Gordon Whitman
@gordonwhitman.bsky.social
Community organizer.Author of Stand Up! How to Get Involved, Speak Out and Win in a World on Fire.
Devasting condemnation of those who voted for the Big Ugly Bill from @ddroyster.bsky.social
thehill.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Devasting condemnation of those who voted for the Big Ugly Bill from @ddroyster.bsky.social
Beautifully written piece about Pope Francis and the work ahead for Pope Leo XIV and all of us www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: What the church needs from Leo XIV
At this moment of change and possibility, four principles that Francis lived, and that Leo XIV has begun to echo, must guide the Catholic Church.
www.latimes.com
May 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Beautifully written piece about Pope Francis and the work ahead for Pope Leo XIV and all of us www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Fascinating - The pope’s maternal grandparents, both of whom are described as Black or mulatto in various historical records, lived in the city’s Seventh Ward, an area traditionally Catholic and a melting pot of people with African, Caribbean and European roots. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
New Pope Has Creole Roots in New Orleans
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Fascinating - The pope’s maternal grandparents, both of whom are described as Black or mulatto in various historical records, lived in the city’s Seventh Ward, an area traditionally Catholic and a melting pot of people with African, Caribbean and European roots. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
Pope Leo XIV retweeted this on 4/15/25. Good sign.
May 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Pope Leo XIV retweeted this on 4/15/25. Good sign.
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ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."
Lawmakers demand answers after a Haitian woman dies at an ICE detention center
ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."
www.npr.org
May 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."
I was happy to share reflections on Pope Francis’ critique of top down approaches to development & radical “belief that it is people at the margins … who are the answer” www.devex.com/news/there-s... @devex.bsky.social @faithinaction.bsky.social @ignatiansolidarity.bsky.social @jesuits.bsky.social
‘There’s no going back’: Pope Francis’ global development legacy
Issues central to global development, including economic and climate justice, migration, and elevating those on the peripheries were core tenets of the late Pope Francis’ 12-year papacy.
www.devex.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I was happy to share reflections on Pope Francis’ critique of top down approaches to development & radical “belief that it is people at the margins … who are the answer” www.devex.com/news/there-s... @devex.bsky.social @faithinaction.bsky.social @ignatiansolidarity.bsky.social @jesuits.bsky.social
The future is in the hands of those who struggle against injustice. @faithinaction.bsky.social @ncronline.bsky.social @catholicnewssvc.bsky.social faithinactioninternational.org/we-mourn-the...
April 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The future is in the hands of those who struggle against injustice. @faithinaction.bsky.social @ncronline.bsky.social @catholicnewssvc.bsky.social faithinactioninternational.org/we-mourn-the...
Pope Francis taught us—through his words & actions—to love and respect every person as a child of God. He called us to welcome migrants, care for the earth as our common home, & challenge economic systems that cause poverty, suffering, & indifference. faithinactioninternational.org/we-mourn-the...
We mourn the death of Pope Francis and pledge to carry on his ministry
Pope Francis called us to welcome migrants, care for the earth, and challenge economic systems causing poverty, suffering, and indifference.
faithinactioninternational.org
April 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Pope Francis taught us—through his words & actions—to love and respect every person as a child of God. He called us to welcome migrants, care for the earth as our common home, & challenge economic systems that cause poverty, suffering, & indifference. faithinactioninternational.org/we-mourn-the...
Some good news in our effort to reopen the Inter-American Foundation, a model for supporting locally led community development. www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e... @sarajacobs.house.gov @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social
Rare, good news for a Haiti in crisis: Court revives U.S. agency aid | Opinion
Killed by DOGE, agency that helps Haiti appears to be back | Opinion
www.miamiherald.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Some good news in our effort to reopen the Inter-American Foundation, a model for supporting locally led community development. www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e... @sarajacobs.house.gov @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social
My son Isaiah just published his first Medium post medium.com/@IsaiahPaley...
Eight things Kamala could have done differently
By Isaiah Paley Whitman
medium.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
My son Isaiah just published his first Medium post medium.com/@IsaiahPaley...
Coming soon to the U.S. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Serbia's largest-ever rally sees 325,000 protest against government
The collapse of a station canopy that killed 15 people has galvanised anger towards the government.
www.bbc.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Coming soon to the U.S. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Petition to re-open the Inter-American Foundation which supports community development in Latin America and the Caribbean. And was illegally shut down. secure.everyaction.com/OnGbqscEfESU...
Re-Open IAF and USADF
Join us in demanding that Congress stand up for the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) and U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) and the good work they do addressing the root causes of poverty, hun...
secure.everyaction.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Petition to re-open the Inter-American Foundation which supports community development in Latin America and the Caribbean. And was illegally shut down. secure.everyaction.com/OnGbqscEfESU...
Very important interview with Atul Gawande: Hundreds of Thousands Will Die - “There is a fundamental desire to remove and destroy independent sources of knowledge, of power, of decision-making.” www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
Hundreds of Thousands Will Die
The writer, surgeon, and former U.S.A.I.D. senior official Atul Gawande on the Trump Administration’s decimation of foreign aid and the consequences around the world.
www.newyorker.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Very important interview with Atul Gawande: Hundreds of Thousands Will Die - “There is a fundamental desire to remove and destroy independent sources of knowledge, of power, of decision-making.” www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
PhIlly is gradually moving progressive neighborhood focused, especially after building an arena in Chinatown got spiked. Great to see the movement on housing & @councilmemberjg.bsky.social leadership. www.inquirer.com/politics/clo...
Winners and losers from the first city budget in Philly’s Parker-Johnson era
Clout is breaking down who's up and who's down following the first big legislative agreement of the Parker administration.
www.inquirer.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
PhIlly is gradually moving progressive neighborhood focused, especially after building an arena in Chinatown got spiked. Great to see the movement on housing & @councilmemberjg.bsky.social leadership. www.inquirer.com/politics/clo...
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The eventual fate of the GOP
Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
March 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The eventual fate of the GOP