Thread by @IndigenousX

[extremely Cat Empire voice]: 🎶 Yaama yaama.🎵

Yaama, everyone! I’m Alison (@AJ_Whittaker), I’m a Gomeroi queer woman and I grew up around Gunnedah and Tamworth. Now I’m on Gadigal and Wangal Country — honoured to be here and don’t take it lightly.

Um it’s the most nerve-wracking thing to be hosting @IndigenousX — the backbone of #BlackfullaTwitter! Never been on this side of it before! My hands are sweating as I type (it's true!!!), but I’m on this week because I think it’s a critical time.

After #RCIADIC30Years, the launch of @dhadjowa, the National Days of Action, the coalition of surviving families petitioning through @NATSILS_ for @ScottMorrisonMP to meet them, and more, something is looming on the horizon. It has been building a long time.

It’s been building only because of the gruelling and loving work of mob — including @TameekaTighe, who just hosted this account (on top of plenty else!) through a devastating week and showed us the power of blak matriarchy. Please give her the 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 she deserves!

This week, I’ll be sharing our people’s voices on deaths in custody, talking you through the settler colonial legal systems that meet our loved ones, and keeping you mob as up to date as I can.

Starting Monday, we’ll see inquests sit for three blak deaths in custody — inquests into the deaths of Wayne Fella Morrison (which I’ll be tweeting from), Mr Adams, and Bailey Mackander.

All of them should be home right now with their families. Instead, those families will be in inquests for weeks, fighting hard to be heard as they push for justice. Let’s not let the colony forget!

💪🏽 For now, you can support #JusticeForFella by donating here: au.gofundme.com/f/justiceforfe…
💪🏽 You can support the family of Bailey Mackander by donating here: gofundme.com/f/baileymackan…
(If anyone knows of fundraisers to support Mr Adams’ loved ones, let me know!)