“Self care is not something you put in the hands of other people.”
-Rev. Dr. Sharon Avant

Be YOU.

For years, a National Park Service webpage introduced the Underground Railroad with a large photograph of its most famous “conductor,” Harriet Tubman. “The Underground Railroad — the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War — refers to the efforts of enslaved African Americans to gain their freedom by escaping bondage,” the page began.
Tubman’s photograph is now gone. In its place are images of Postal Service stamps that highlight “Black/White cooperation” in the secret network and that feature Tubman among abolitionists of both races.
The introductory sentence is gone, too. It has been replaced by a line that makes no mention of slavery and that describes the Underground Railroad as “one of the most significant expressions of the American civil rights movement.” The effort “bridged the divides of race,” the page now says.

Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System

An unelected billionaire, with no actual Congressional authority or govt experience, has access to Treasury payment systems and sensitive information about millions of Americans who receive Social Security checks, tax refunds, and other payments.

What could go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

Be yourself. It’s a superpower. 💥
#integrity

Protect your peace✌🏼. #peace

How Not to Let Your Friendships Die A trick that’s a little boring, a little type A, and a lot better than letting relationships fizzle

Maintaining friendships as a busy adult is hard. But Serena Dai has an easy fix: Set a recurring calendar date. A little boring, maybe a little type A, but a lot better than letting relationships fizzle:

Fun family time - true riches

So surprise here.
#endmassincarceration

Whew!

Screenshot from NYT article with highlighted text: Even an investigation that results in no charges could drag on for months or years, costing those people hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees and crippling their career prospects.

Great, Biden is considering pardons, but this isn't quite what we had in mind

5.7M people are entangled in the criminal legal system – many behind bars in horrific conditions.

Imagine how those legal fees affect them & their loved ones?

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/u...

He can add to the list ending the federal death penalty. DT plans to start executions.

Earn credentials, don’t fabricate them.
#integrity #highered #edusky

Do what is right when no one is looking.
#integrity #wellness

#edusky

A Guide to Black-Owned Shops & Boutiques in Philly Just some of the city’s standout Black-owned shopping destinations...

PA, NJ, DE - Black owned businesses.
Strengthen local economies and help close the racial wealth gap.
#blacksky

Graph titled: US crime rates continue to fall, and actually hit a 60-year low in 2023

Just a reminder – regardless of what misinformation might be spewed at the dinner table today:

Data shows that crime is not skyrocketing. It's actually at historically low levels.

I join the chorus of voices remembering the incredible life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Tony Campolo, who passed away on 11/19/24. His mentorship meant the world to me!
#tonycampolo

Yams can go😀

Rev. Dr. Tony Campolo's Celebration of Life - January 25, 2025, 2:00 pm, Church of the Saviour in Wayne, PA. Slideshow at 1 pm. Livestream too. RSVP: bit.ly/campoloceleb...
#tonycampolo

Picture of Biden pardoning a turkey

Let's talk turkey: more birds have been pardoned from dinner plates in the US than people have been granted clemency from federal death row.

And today @bidenpotus.bsky.social will pardon 2 more – with ZERO mention of saving the 40 people facing death at the federal level.

Saying “no” unapologetically is liberating. Free yourself.
#wellness #justsayno #mentalhealth

Remembering the incredible life and ministry of Dr. Tony Campolo. He loved God and humanity well.
#tonycampolo

I welcomed a new cohort of 21 incarcerated men into our prison ed program today. They are motivated and ready to get started!
#pep #collegeinprison #euprisoned #criminaljusticereform

Don’t just manage stress, try to eliminate the sources of it. It isn’t always possible, but let’s try.
#wellness #health #blacksky

#addtoblacksky

Going downtown or to the ’burbs? Nope. The exurbs are where people are moving Not long ago, Polk County’s biggest draw was citrus. The Florida county produces more boxes of citrus than any other in the state.

I’m a city gal but I get it. People are now moving beyond the suburbs. #exurbs

Choosing my battles.✌🏼