Back on twitter bc brandon crawford just compared himself to ricky bobby & I have to complain about that somewhere

It’s happening. 72 hours after the city of Portland posted eviction notices at this longstanding homeless camp, Portland Police & biohazard crews have arrived at Laurelhurst Park. 40+ activists are attempting to stop the camp from being cleared. Warning: profanity

“Please get back on the sidewalk.” Portland Police attempt to move activists off of SE 37th Ave at Oak, near Laurelhurst Park. Officers & park rangers just showed up with at least 7 Rapid Response Bio-Clean trucks (the firm the city hires to clear homeless camps).

City crews throwing, what they deem to be, trash into trucks at Laurelhurst Park in SE Portland. Dozens of activists are here. Some are helping ppl in the camp pack up their things. Seeing reps from ACLU of Oregon, Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare & the Oregon Justice Resource Center.

Kelli is one of dozens packing up their stuff at Laurelhurst Park today. Her son is trying to get into treatment for his heroin addiction. He was close, she says, but now they have to move. “We have to relocate and start over … These sweeps just take us back a few steps.”

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Padres can blow me that’s a direct quote

I shared some of my experiences mads campbell and I faced building Leda Health with Margaux MacColl @BITech : businessinsider.com/female-founder… But there’s more to the story and the struggles I faced as an immigrant, person of color and minority founder. Thread below ⬇️

1/10 Every immigrant, every person of color, and every female founder has their own journey. Mine is one of privilege. It’s the ones you’ll never hear, by the people with no voice, that we really need to amplify. I have struggled, but growing up in Nepal, I saw real struggle.

2/10 I am speaking out because there are people with no voice who cannot speak up, like I was silenced for 2+ years of this company. This summer, my immigration status changed. After 7+ years in the US, I finally feel like I can speak up - a privilege deemed by the US govt.

3/10 This week, we witnessed abusers in power, and abusive nonprofits in power, work together to silence survivors and continue the trend of nonstop sexual harassment women must face.

4/10 It was triggering to watch; reminiscent of the experiences mads campbell and I have had with people in positions of power behind closed doors. You’ll read about some of those things in the article, but it’s the ones I couldn’t name that still haunt me.

5/10 I am sharing some of those experiences today not to haunt you, but to support you, and tell you I believe you when you tell me your stories.

6/10 I will believe you if you tell me you and your cofounder are asked about your sleepover practices and if you enjoy sharing a bed, like we did. I will believe you if you tell me your cleavage is deemed inappropriate by investors, like myself and my black coworker did.

7/10 I will believe you if you tell me that a white man questions your “vision” and your “value.” I will believe you when you tell me that an “immigrant” focused fund engaged with harassing cyberbullies who sought to “jail you”.

8/10 And if the solutions you build for survivors of trauma are met with comments like “boys will be boys” and “what about false allegations?“. I promise, I will believe you.

9/10 In the process of building Leda Health , I grew a thick skin for discriminatory comments but today I want you to know that I am here to support you. So much so that I still feel uncomfortable speaking out. But, I hope doing so helps you heal.

10/10 I’m tired of being labeled the “immigrant - POC -female founder,” but so long as I am labeled one, I will use my voice to make space for yours. I believe you, and my DMs are always open. Thanks to Romeen Sheth Shaan Puri minal hasan Michelle Kennedy for believing in us.

Covid needs a rebrand and I’m just the diarrhea prone gal to do it

Felt like my last tweet was inappropriate so wanted to buffer my feed with a more appropriate, public health tweet how’d i do