Thread by @KCEquityNow

Black Education Event: Young Black queen is asked about current school lunches, she responds:

"Sometimes kids throw it away, or throw it on the ground because it's really hard to chew."

We need natural, enriching, & healthy public school meals. #EquityNow #NurturingRoots

Black Education Event: "We will no longer stand by while teachers don't teach our children what they need to know but are more than happy to shepherd Black kids into the school-to-prison pipeline. We need to invest in our children and our schools because they are our future."

Black Education Event: "In 1998, my brother was murder on the streets of Seattle...10 years later upon reflection, I know now that the first knife that went into my brother's heart was Seattle Public School Education. It failed him." Community builder Ms. Sabrina Burr

Black Education Event: "Every day I see parents handing their children over to a system that does not recognize their brilliance and teaches them a lie about who they are." - Community builder and mother Ms. Sabrina Burr

"Let's talk about accountability. I don't care what folks look like. I don't care what your relationship is w/ them. I don't care if you think they're kinfolk: if you're a gatekeeper, you need to MOVE. If you're upholding trauma, racism, & status quo, YOU GOT TO GO."- Ms. Sabrina

"I’m honored to stand in solidarity with young leaders demanding change today.

But I’m on my way to the funeral of one of my family members, a young man that Seattle Public Schools failed...

"...99% percent of young people that are shot, arrested, or incarcerated, are there because they are products the Seattle Public Schools' failures. 5 young people were shot and 2 were killed within 24 hours...within 2 blocks of each other." - K. Wyking Garrett

Black Education Now Event: Big shout out to “Ms. Emijah Smith who be holding it down for community in the most dynamic and powerful ways. Let’s show love for this queen.” – True words from @NikkitaOliver

"Shout out to all the Black women, Black femme, Black trans folk that show up in these colonized, white supremacist spaces. It's hard to be the person calling stuff out and showing up to fix it. We're invoicing people. @CityofSeattle, you owe me, #PayTheFee.” - @NikkitaOliver

“I am committed to making sure the brilliance and genius of my community and my children manifests. I am determined to come out of this my best. So, if you’re in my way, get out. I’m not stopping. This is not a game. And we are ready to move." - Ms. Emijah Smith #EquityNow