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Fadumo Farah 🌱💚 @fadumofarah.bsky.social · 5d

@danicapriest.bsky.social treasure, she’s amazing.

Fadumo Farah 🌱💚 @fadumofarah.bsky.social · 17d

I am proud to be African and British. 🌍🇬🇧There is nothing wrong with embracing our culture and our roots. Carrying both identities makes us stronger and our diversity is Bristol’s strength. ✨💚 #Proud #Solidarity

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Fadumo Farah 🌱💚 @fadumofarah.bsky.social · 29d

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · May 11

🚩Member defence win!🚩

ACORN member Tina faced an illegal eviction & rent taken from her deposit after complaining that her “solo” room turned out to be a shared room with a divider. Tina came to ACORN & we not only helped her get out, but also pressured the landlord to return her deposit in full ✊

ACORN member Tina poses in a denim top with ACORN staff member Sam in a FILA shirt & black cap against an off-white background. Both are raising their left fists & holding a flyer advertising how to join ACORN.

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · May 12

No one should be made to suffer like Sharon. So we're taking action against Bristol City Council's medieval use of bailiffs! Join us at the link below to stand up for your neighbours & fight back ✊

On a blurry wooden background, a light tan poster reading "WANTED by ACORN BRISTOL/ TONY DYER/ Sheriff of Bristol council/ for sending bailiffs to attack our communities"
Between the words, a magna carta style illustration of a knight with his visor up reveals the face of Tony Dyer.

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ACORN Bristol @acorn-bristol.bsky.social · Apr 30

Hello Bluesky! We're the Bristol branch of @acornunion.bsky.social & we cannot wait to show you what we're up to!

Come and say hello to your fellow union members at Castle Park from 12-4pm on bank holiday Monday to enjoy the sunshine in solidarity. We cannot wait to meet you all! 👋

Text: "Community Day ACORN. Join us for an uplifting afternoon celebrating the bank holiday. Bringing together communities from across Bristol! Games, music and activities for all ages! Bank holiday Monday 5th May, 12-4pm Castle Park"

Image: A flowering tree atop a grassy slope with children & parents playing, talking, & relaxing underneath it. In the foreground, a dandelion & a twig bearing an acorn spring up from the grass.

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Another Green @anothergreen.bsky.social · Apr 15

Love this picture. Greta Thunberg, the climate campaigner, with Hugo Blanco, the indigenous leader and ecosocialist. Stockholm, Sweden 2019.

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Fadumo Farah 🌱💚 @fadumofarah.bsky.social · Apr 10

Somalia was carved up by colonial powers in the late 1800s Britain in the north, Italy in the south. Today, the Somali diaspora thrives in places like Bristol, where culture, resilience, and history meet in powerful ways.

www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

‘We have every right to be here’ Bristol’s Somalis tell Arron Banks

The Reform candidate for West of England Metro Mayor had blamed Somalis for crime in Bristol

www.bristolpost.co.uk

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Mary Page 4 WECA mayor 💚 @mayorslayer.bsky.social · Mar 31

Ooh that’s me! 😊💚

We don’t have the multi-millions of the other parties to produce flash sales pitch videos but what we have is genuine and ambitious plans to put the heart back in our communities.

#VoteGreen #RealHope #RealChange
May 1st
Mary for West of England mayor!
@greenparty.org.uk

Bristol Green Party @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social · Mar 31

🟢 Meet Mary Page, Green Party candidate for the West Of England Mayor. 🟢

Mary will champion all our communities in the West of England with a Nature, Nurture and Needs plan, shifting the balance of power back into your hands.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Jan 30

Used to vote for the Labour Party?

Let's talk!

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Fadumo Farah 🌱💚 @fadumofarah.bsky.social · Mar 20

www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/governm...

Government intervention needed at Bristol block, campaign group says

Ministers are being urged to help residents living Barton House due to what a campaign group has alleged is “ongoing mismanagement” by the city council.

www.insidehousing.co.uk

Fadumo Farah 🌱💚 @fadumofarah.bsky.social · Mar 16

🚨 Barton Hill Community Stay United! 🚨The police now claim they are “listening” after deploying 60 officers, a helicopter & 2 drones for a civil matter. If they contact your organisation, reach out we’ll help hold them accountable. We must stand together for Barton Hill!

