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VIRAL JUSTICE: How We Grow the World We Want @PrincetonUPress is coming on October 11, 2022, Pre-order here: https://t.co/CKetvsWDKw
May 1, 2022 14 tweets 10 min read
On this 2-year anniversary of the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab, I’m happy to share some of the work coming out of the #IdaLab. Before I do, lemme say: NONE of this would be possible w/o the digital stewardship of @CierraRobson, associate director extraordinaire! This semester one of the #IdaLab teams led by @PrincetonCITP emerging scholar, Kenia Hale, and rising @PrincetonAAS senior, Payton Croskey, focused on liberatory technologies.
Sep 23, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read
In the year of our Lorde 2020, folks still fix their fingers to type msgs like this: Image But for every Reggie, there are 100 notes of encouragement & solidarity that I NEVER take for granted: Image
Aug 8, 2020 7 tweets 4 min read
If you enjoyed the #ASA2020 plenary last night, checkout this @ASA_SREM session, "Race & Technology: A Sociology of the Future?" Talk titles below:
dropbox.com/s/h2ls3z0y349m… Image 1. "A Genealogy of Critical Race & Digital Studies: Past, Present, and Future" by Amber M. Hamilton Image
Jun 27, 2020 9 tweets 3 min read
“We also demand that steps be taken to rename Wilson residential college, Woodrow Wilson School of Public Policy and International Affairs...” (Black Justice League 2015) ImageImageImageImage Image
Jun 24, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read
Today 10AM est I’ll be speaking about “Racism, Vulnerability, and Refuting Black Pathology” alongside Nancy Krieger and other wonderful colleagues as part of this UNESCO webinar.

Zoom ID: 988 9578 5182
password: 172242 Image The webinar will be recorded. When it’s ready I’ll post the link on this thread.
Jun 9, 2020 6 tweets 2 min read
Are you a community org that could use a team of 4 students working to advance your antiracist covid-related advocacy this summer with research & actionable tools? DM me. Students are already paid, so you supply the specific mission... 1/ 10 teams/topics—

•Healthcare & hospitals
•Housing & neighborhoods
•Policing & surveillance
•Work
•Prisons
•Education
•Tests & treatments
•Mourning & mental health
•Mutual aid & solidarity
•Arts & alternative futures

Does your org want to collaborate with the Lab?
Jun 3, 2020 29 tweets 7 min read
Words are to be taken seriously. Words set things in motion. Words set up atmospheres, electrical fields, charges. I’ve felt them doing it. Words conjure. I try not to be careless about what I utter, write, sing. I’m careful about what I give voice to. —Toni Cade Bambara ImageImage Yes you do🖤 Image
May 10, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read
Two words:

TURMERIC PANCAKES🥞

*trust me I am back to report that a sprinkle of mint leaves takes this humble recipe to the next level. Modest in appearance, mighty in taste! Image
Mar 17, 2020 6 tweets 2 min read
Social solidarity not just social distancing includes holding one another’s disappointments & heartbreaks as if they were our own.💔 I get teary every time I think about all the cancelled graduations, esp for firstgen & non traditional students. We will have to find creative ways to honor & celebrate in the months ahead.