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Here at the final meeting of the #ab3121 CA #Reparations task force in Sacramento with @lakitalki + @MarLaMariposa.
Follow along @lakitalki’s live tweets ⬇️🔥
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Annelise Finney retweeted
I am so honored to share that my @ucbsoj audio thesis, which I’ve been working on for the last year, is on @nprcodeswitch. It’s about a missing chapter of Japanese American history and the stories lost when one narrative comes to define an entire identity.
npr.org/2023/05/22/117751118…
Annelise Finney retweeted
California Reparations Task Force Member Jovan Scott Lewis making it plain to @piersmorgan and @TheLeoTerrell on @PiersUncensored:
“View the interim report we released last summer, which is a 500 page detailed report of the specific and direct harms….”
#AB3121 #CRTF
California Reparations Task Force Member Jovan Scott-Lewis is live NOW w/ @piersmorgan on @PiersUncensored!
Watch live: youtube.com/watch?v=swVQ95fK…
#AB3121 #CRTF #ReparationsNow
"The CA gov't should provide reparations for its history of unjust policies toward African Americans — not because anyone alive today is personally to blame, but because it’s our political responsibility as democratic citizens."
-@Sacstate's Mark Brown
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He references a @Erika_D_Smith piece (see below 👇👀) — which quotes Atty G. Fatheree:
“If the government does something wrong and they acknowledge that and then don’t do anything about it,” he said, “people lose faith in government — our elected officials and our institutions.”
Here's that 🔥 @latimes piece from last July ICYMI:
latimes.com/california/story…
If you live in CA and are a Blk descendant of American slavery, @CalMatters has a way to way to calculate what the #AB3121 #Reparations task force says you might be owed👇
The task force's recs head to the legislature this summer.
calmatters.org/california-di…
The CA #Ab3121 #reparations task force is back in Oakland today! ❤️🔥
I'm here today with @MarLaMariposa for @KQEDnews. @lakitalki is with us virtually—and as always if you want to follow along with the meeting online, track her tweets! 🐦👇
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Emotions are running high during public comment from the phone lines. The meetings is back on track now, but paused momentarily because of verbal dispute between two members of audience. Other members of the audience and Chair Moore jumped in to deescalate.
One caller said that her daughter did not get to meet her uncle Bobby Hutton because he was killed by Oakland police.
Learn more about the life of Bobby Hutton, listen here:
npr.org/2018/04/06/600055767…
The @KQED weekend desk will be hangin (and working) in the building during the Fest! Come thru and say hayyy 👋
The #KQEDFest lineup is here! Don't miss Boots Riley with KQED Forum, Lyrics Born and La Doña at Noise Pop's Homegrown Stage, food from Marleys Treats, Cochinita, Vegan Mob, and more! April 29 11AM-6PM @KQED Headquarters
To RVSP, visit: kqed.org/fest
Hundreds are rallying in San Francisco today in a protest of anti-trans and anti-drag legislation around the country. #dragupfightback
I’m here with @_estefancy and @lakitalki for @KQEDnews. 👠📸
For more from the rally:
kqed.org/news/11946030/were-…
Members of the Care First Community Coalition rallied at Santa Rita Jail today calling the County to establish independent civilian oversight of the sheriff’s department—four people have died in the jail since the start of the year. @KQEDnews
Alameda County has taken some steps towards making this happen.
In 2021, the county passed the Care First, Jails Last Resolution which commit the county to relying on healthcare to address mental illness instead of incarceration.
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In response to the rally, @ACSOSheriffs said in a statement that they too are frustrated by the continued deaths at the jail and are working to make the facility safer and to rebuild trust with the community.