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Tristan Cork @tristancorkpost.bsky.social · Mar 13

BREAKING: A huge council and police operation descended on Barton Hill at 3am this morning to complete the installation of the controversial East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood - & were met by protesters who laid down in the road
Read more here:
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

Huge overnight operation completes Liveable Neighbourhood installation... almost

A handful of local women laid down in the road to stop one bus gate

www.bristolpost.co.uk

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Bristol24/7 @bristol247.bsky.social · Mar 14

Barton Hill resident and campaigner, Fadumo Farah, says she is "sad and shocked" by the events of yesterday morning in Barton Hill

'I'm sad and shocked by what happened in Barton Hill'

Fadumo Farah explains what she went through when contractors and police turned up at 4am in Barton Hill to install the liveable neighbourhood

www.bristol247.com

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · Mar 13

I was so pleased to meet the Nelson Trust in Bristol.

Their holistic preventative approach supports vulnerable women to rebuild their lives, many of whom have experienced the criminal justice system.

The evidence is clear: rehabilitation, not imprisonment, is the best way to reduce re-offending.

Carla Denyer MP sitting on a sofa alongside a woman with blonde hair, with a table in front of them.

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Fadumo Farah 🌱💚 @fadumofarah.bsky.social · Mar 8

Boot the bailiffs

Fadumo Farah 🌱💚 @fadumofarah.bsky.social · Mar 8

Honored to be named one of Bristol’s 20 rebellious women for #InternationalWomensDay by @BristolLive! Grateful to @TristanCorkPost for highlighting the bold women making a difference. Proud to stand alongside these incredible changemakers! #IWD #Bristol

www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

20 of Bristol's rebellious women for International Women's Day

A celebration of the city's women who are not taking no for an answer

www.bristolpost.co.uk

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · Mar 5

I'll be speaking at @bristolwomensvoice.bsky.social's #InternationalWomensDay event this Saturday - see you there?!

Programme here 👇
www.bristolwomensvoice.org.uk/internationa...

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Bristol Green Party @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social · Mar 3

🟢 YOU CAN ELECT A GREEN MAYOR FOR THE WEST OF ENGLAND 🟢

We will win in the West if everyone who has ever voted Green before votes Green again.

On May 1st there is an election for a new mayor. We have 60 days to make real change happen.

MARY PAGE
Candidate for West Of England Mayor
"We can bring villages, towns and cities together not just by improved transport, but by community cohesiveness, digital connectivity and ambition for protection of biodiversity.
A mayor can't make a New Green Deal work single handedly, but Together We Can."
Green Party
REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.

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Fadumo Farah 🌱💚 @fadumofarah.bsky.social · Mar 1

Today Daniel from @towerblocksuk.bsky.social came to Barton house. I hope their report will highlight the issues we still facing.

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ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · Feb 26

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ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · Feb 26

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ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · Feb 26

Today ACORN Bristol & medical professionals from Medact released a damning report highlighting the devastating effects that the evacuation of Barton House and the aftermath has had on the physical and mental health of residents (🧵)

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Cllr Shona Jemphrey 🇵🇸 @shonajemphrey.bsky.social · Feb 28

Proud to be both an Acorn member and one of the local ward councillors for Lawrence Hill, where the block is based. Residents of Barton House have been through so much and it's continuing to affect people's physical & mental health. I'll keep supporting the calls for rehousing for those who want it.

ACORN the union @acornunion.bsky.social · Feb 26

Today ACORN Bristol & medical professionals from Medact released a damning report highlighting the devastating effects that the evacuation of Barton House and the aftermath has had on the physical and mental health of residents (🧵)

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Fadumo Farah 🌱💚 @fadumofarah.bsky.social · Feb 28

www.bbc.com/news/article... @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social

Bristol: Barton House evacuation a 'mass-traumatising event' - report

Bristol City Council said an independent investigation will take place.

www.bbc.com