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Kkiana
@kkiana.bsky.social
Animal caregiver/lover, dog foster mom, Beading and gemstone hobbiest, plant mom, loner living in a wacky world💙💙💙
Thank you, Justices!
May 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Leticia James, a powerful woman and fighter. We need more like her!
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May 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Maine Governor Janet Mills is THE BOSS! We need more like her!
April 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Jamie Raskin is encouraging people to file Federal Privacy Act requests on their personal DOGE data. Fillable forms here: jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
DOGE Privacy Act Requests
U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (...
jamieraskin.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
March 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Honoring Black History

Nannie Helen Burroughs was an educator, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman in the early 1900s. She founded the National Training School for women and girls, teaching Black women to be proud of their race through three B's- bible, bath and broom.
February 28, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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I’m somehow on a Heritage Foundation mailing list (😂) and they sent a survey to see what we think of DOGE.

Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?

secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...

Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
secured.heritage.org
February 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Honoring Black History

Dr. Justina Ford was Denver, Colorado’s first and only woman doctor in the early decades of the twentieth century. As a multi-lingual Ob/Gyn and Pediatric doctor, she treated patients from her home, made house calls and delivered over 7000 babies.
February 27, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Honoring Black History

Dr. Alexa Canady became the first female Black neurosurgeon in the United States, specializing in pediatric neurosurgery. She served as Chief of Neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital in Michigan from 1987 to 2001.
February 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Honoring Black History

Daisy Bates, a journalist and civil rights activist, is remembered as a formidable force in one of the biggest battles of school integration in the U.S., the integration of public schools in Little Rock, Arkansas. She documented the battle to end segregation in her writing.
February 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Honoring Black History

Chef Lena Richard was a culinary giant! She was a cookbook author, restaurateur, frozen food entrepreneur, and television host from New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1950, she became the first Black woman to host her own television cooking show in the deeply segregated south.
February 24, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Honoring Black History

Fannie Lou Hamer advocated for Black voting rights in Mississippi. She began a “pig bank” to provide Black farmers free pigs to breed, raise, and slaughter. She also launched the Freedom Farm Cooperative buying up land that Blacks could own and farm collectively.
February 23, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Honoring Black History

Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was an American poet, author, and teacher. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on May 1, 1950, for Annie Allen, making her the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize.
February 22, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Honoring Black History

Maggie Lena Walker was the first woman of any race to charter a bank in the United States. In 1903, she founded the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank. Walker's entrepreneurial skills transformed Black business practices while also inspiring other women to enter the field.
February 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Honoring Black History

Mary Ellen Pleasant, a Haitian-descended entrepreneur and abolitionist, built herself a fortune in 19th-century. She was a real estate tycoon and restauranteur, owned boarding houses and provided employment to freed slaves. She also worked on the Underground Railroad.
February 20, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Honoring Black History

Constance Baker Motley was the first Black woman to argue at the Supreme Court, arguing 10 landmark civil rights cases, winning nine. She served as a Senior Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and was a law clerk to Thurgood Marshall.
February 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Honoring Black History

Jane Bolin was the first Black woman to become a judge in the United States. Her 40 year, family court career was devoted to defending justice and equality for women and children. She enacted changes to ensure that children of color could receive necessary public funds.
February 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Salem, Or
February 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Portland, OR
February 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Honoring Black History

Dorothy Height was one if the godmothers of the women's movement because of her work towards gender equality, focusing on improving Black womens lives. She was one of founders of the National Women's Political Caucus and was a leading figure in the 1963 March on Washington.
February 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Aight, listen up, fam—it’s time to shake the table. 📢 If you’re fed up with the same ol’ system and ready to stand your ground, here’s your moment. Some major protests and strikes are poppin’ off, and we need everyone to pull up and show out.
February 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Honoring Black History

Audrey Lorde, the Poet, wrote essays and gave speeches about feminism, racism, and LGBTQ+ rights. She established herself as an influential member of the Black Arts Movement, often writing about systemic racism and exploring her identity as a lesbian and cancer survivor.
February 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Honoring Black History

Rosa Parks will forever be honored as the Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement. Her refusal to give her seat up to a white man led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott lasting 381 days. She inspired Black people to stand up and fight against racism and discrimination.
February 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Honoring Black History

Marian Anderson was the first Black singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera. She was a delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Committee and a Goodwill Ambassador for the United States Department of State, giving concerts all over the world.
February 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Maybe we need a government shut down
February 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM