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Dec 1 11 tweets 5 min read
This mornings rant is for ppl that keep losing ppl.

Or, ppl that keep losing ppl & there never seems to be time to process all the death, or for the people that constantly live in grief since they were young cause people are always dying.

And for Olivia E. #mourning #death
Olivia passed away the other day. Some sent me a screen shot on a story about someone saying goodbye. Apparently it happened last week.

Like all of us I rush to her social media “no way” I think. Looking for an obituary cause we live far from home now. #Minneapolis
My mind floods - which isn’t about Olivia - it’s about losing many friends and chosen family to these common killers 1) fetanyl 2) suicide 3) homicide.

My bias tells me it’s surely 1 of the 3. B/c I’ve lost more ppl to the top 2 - around 15-20 to be exact. #suicide #fetanyl
I think about how old she is - (29-32) and realize she still lies within the most popular age range for young women to commit suicide. #MentalHealthMatters

afsp.org/suicide-statis…
My friend tried calling to tell me cause she realizes she sent this weird social media screen shot of a death of someone close to me.

It’s okay, we’ve lost societal traditions of grief, & I know - ppl do hard, weird, interesting things when they are grieving.

#grief
This is the process of a home town death.

News - always given in the wrong way. Personal confirmation - found desperately. Finding time between jobs to grieve or think at least. Having to carry on cause no one knows her.

You remember how often this happens. #ChildhoodFriends
Death makes ppl say or do grand gestures. But those of us who are used to it just want it to be a moment of honestly to remember our people as they were.

Olivia didn’t want a service her dad says, just a get together at mortimers - one of our famous local #Minneapolis bars.
I think about all the conversations we had & didn’t have and how I wronged her as a friend and how she wronged me and how we both internalized misogyny and how we also were really really close at many times.

She was another brilliant young woman with thick skin & wicked humor.
I think about how she helped me pay for my first #abortion when I was 18, without question she handed over $300 of her earned money.

How she was always extremely beautiful, and loved a dear friend of mine deeply. #genghismuscox

She made beautiful comments when he was murdered
I am only 35. I am not an age where ppl are supposed to die around you all the time. I have felt this old/young tension since I was young; ppl keep dying. Something about continuing to lose ppl in #minneapolis is real hard today.
I am sorry for all the conversations we didn’t have Olivia. I’m sorry I didn’t apologize more, like intentionally. I am sorry for wronging you in typical ww ways, I am sorry we lost connection, I respect & admire you. I hope peace and rest for you and your family. ❤️❤️❤️ #bye

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Dec 2
This mornings rant is dedicated to all the folks doing #community designed policy. I see MANY ppl talk about this in #copolitics & very FEW tangibly do it successfully.

Join me in yesterdays presentation to @DePaulU students & some good local examples - a 🧵 Image
Whether it’s small p or big P #policy how we design initiatives, how we write bills, how we engage testifiers, how we build coalitions & organize - can perpetuate inequities we’re trying to disrupt. #copilitics

white supremacy cultural characteristics love policy & advocacy Image
We’ve got incredible #leaders that stray away from white supremacy cultural characteristics in advocacy & lead with #integrity

Like the @ColoradoSPC @elephant_circle @S2SSisters @9to5Colorado @DenverTaskForce#community designed #leadership & #policy [great CO give list] Image
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Dec 2
It was awesome to give a presentation w/ my friends at the reciprocity collective {who do outreach w/ #unhoused folks in #denver} to a students from ⁦@DePaulU⁩ on #policy #advocacy & what it can look like when you center #communitypower #copolitics@ProgressNowCOImage
There’s a beautiful thing that happens when we build policy with people most impacted, & leaders who understand social determinants of health, & students, & direct service providers. #copolitics #denverliving shout out to Amanda Orta - who runs programming for COVIVO #policy Image
Chicago has very similar niche #housing issues as #Denver - a group of parents from south side built policy development w/ #workingparents in Denver last yr - we convened it, it’s awesome to see parents & young ppl advocating for complex housing issues. In their communities. Image
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Nov 30
Thankful to see Gianna Horton from the Denver Justice Project & @intrfthalliance and their great questions to the candidates for the Independent Monitor position.

Have you heard of the candidates?

Bit.ly/IndependentMon…

They are going in. #denverliving #copolitics
Shara Smith coming through @intrfthalliance with some great questions:

“What do you believe is the role of the independent monitor of ensuring the safety of marginalized groups? “
Candidate Liz Castle says we should have police & law enforcement make better connections to communities, not all communities are the same and need different approaches.

Mary Opler is speaking about #ClubQ & how hate crimes have sky rocketed, that Denver can do more.
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Oct 27
This mornings rant will be about sexual assault, how to support your friends, where to get help, how lonely it is, how prevalent it is and how common it will be when ppl walk away.

I was assaulted recently. Unfortunately this is coming out on social media. Here goes. #trauma
What is really unfortunate is that those of us who have a history with trauma can often have unpredictable responses to another traumatic event. Our nervous systems are pretty shot once we’ve experienced a lot.
#PTSD survivors specifically have a low stress tolerance.
This is why you check on your ‘strong friends’ - which I probably am in every friendship.

It’s honestly embarrassing when you realize your stress threshold is so thin that just can’t handle stress you could before. You makes you feel really bad.

pacesconnection.com/blog/how-ptsd-…
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Oct 21
This morning’s rant will be about Prop 121, how important it is that #workingfamilies understand our role in #taxpolicy and fighting for #fairtax to reach #economicsecurity

CO’s flat income tax rate means the wealthy always pay less in taxes than me & probs you #copolitics
First of all, this is a great ballot guide if you care about economic security and recovery. @BellPolicy nerds out on this stud so we don’t have to. They have produced tons of data throughout the years to show us what it means to thrive or struggle in Denver, & CO.
#copolitics
First, it is a #VOTE NO on prop 121 ya’ll, let’s get into it:

This prop would lower income taxes across the board. But it isn’t what you think it is. We can’t afford to lower taxes, we have to make #fairtax possible by finding ways to make them #equitable
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Oct 20
Todays early morning rant is that Denver needs to vote YES 🗳 on ⁦@NEWRDenver

We are evicting #families & #eviction rates were already high & impacting young mothers of color the most. #copolitics

Talk to your neighbors about NEWR instagram.com/stories/kaylaq…
We know young mothers of color have bee evicted more then any other population and the more kids you have the higher risk of eviction you have. Vote 🗳 yes on #newr @NEWRDenver #vote #copolitics
instagram.com/stories/kaylaq…

Arapaho, Adams and Denver have all been hit bad with #eviction but #aurora is hit hard. Arapaho & Adams county has devastating rates pre-Covid. #copolitics YES ON 305
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