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Advocates for Social Change UTK

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STUDENTS: the US Dept of Education just released data on racial disparities in every school and school district in America (from preK-12). Here’s how you use the data to show if/how your school discriminates against black students and other marginalized groups. A thread.


Advocates for Social Change UTK reposted

Walmart's CEO earns 1,188 times as much as the company's median worker money.cnn.com/2018/04/23/new… #FightFor15

FightForAUnion's tweet image. Walmart's CEO earns 1,188 times as much as the company's median worker money.cnn.com/2018/04/23/new… #FightFor15

Advocates for Social Change UTK reposted

You don't have to be a member of the #LGBT community to be supportive. Regardless of how you identify, retweet to show your support. Especially our straight allies! We so appreciate all you do for equality. ❤ 🏳️‍🌈 @WipeHomophobia #TuesdayThoughts

DrRonHolt's tweet image. You don't have to be a member of the #LGBT community to be supportive. Regardless of how you identify, retweet to show your support. Especially our straight allies! We so appreciate all you do for equality. ❤ 🏳️‍🌈 

@WipeHomophobia
#TuesdayThoughts

Advocates for Social Change UTK reposted

BREAKING: U.S. District Judge Thomas Rice has approved an injunction stopping President Trump from cutting Planned Parenthood’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program’s funding. Another loss for Trump and a win for America!


Advocates for Social Change UTK reposted

Things women shouldn’t have to apologize for: 1. Having our periods. 2. Sexual preference. 3. Putting work first. 4. Bra cup sizes. 5. Independence. 6. Painting our faces. 7. How many people we’ve slept with. 8. Looking like hell. 9. Making more money. 10. Eating too much.


Is the end of the semester about to kill anyone else? 😅


Advocates for Social Change UTK reposted

Hey guys, I know I usually just post shitty jokes on my Twitter but bear with me because I wanted to share something. So in one of my Management classes I sit in the same seat in the front every day. Every single day I sit there. Now, I also sit next to some foreign guy that


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Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Sarah Chadwick: "I say one life is worth more than all the guns in America. This is not a red versus blue issue — this is a morals issue." #MarchForOurLives (via CBS)

From CBS News

Advocates for Social Change UTK reposted

good morning everyone it’s a beautiful day to treat others how you want to be treated


Advocates for Social Change UTK reposted

Honored @SenSanders joined my bill, the Marijuana Justice Act, to end the federal prohibition on marijuana. It's time we reverse decades of failed drug policy that has disproportionately impacted low-income individuals and people of color. Watch live: facebook.com/senatorsanders…

SenBooker's tweet image. Honored @SenSanders joined my bill, the Marijuana Justice Act, to end the federal prohibition on marijuana.

It's time we reverse decades of failed drug policy that has disproportionately impacted low-income individuals and people of color. 

Watch live: facebook.com/senatorsanders…

Advocates for Social Change UTK reposted

We are spending $80 billion locking people up. Think about what it would mean if we invested that money in our people instead of more jails. facebook.com/senatorsanders…


Advocates for Social Change UTK reposted

I don’t know them, but I have so much respect for them.

4 high school students just arrested after a brief sit-in for gun control outside @SpeakerRyan’s DC office.

aletweetsnews's tweet image. 4 high school students just arrested after a brief sit-in for gun control outside @SpeakerRyan’s DC office.
aletweetsnews's tweet image. 4 high school students just arrested after a brief sit-in for gun control outside @SpeakerRyan’s DC office.
aletweetsnews's tweet image. 4 high school students just arrested after a brief sit-in for gun control outside @SpeakerRyan’s DC office.
aletweetsnews's tweet image. 4 high school students just arrested after a brief sit-in for gun control outside @SpeakerRyan’s DC office.


We are holding our last meeting of the semester this evening at 6pm in Hodges 135D. Stop by!


Advocates for Social Change UTK reposted

America gonna America. 👇🏿

Employee at University of North Texas dining hall has been fired after labeling student’s receipt with N-word: trib.al/m6mc7Fo

TheRoot's tweet image. Employee at University of North Texas dining hall has been fired after labeling student’s receipt with N-word: trib.al/m6mc7Fo


Advocates for Social Change UTK reposted

send a message to the world by proving hate and fear wrong. speak out against inequality. stand up to injustice. silence is not an option.


Advocates for Social Change UTK reposted

“Though most Americans want common sense gun laws, a startlingly low number of people are willing to do the work to make it happen. They‘re busy. Or they‘re afraid to speak up. Or they believe they can’t have an impact. I used to be those things.” linkedin.com/pulse/activism…


Advocates for Social Change UTK reposted

TN continues to make national headlines because we are failing our children. But somehow I am a "radical lefty" because I think we need to properly fund and protect our public education system. I think that just makes sense. #EN4TN #TNleg #TN19 #RedforEd

We invited America’s public school teachers to show us the conditions that a decade of budget cuts has wrought. An art teacher at a public school in Tennessee makes watercolors for her students using old markers. nyti.ms/2J1YjNv

nytimes's tweet image. We invited America’s public school teachers to show us the conditions that a decade of budget cuts has wrought.

An art teacher at a public school in Tennessee makes watercolors for her students using old markers.  nyti.ms/2J1YjNv


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