Thread by @KCEquityNow

We asked some of our coalition members, volunteers, and supporters why they wanted to join King County Equity Now. #TapIn #EquityNow

Here's what they said:

“We’re not asking any longer, we have the solutions, we have the coaches, we have the instructors, we have the facilitators, we have resources for you. The only thing you have to do is grab a hold of it.” - @commpassageways

"King County Equity Now is trying to wrap our arms around all the folks that are on the ground and give them an elevated platform."

"People have been working really hard toward a new normal rooted in equity for a really long time."

"The organizers that pull King County Equity Now, we already talk to each other on a regular basis. We're in community. There's no way I wasn't gonna be a part of that." - Dominique Davis of @commpassageways

"The thing that pulled me into the movement was just this extremely beautiful focus on community."

"Lawyers mixed with activists mixed with organizers mixed with educators mixed with a ton of volunteers."

"So many genius Black people that have been able to help and my business, help me grow personally."

"It's contagious. Somebody see's you're doing something that works, like, why would I not do that?"

"People talk about equity as if it has something to do with equality but equity has everything to do with ownership. That's what Wa Na Wari is about."

wanawari.org

"This coalition is putting predatory developers on notice and taking back land."

"They were able to put pressure on the politicians."

"These systems can change...and it's bullshit that they haven't yet." - @theranjad

"Stopping more crime does not mean pointing guns at people. When people see what happens when you fund community, you're going to see that we don't need police." -@Sadenochill

"This could be a roadmap for how we could operate in the future."

"Our society will be the beginning of the shift and reforms that we all need."

"In a lot of ways, we're all fighting for our own survival just together. We want to make sure this is a place where we still belong in 20 years, 50 years, 100 years."

"Yeah I'm good with that 100."

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