Tonight's event raised $26k+ and honored justice champions who've made incredible moves to improve workers' lives. Thank you for letting OI be apart of this!

Honorees:
Mr. Angaza G. Laughinghouse
@CWAunion
MLBPA
BLD PWR

'It was through BLD PWR, that you understood the strikes through Black actors' experiences – inequities in the industry, decades of typecasting, & lack of investment in Black-led stories.' We're honored to celebrate Kendrick Sampson and Tia is in AZ this evening! youtube.com/watch?v=mfZvpL…

If you’re looking to support mutual aid groups in LA who are assisting unhoused communities during #HurricaneHilary : lapublicpress.org/2023/08/how-ca…

Support brother phillip agnew in Celebrating the Life of Danny Agnew 🖤
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The national Critical Race Theory (CRT) debate, as much as vehement opposition to a vague concept could be called a “debate,” is intense. It is troubling when considering the incorrect definition of Critical Race Theory as used by those who oppose it. truchargv.com/crt-the-nation…

Kendrick Sampson Is a Southern Delight instyle.com/kendrick-samps… via InStyle

I just saw a few comments of ppl saying I was ugly cause I wasn’t wearing any makeup. And I really want y’all to get the help y’all need because makeup isn’t real. I’m beautiful in real life, because of who I am, not what I look like.

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SNCC organizers embedded themselves in rural communities to work to empower some of the poorest in America.

From this work emerged new voices from the grassroots like Fannie Lou Hamer, a sharecropper who became a powerful national spokesperson for civil rights.

Happy Birthday to Barbara and Beverly Smith 🎂🎈! Today we honor not only their profound contributions to radical Black feminist organizing, most notably with the Combahee River Collective, which was founded in 1974.

HISTORY MADE: Kenneth Mejia, CPA delivers his VICTORY speech.

This was a campaign was run by the people, the youth, those left out by the traditional political process. And we won!!

A 31 y/o housing activist just took down a career pol backed by the establishment & cops 🥳🎉

Hoping this shows up on your timeline. Just a bit of a break.

🎉Congratulations to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on winning her re-election to the U.S. House in New York's 14th Congressional District!

St. Louis, it is the honor of my life to represent you in Congress, and it will be my privilege to continue serving you as your Congresswoman.

I love you.

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Intimidating voters is not a new form of voter suppression, and we cannot accept this as the norm. Never forget that our democracy works best when every voter can make their voice heard — and be able to do so safely.
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Weekend reminders 📢

🔹Make a plan to vote
🔹If you’re in line when the polls close, stay in line
🔹Voter intimidation is illegal! Report it to your election officials

'Roughly half of all COVID-19 relief funds sent to the City of Los Angeles last year ... quietly went into the pockets of police officers while members of the public called for resources to be diverted away from law enforcement.'

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