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Lynne K. Varner

@lkvarner

Wife, Mama Bear, Philanthropist, CEO, Soror, Thinker & Doer.
As Toni Morrison wrote, "The function of freedom is to free someone else."

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Lynne K. Varner (@lkvarner) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Closing out an amazing year with grace, power and a reminder to anyone who needs this message: Bet on yourself. Every single time. #holidayseason

Ibram X. Kendi (@ibramxk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

To assume merit is the reason White people are overrepresented in positions of power and influence is to assume White people are superior. To assume peoples of color in positions of power and influence are unqualified and unmerited is to assume peoples of color are inferior. 1/

Wendell Pierce (@wendellpierce) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Anyone against Diversity Equity, & Inclusion does not believe in American values. “Diversity” is E Pluribus Unum, out of many one. “Equity” is the belief that all men are created equal and endowed with unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

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Excited to spend the next two days piloting this important project with/ regional and national #education leaders. #LeadershipMatters @washingtonstem

Excited to spend the next two days piloting this important project with/ regional and national #education leaders. #LeadershipMatters @washingtonstem
Be A King (@berniceking) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dear politicians/political influencers: When you evoke my father this #MLKDay, remember that he was resolute about eradicating racism, poverty, and militarism. And about corrective justice work. Don’t just quote him. Encourage and enact policies that reflect his teachings.

AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY (@africanarchives) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In 1959, police were called to a segregated library when a Black 9-year-old boy trying to check out books refused to leave, after being told the library was not for Black people. The boy, Ronald McNair, went on to became an astronaut. The library is also now named after him.

In 1959, police were called to a segregated library when a Black 9-year-old boy trying to check out books refused to leave, after being told the library was not for Black people. 

The boy, Ronald McNair, went on to became an astronaut. The library is also now named after him.
Michele Norris (@michele_norris) 's Twitter Profile Photo

With folks questioning BEYONCÉ as a country artist, it’s a good moment to revisit this epic The New Yorker profile of the amazing Rhiannon Giddens & how thru a “bizarre warping of American cultural memory,” we have forgotten that country music has Black roots newyorker.com/magazine/2019/…

Lynne K. Varner (@lkvarner) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Makes sense. Students and their families can't choose a college until they know how they're going to pay for it. #FIXFAFSA #HigherEd

Barack Obama (@barackobama) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thanks to the skill and persistence of President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and our allies, Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Vladimir Kara-Murza are being released from Russian custody. It’s a tremendous diplomatic achievement, and we’re grateful that they’ll be back home with their

NAACP (@naacp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For the record: You cannot have an abortion in the 9th month. You cannot have an abortion after birth. If we didn’t keep banning books, maybe we wouldn’t have to clear that up. #Debate2024

Michele Norris (@michele_norris) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There is something very powerful about Kamala Harris going to the source of our nation’s wound to write a new chapter in the history around January 6th by making a closing argument at The Elipse