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30 Oct, 6 tweets, 5 min read
Shout out to @AziaCimone @TorshetaJ
Deanna Tisdale-Johnson @DonnerKay @kimberlydgriffi, and so many more who helped to contribute to this series! These testimonies make the case for the need for a comprehensive federal #reparations claim that is specific to #ADOS communities.
#MississippiRaceViolence is still prevalent in rural Black(#ADOS) communities in Noxubee County. @DonnerKay exposes the KKK’s involvement in the terrorism of Black(#ADOS) educators during Jim Crow in MS and the impact it had on their community today.

mississippifreepress.org/17323/kkk-whit…
School segregation is still present in the communities of Noxubee County Mississippi. @MississippiAdos

mississippifreepress.org/16642/white-fl…
“The Ku Klux Klan was determined to stop Black education in Mississippi, burning public-funded schools and terrorizing editors, Black and white.”
“Travonder McCloud-Dixon, a school psychologist and alderwoman in Macon, Miss., remembers her great-grandmother telling her that a white mob killed the Black woman principal of a school she taught in.”-Photo by @DonnerKay Image
If you want to know more about what solutions based journalism and the approach to solving real issues is for our communities please subscribe to the @MSFreePress!

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Can we all have a serious bipartisan conversation around the history of immigration in America and it’s impact on #ADOS? The Immigration Act of 1864 was one of Lincoln’s most signature pieces of legislation prior to the #EmacipationProclomation of 1865.

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On July 10, 1887, the grand jury of Hinds County, MS released a report revealing the horrific conditions state prisoners endured under convict leasing-a system that permitted private companies to lease prisoners from the state to labor for no pay.
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The definition of #EnvironmentalRacism: (noun) A type of racism perpetrated by the disproportionate location of environmental hazards near economically and socially disadvantaged areas”.
#ADOS✊🏾

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Mississippi was awarded $200 million dollars in a the #CoronavirusReliefBill for rental assistance. The state has 5 months to use this funding or it will go back to the Federal government. If you know anyone that is interested please call MS Rental Assistance
1-601-718-4642.
If you are a Mississippi renter who has not been able to make rent payments due to COVID-19, you may qualify for the RentalAssistance for Mississippians Program (RAMP). RAMP can provide up to 15 months of rental and utility assistance to eligible renters.
ms-rampera.com
The number to the RAMP portal is 1-888-725-0063.
@MississippiAdos

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Itta Bena, Mississippi is a small, sparsely populated, predominantly Black town in Northern Mississippi that relies exclusively on ATM machines as a primary source of banking. There are banking deserts throughout rural Mississippi. @MississippiAdos

nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ho…
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“•It provides authority to the contracting officer to award a contract without full & open competition.”
csgfederal.com/what-is-a-tech…
Federal Contracting Officers hold a lot of sway over small businesses who are looking to scale via a process called the Sole Source contracting policy. Technical Capability Statements help with specific solicitation to these individuals.

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If you are looking to acquire a government contract as a small business or a vendor this may be a helpful source.

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