#CivicEngagement: We Took A Few Bus loads of Seniors to see Just Mercy.
Engage your community young. Back in February when things were more normal, pre-corona. I saw the movie Just Mercy. (Full video instagram.com/tv/CDQ8f5fn2qj…)
When we reached out to two schools, AP McCurry (@Sunshine.dionne) and
Principal Dr. Angela Jones they immediately said yes. We took a few bus loads of high school juniors and seniors to see the movie, and had a meaningful conversation after.
I’m sharing this because people always ask, how do you get started. Talk to your network and just do it.
Don’t wait for someone more skilled, more connected, or more anything to do a good thing. Maybe it’s not a few buses. Maybe it’s a carload of young people. During Corona, maybe it’s a Zoom movie night. Whatever you do, don’t ever doubt that you can engage your community.
When we start young we help guide the next generation towards justice. Towards an equitable society. Toward liberty and true justice for all. Find your groove and make impact. #LetsGoHigher#KeepPushing#CivicEngagement
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The reason he said “they are taking Black jobs” is because Trump doesn’t believe in hiring Black people in top positions.
How many Black judges did Trump appoint? 9
How many Black judges did Biden appoint? 59
How many Black cabinet appointments did Trump have? 1 Ben Carson.
How many Black cabinet appointments did Biden have? 6 including VP. Next in line for the job.
Why does this matter? If there are no Black people in these positions, then our perspectives and experiences aren’t in the room to be considered.
The president appoints about 3600 people in key government positions only 1200 require senate confirmation. These are the people who run the government. It’s why Trump and his people in Agenda 47 say they want to “purging federal bureaucracy” which means fire government employees.
I know most of us don’t really understand the depths of how government works, but those of us who do are telling you this is not a drill.
Trump doesn’t value Black people and he showed that in his first term by only appointing 1 Black person to a job in his cabinet.
He doesn’t believe leadership and judging the nation is a Black job… he’s already proven this. If you’re voting for Trump and you’re Black you just ignore facts.
Calcasieu 31k - 2,260
St. Landry 25k - 3,038
St. Tammany 22k - 24,09
Tangipahoa 21k - 1,541
That means for every 10 Black people you see this weekend, only 1 of them voted.
There are 942,000 registered Black voters in Louisiana. If you want change share this & let’s move them.
We rank #50 in the nation.
#48 in education
#46 in healthcare
#47 in opportunity
#50 in crime
While Mr. Call a Crackhead @SenJohnKennedy collects a government check while doing nothing to make Louisiana better.
We can force a runoff if Black voters show up in masses.
A year ago @lukemixonla called me to tell me he was running for the U.S. Senate. I asked him how would he get the Black vote. He stumbled around with his answer because he had no plan to get Black voters.
Today he dropped a ad with a fake New Orleans accent pandering to Black voters in New Orleans.
When people ask me why I ran, it’s because I’m tired of people like Luke Mixon taking my community for granted.
As it stands we have Mr. Call a Crackhead on the right showing only Black people in his ad. Now we have Luke using paid Black voices because he hasn’t actually worked to earn the Black vote.
As a Black man in America I’ve never feared my Muslim brothers and sisters.
It was young white men who hung my ancestors. It was young white men who became cops & got away w murdering us.
The biggest threat to Black liberty has always been white men.
Even the gun violence in the hood.
Who created the ghetto? Who redlined Black people into housing projects, paid us unfair wages, gave our tax dollars to their communities while starving ours?
White men did. Those are facts. If you don’t like those facts, change your ways!
Black people being killed in the grocery store for being Black, I don’t have time to be politically correct to save the feelings of white men when Black bodies are dropping in this nation everyday.
The cancer of America has always been racist white men & women. They exist.