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#Racialjustice work does not end with winning the elections. Learn more from our webinar, #RaceAnd: The Movement Forward, Looking Past the Vote with @rinkuwrites, @parishatcher, & @ccoramoore. https://t.co/r68ojavitR

This is the perfect example of how institutions - in this case, policing and mainstream media - connect and reinforce one another’s institional racism to create structural racism. https://t.co/idqOmglulz

"They have different structures & functions, but anti-Black racism and anti-Asian racism support each other in terms of building white supremacy" Laskey said. "It's important to understand these complex dynamics & to stand in solidarity with one another" https://t.co/ggJDWLFaed

tonight is the first night of Ramadan. a lot of Muslims, most of us Black, will be going out for Taraweeh prayer tonight. we’re supposed to be exempt from the 7pm curfew but ask yourself how Metro Police will respond to a bunch of Black Muslims on the streets after curfew...

In case you also need a story about someone saving Black lives this morning https://t.co/CKUxxjRlT8

Some addt’l info: - Death certificate must list COVID as primary or contributing cause. If COVID wasn’t listed for your loved one (as many were early on), you can have the cert amended by the hospital - Documented people can apply for lost loved ones who were undocumented

#DaunteWright should still be alive. My heart goes out to his family, his friends. And to all Black people who are tired of waking up to tragedy after tragedy.❤️🙏🏾

It’s taken a lot of work, but I’m proud to announce that FEMA is launching our funeral assistance program. Starting TODAY people can apply for up to $9k in COVID funeral reimbursements. Universal program. The hotline # is 844-684-6333. Please share w/ those who could use it. https://t.co/13TsEBriZ5

Crowd has mostly moved across the street as law enforcement is seen getting into position.

Current scene outside Brooklyn Center PD. #DaunteWright @kare11

Some good news: The 7-day COVID case average has been decreasing slightly the past few days in Michigan after weeks of increasing. Hopefully, the downward trend will continue rest of the week.

Whether it be carelessness and negligence, or a blatant modern-day lynching, the result is the same. Another Black man has died at the hands of police. Daunte Wright should be alive right now.

It seems like the bad news just keeps coming. Here are some self-care resources to keep you going when the trauma won’t stop. https://t.co/iHbOX8N6rk

Will Smith and the director Antoine Fuqua said on Monday that they were pulling production of their upcoming film, “Emancipation,” out of Georgia because of the state’s new voting law — the first major production to do so. https://t.co/YJ6EMsnQYo

Race Forward’s innovative #RaceAnd Webinar series brings you #RaceAnd The Gender Binary, a #webinar introduction to the past and present connections between race, #colonialism, and the gender binary. You can watch it here: https://t.co/AqIo5DtmUB

If you listened to our story on how bananas the ORIGINAL vaccine rollout was in Philly -- spearheaded by a bunch of grad students who took vaccine for themselves -- this is a really excellent post-script. The local Black doctors group seems to have really turned things around https://t.co/DiBvdCt8DE

National Poetry Month 2021: 5 Latinx Poets Who Build Community Through Art https://t.co/OBKfYU9Pew

A young man named #DaunteWright is dead after being shot by police during a traffic stop on Sunday in the Twin Cities suburb of Brooklyn Center. A large crowd gathered at the scene Sunday evening to protest the shooting https://t.co/Ee1gIS464L

Protests erupt in Minneapolis after a police officer fatally shot a young Black man after stopping his vehicle for a traffic violation on Sunday. https://t.co/c9yT1YE9CA