Join Us In A Celebration Of Black History Month As We Highlight The Black Authors Whose Books Are In

Join us in a celebration of Black History Month as we highlight the Black authors whose books are in our Young Adult Collection! First up: Elizabeth Acevedo, Tomi Adeyemi, Kwame Alexander, Lisa Allen-Agostini, L. J. Alonge, Carol Anderson, Lily Anderson, K. Ancrum, and Dead Atta

tw : execution, mention of murder

take action for dustin higgs

i have only seen a few petitions for dustin higgs but i’m linking them below. if you know of anymore; PLEASE LINK THEM.

DUSTIN HIGGS IS NOT GUILTY OF THE CRIMES HE IS BEING EXECUTED FOR. PLEASE, TAKE A FEW SECONDS AND SIGN TO HELP SAVE HIM. TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

do not sign any white house petitions if you are not a united states citizen. do not bother using fake zip codes on those petitions. one false signature and the whole thing could be seen as invalid.

action network

change.org

change.org ii

white house ( US CITIZENS ONLY )

and if you have the means, here is the link of a paypal run by a member of his family

again, if you have more please link them. sign, share, discuss and spread awareness. don't wait until it's too late.

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance and Resilience.

This day is an incredibly important day for the trans community. Today, we must take the time to mourn our trans and nonbinary siblings who were lost to anti-trans violence and suicide. We must remember how beautiful, strong, and amazing they were. We must remember the struggles they endured and the sacrifices they made to make things better for our community. We must remember everything they suffered through and everything they did and give our thanks to them.

And in mourning of these incredible individuals, we are reminded why we continue to fight. We fight not only for those of us who we’ve lost but also for those of us who are still here. We must fight against our internal struggles, transphobia, anti-trans legislation, people who seek to harm us, and more to work towards a better future for ourselves, the future our late siblings dreamed of seeing. We will create a better, brighter future for ourselves and our community!!!!!

But to do this, we have to work together. We need to uplift each other, give each other love, and offer acceptance and understanding to one another. We need to support each other as much as we can, or we will not make it. We have to stick together. We must be united to win this fight, to stop violence against us, and to do our trans and nonbinary siblings justice.

And let us not forget that, just like our trans ancestors, we are strong, too! We are resilient, too! We can make it through this fight and come out on top! Even at our weakest, we continue to fight for ourselves and for each other! And even when we can’t fight anymore, we still have thousands of trans and nonbinary siblings next to us and fighting for us! Because our community is full of neverending strength and bravery. Our community is full of remarkable individuals who never give up, who REFUSE to give up! Never forget that.

Never forget those who fought for us. And never forget the reasons why we continue to fight ♡♡♡♡♡

quick reminder for y’all that today, international holocaust remembrance day, celebrates the auschwitz liberation and is different from yom hashoah (holocaust memorial day)

Help neighbors shelter from white supremacists, organized by Black Lives Matter Atlanta

CNN has reported that the armed protest by the white supremac… Black Lives Matter Atlanta needs your support for Help neighbors shelter from white supremacists

hey folks, activists in atlanta are really worried about what could happen to our unhoused neighbors on the 17th and 20th, especially since most of these folks are Black and the people planning to come to ATL on those days are mostly white supremacists. BLM atlanta and other groups are going to try to protect them, but they need funds to do it. please share and donate if you can.

i feel so incredibly sick, i can’t believe this has happened.

if you don’t know who brandon bernard is, here is his story.

brandon was a young african american man who was an accessory to a crime in 1999. he was only 18 years old at the time. despite not having the main role in the case and even with several details remaining unknown, brandon bernard was sentenced to death. after 21 years in prison, he was put to death, murdered by the federal government on december 10th 2020.

brandon did not have a leading role in the crime committed. he was an accomplice at only 18 years old. he demonstrated positive behaviour throughout his two decades in prison and he even reached out to others to counsel them not to follow in his path. when he was found guilty, the government and jurors both lacked critical details and had an incomplete picture of the man brandon was and the offense committed.

five of the nine jurors who originally found brandon guilty, as well as the prosecutor who assisted in getting him on death row, all asked trump to intervene and halt the execution. when these jurors were given new information YEARS after his sentencing, they either fully supported brandon’s clemency petition to get him off death row or were not opposed to his death sentence beinf commuted to life without parole instead. the SAME jurors who 20 years ago, with the incomplete information they had at the time, found brandon guilty and unanimously voted for the death sentence. former prosecutor, angela moore, who helped put him on death row argued for the trump administration to spare brandon’s life. “i urgently hope that a court or the president will step in to stop brandon’s execution.”

brandon bernard was pronounced dead, on december 10th 2020 at 9:27pm.

despite a clemency petition and thousands of letters, the us government and trump administration murdered this man. brandon bernard was a friend. a son. a father. remember him. remember his smile and his kind words. this world needs to change and we have to be the change. please remember this mans name and his story.

“if these are my last days, i pray that my words will live on forever...i hope that my death will bring a meaning other than destruction and it will ripple through generations positively.” 🤍

rest in peace, brandon bernard.