with local and federal officials at Bridgeton City Hall. (Brian Munoz / St. Louis Public Radio)

ALT Karen Nickel, Just Moms STL co-founder, embraces Bridgeton resident Debbie Neuman as she recounts the medical issues she’s faced living near the radioactive West Lake Landfill on Monday, March 17, 2025, during a round table with local and federal officials at Bridgeton City Hall. (Brian Munoz / St. Louis Public Radio)

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, center, speaks about radioactive poisoning with U.S. Environment Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, right, near Coldwater Creek on Monday, March 17, 2025, in Florissant. (Brian Munoz / St. Louis Public Radio)

ALT U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, center, speaks about radioactive poisoning with U.S. Environment Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, right, near Coldwater Creek on Monday, March 17, 2025, in Florissant. (Brian Munoz / St. Louis Public Radio)

Dawn Chapman, Just Moms STL co-founder, left, looks out onto Coldwater Creek alongside Jim Macy, the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 director, on Monday, March 17, 2025, in Florissant. (Brian Munoz / St. Louis Public Radio)

ALT Dawn Chapman, Just Moms STL co-founder, left, looks out onto Coldwater Creek alongside Jim Macy, the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 director, on Monday, March 17, 2025, in Florissant. (Brian Munoz / St. Louis Public Radio)

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Uproot here always supporting Black journalism. Thank you!
Uproot Project@uproot_project12 Mar 2025
In the absence of an independent study, Lawton residents worry about the environmental safety of a nickel refinery operated by Westwin Elements. Uprooter @becordera for @TheBWSTimes buff.ly/1IDYGFe
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Just for clarity; it’s the lack of federal and state environmental impact studies and other independent studies that the residents of Lawton are worried about.
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To the ones who put others first, we love you, we thank you, and today and every day, we celebrate you. Happy National Caregivers Day. 💛💚
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philip lewis
@Phil_Lewis_22 Feb 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge blocks Trump’s executive order ending federal support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Protect OAK FLAT ✊🏾
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Slavery was Legal. Colonialism was Legal. Jim Crow was Legal. Apartheid was Legal. Legality is a matter of Power, NOT Justice.
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REBORN!
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South Park creators and Kendrick Lamar join forces for a bold new July 4th comedy. bit.ly/3CQkxUj

South Park Creators, Kendrick Lamar team up for July 4th comedy

Kendrick Lamar and South Park creators unite for a bold July 4th comedy, blending satire and culture in a film sure to spark conversation.

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This new interactive tool from @grist is such a valuable resource for journalists who want to track how climate and infrastructure funding affect their local area! buff.ly/3QhYFUU
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BREAKING: Mayor Monroe Nichols is putting Tulsa’s future first! 🌟 His new Office of Children, Youth, and Families aims to uplift and support the next generation. A bold step for a brighter tomorrow! 💙✨ #Tulsa #MayorNichols #YouthEmpowerment #FamilyFirst bit.ly/42Pzn80
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✨ hey siri, play “man at the garden” by Kendrick Lamar 💪🏾✨ lol but fr, what an honor to have Black Pastoral awarded the Kate Tufts Discovery Prize! 🙏🏾 many kudos to the judges, my fellow nominees, and to Kingsley Tufts winner Jaswinder Bolina! 🤍 arts.cgu.edu/tufts-poetry-aw…

Winners & Finalists — Tufts Poetry Awards

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Brian Munoz@brianmmunoz10 Feb 2025
NEWS: The @UMSystem’s unionized @NPR stations — @stlpublicradio and @kcur — will split off from the college system. The “Friends of KWMU Inc.” nonprofit will house the station with signals in St. Louis, Quincy and Rolla. The latest by @jmannies. stlpr.org/news-briefs/2025-0…

St. Louis Public Radio to go independent, parting ways with UMSL

The University of Missouri-St Louis announced Monday that it’s handing over ownership of St Louis Public Radio. The transition may take up to three years. Details still need to be worked out.

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