Here are some of my favorite stories about Martin Luther King Jr. that you won't hear today from people who wanted to paint him as this adorable teddy bear and not the radical that he was. A thread.

Kalief Browder allegedly stole a backpack at 16, spent 3 yrs at Riker's Island without trial. Riley Williams stole a laptop from Speaker Pelosi's office and tried selling it the Russians. She was released to her mother There are two justice systems in America #BlackLivesMatter

The last time I was here in 2017, Capitol police were escorting me to central booking for leading a non-violent protest of an immoral budget. This time they just had to show me to my office.

I loved this new episode of the All In podcast. Miriam Castro from DASH is a wonderful and generous host and @Combsthepoet is a fascinating guest. So happy the podcast is back and looking forward to listening to Season Three!

In the kids’ hybrid school the teacher’s collective nouns for addressing them as groups are the “roomies” and the “zoomies,” and I’d like to extend this this to the professional world

#LivedExperience at the end of “Captain America and the Winter Soldier” as Sam speaks truth to power: “But the question is, who’s in the room with you when you make those decisions? Is it the people you’re going to impact? Or is it more people like you?” Diane Sullivan

Lots of people have an opinion about Tim Scott saying: “America is not racist country.” I don’t. I wanted to see if he was right. theroot.com/was-tim-scott-…

Very excited to see this ⁦DASH⁩ report on lessons and insights from 179 community data-sharing initiatives nationwide. Lots of progress and promise, so much more to do. Congratulations ⁦@tanner_c_mphi⁩ and all. dashconnect.org/an-emerging-fi…

#AllInData4Health's FIFTH annual meeting is this fall. Do you have learnings to share from your work in multi-sector community based-data sharing? Learn more and submit a proposal to present bit.ly/3w0Dyu9 People with lived experience encouraged to apply!

The Pirates radio call is marvelous.

Aliaa Eldabli and I wrote a summary of the recent listening session Well-Being and Equity in the World hosted on the demographics of racial justice and intergenerational well-being. Grateful for presentations by Mark Hugo Lopez, Kerith Conron & Gerald Boyd. winnetwork.org/blog/how-do-we…

When I was with DASH and #allindata4health we said that the "wisdom is in the room." Help DASH generate the biggest room possible and add your community's experience to this important body of knowledge.

Please join me Diane Sullivan and Marcus Coleman for a Well-Being and Equity in the World listening session on measuring racial justice and intergenerational wellbeing in the food and agriculture sector, this Thursday. weintheworld-org.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Food for thought, part 2. Our colleagues in WIN with Business offer another opportunity to engage on equity with the business side of the food sector:

Looking for recent work on how state and local #publichealth agencies are embedding #equity in their #COVID testing, tracing, vaccination, to identify #policies & practices for recommendations. Other similar meta-analyses are the holy grail! We’ll share back.

Happy Birthday Bo!

Coming out of Twitter hibernation to thank ktaglang for his quarter-century of service. Your friends are proud of you and your work to bridge the digital divide.

Coming out of Twitter Hibernation to promote a great report on stewardship; we are shared caretakers -- not owners -- of our skills, experience, privilege, power. The Ripple Effect reports on stewardship values, priorities, and practices. bit.ly/2021PulseCheck