March 15 taught me how to read the world The day of March 15 never ended for Sara Qasem, who lost her father in the Christchurch mosque attacks. On the seventh anniversary, she writes about how that day changed the way she reads the world.

"The words are always familiar: rights, protection, safety. Words that quietly begin to mean for anyone, except people who look like us.
...
I invite people to consider one thing: that violence rarely appears without warning."

#March15 #TheyAreUs #ItIsPeople

thespinoff.co.nz/society/15-0...

But expel him to where??

This is one of the basic problems of humanity: we look at someone we find displeasing / that we think is evil, we see them as Other (not like us), we want to distance ourselves from them as much as possible, & we try to get rid of them.

We have to face:
#TheyAreUs.

As a long time MTB rider, and a Catahoula dad, this all hits uncomfortably close to home, at least Joule passed before Alex

#theyareus

We are global citizens, sharing one planet, Mother Earth.
We need to take care of Her and each other.
#WomenForJustice
#ClimateJustice
#TheyAreUs
#WeAreOne

Yesterday in DC at the #HandsOffRally this was my husband, former Pat Furgurson of the Annapolis Capital Gazette. Representing small town journalists across the country #TheyareUs #FreedomofthePress

They aren't us? This government wants us to forget

"In the aftermath of the horrific attacks, New Zealanders swore that his values weren’t ours. They - we - pushed back on the ‘us’ and ‘them’ rhetoric of racism and islamophobia.
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But was that true? Is it true now?"

#NZPol #TheyAreUs #Racism #EmilyWrites

emilywrites.substack.com/p/they-arent...

Aotearoa Healthcare Workers for Palestine hold vigil at Wellington Hospital

“That’s MY name!”
It was a touching reminder from our 9-year old helper, while reading out the names of the 458 healthcare workers killed in #gaza since 7 October, that #TheyAreUs (1/3)

#NotATarget
#hw4p
#hw4pvigils

Thousands here already for the vigil and there are hundreds still arriving as I type. All ages and ethnicities #TheyAreUs #HelloBrother

Its nice to hear and see all these people on the phones and in the backrooms hustling to ensure that other NZers can safely attend all of the events around the country today where we can show our support to the Muslim community #TheyAreUs

@jacindaardern's "They are us" statement is really getting to me this morning. I realize that she was specifically speaking to Kiwis but it honestly feels like it should be applied globally. #TheyAreUs