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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 2d

The deployment of tear gas throughout the Chicago area is a growing health concern. ICE is deploying tear gas in residential neighborhoods, near children, playgrounds, stores, etc. What are the health implications on our communities?

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · 2d

Fun fact: If I don’t cuss around you, you’re not getting my most authentic self. It’s not bc I think cussing itself is essential but bc I believe in using the full range of my vocabulary in speech. Sometimes I need to be emphatic or colloquial and that means using a word some think is profane.

Tweet sharing “Cursing is rarely a symbol of low class.
It's often a mark of high authenticity.
Evidence: Swearing predicts higher rates of honesty and integrity. It signals a willingness to prize candor over courtesy.
A little profanity shows that you're being real and you do give a damn.”

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · 3d

From Day 1 she has stood for me being my Black, queer, disabled, justicey, Christian Minister self.

May you all encounter romantic, platonic, & familial love that holds you whole regardless of how/if you publicly share your sexuality & gender.

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · 3d

A blessed coming out day to all. Here’s your annual reminder that I’m a queer AF pansexual who found deep & joy filled love with my wife despite not coming out publicly until I was 30.

Part of what’s so dope about what we have is we hold each other whole.

#comingoutday

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · 5d

It’s making my heart so full to see folks taking to the streets and standing against fascism.

As you take action make sure you remember to mask up 😷! Not only will this help keep you safe from COVID, the flu, & other illnesses, masking is a surveillance deterrent.

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · 9d

May God and every sacred source that help lift up your spirit and your head be with you.

May we honor the gifts and grit our ancestors & elders gave to equip us for what is here and what all may come our way.

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · 18d

Teal text on yellow and white background with orange, magenta, and teal border stating “All I really want to do in this life is bless folks, affirm their being and becoming, and create tools and craft words that help folks live with greater agency, accountability, and in ways that don’t force them choose what parts of themselves to live into because we should all be held whole.

I want to live in a way where folks get that love is my resistance and that my hopes and prayers for our collective liberation and flourishing are woven into everything I am, write, or seek to do.”

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · 18d

Thank you!!!

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · 19d

Wear a mask, vaccinate, take precautions. You don’t want navigating long covid or its 200+ symptoms like my chronic fatigue syndrome to be your reality. I wouldn’t wish this on the devil.

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · 22d

Shana Tova to my beloved Jewish kin! Wishing blessings and goodness for you all.

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · 23d

Is it bad that I kinda wish the rapture these people want would come so that the rest of us could be left in peace?

Cause they’ve already created an apocalyptic hellscape and put us into climate collapse so if those who think they’re getting scooped up dip, the rest of us and the earth can heal.

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · 25d

If your revolutionary and resistance work isn’t accessible, your understanding of liberation is lacking. We all can’t leave or be outside or even divest at times because some of our literal survival is linked to spaces, services, or things non-disabled folks have different relationships to.

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · 26d

In person visits are key for physical exams but so much can be accomplished virtually in ways that are actually accessible for disabled & chronically ill patients. I’m so grateful for these accommodations in patient care 💛

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · 26d

S/o to the healthcare professionals who get telehealth is an accessibility tool. I’ve been able to see my therapist, new primary, and a specialist from bed which helps me be present because it doesn’t trigger my chronic fatigue.

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · 27d

Hey loves - we’re $1225 away from our goal. If you have the means, please share and if you don’t, feel free to amplify this ask in your communities!

Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · 29d

A community member had their gas cut off bc of having to manage things like medical expenses & needs aid getting it turned on. They literally can’t do things like cook rn & need $1500 to pay the bill. Share what you can on my aliciatcrosby CA/Vmo with the tag mutual aid to help.

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · 29d

A community member had their gas cut off bc of having to manage things like medical expenses & needs aid getting it turned on. They literally can’t do things like cook rn & need $1500 to pay the bill. Share what you can on my aliciatcrosby CA/Vmo with the tag mutual aid to help.

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · Sep 11

I don’t need you to think like me even as I desire that you use your agency to interrogate your assumptions so you deal with your biases and your complicity & responsibility in others’ harm.

I want to see us all flourish and be free.

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · Sep 11

Me wanting collective liberation for all **explicitly** means I do not want anyone bound - literally and metaphorically. I don’t want anyone living under the specter of terror or fear and work for a world shaped by accessibility, agency, accountability, and honor.

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · Sep 11

Just because we don't celebrate a death, doesn't mean we have to grieve. There are so many more emotions accessible to us and there's space for us to feel, acknowledge, and honor them right now.

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · Sep 2

I hope gentleness finds you.

I hope that you encounter or make space where you can experience a bit of tenderness that helps alleviate any weariness you have because you’ve strained under the heavy things in this world.

Even if just for a moment, may something soft be a balm for your aching soul.

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · Aug 23

I immediately starting hearing Eve in my head reading this 😂

a close up of a woman 's face with the words love is blind written on it .

ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with the words love is blind written on it .

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · Aug 23

Imma put this out there so folks can join their energy to mine via prayer, intention setting, manifestation work, & more:

I need folk willing to be patrons, benefactors, & resourceful midwives for me & my work. Who will share what they’ve got to help me bring the things I dream of into this world.

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · Aug 21

It’s interesting to see what folks choose to talk about while we’re staring fascism in the face. I don’t have but so much to give but with what I do have, imma just go love folks tangibly and well.

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · Aug 18

Live action of me every morning and after naps because of my long covid, CFS/ME, & fibromyalgia 🙃😂💩

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Rev. Alicia T. Crosby @aliciatcrosby.bsky.social · Aug 11

Now is the time to remember that our struggles and our liberations are intertwined.

The sooner we realize this, the sooner we can do the work to form communities that fight back, resist, & create new things to sustain us all.

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