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GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 11h

4DaHuemans was able to feed 10 people for week one and hopes to keep growing as time goes on 🤲🏾.

This has and always will be bigger than me, this is about US ❤️🖤💚💜💚💛.

#FoodInsecurity #Louisiana #Lafayette #Support #Donate

Donate to a Great Cause — Quinn94

Donating to Quinn94 & 4DaHuemans will assist Melanated-Indigenous communities globally. The mission is to uplift and repair ourselves.

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GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 11h

We are back for WEEK TWO of Cook For Yo’ People 👏🏾.

I have to say a shout-out to our first RECURRING donor, KAIT. They loved what we were doing and committed to donating monthly to our initiative 🫶🏾.

Week 2 Meal:
- Smothered Chicken Thighs
- Smothered Cabbage
- Bbq Baked Beans

#FoodInsecurity

Cook For Yo’ People is an initiative by 4DaHuemans and Quinn offering free Creole-based meals for community members facing food insecurity throughout Louisiana.

Please donate through
Cashapp: $Quinnfos94
Venmo: Quinnfos
Website: Quinn94.com/donate

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GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 11h

😂😂😂 they really do I peeps that as well lmao I wonder if it’s any marketing or “science” behind it!

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GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 3d

“I drifted aimlessly
Through parking lots I tried my best To dodge the many shoppers
Who are in a hurry to buy nothing…”

Lloyd Center by Elijah Craig ❤️🖤💚

#BlackStudies #Portland

A photo of book titled, “Memory & Place in Black Portland” by Black Studies students at the Oregon State Penitentiary.

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GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 2d

Address me as a published author from now on 😏✍🏾📖.

Last Wednesday & this past weekend was a monumental Creole time that is now encapsulated & stamped into history 📰📝🧾.

Visit Creoleculture.com to purchase Hands of Heritage 💜💚💛.

Happy International Creole Heritage Month 🩸.
#CreoleCulture #Louisiana

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GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 12h

Speaking of, I had a roller skating date a few weeks ago that was too cute 🥰🥰🥰.

I hadn’t been skating in years and so glad I sugfested it as a date idea.

#DateNight #HaveFun #GetActive

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GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 12h

Nature is so multipurpose and we love us a multipurpose girlie!

GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 1d

“As Creoles, we are our best asset and biggest liability.”

—Quinn F.

GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Blessed International Creole Heritage Month and much love to all of us Creoles globally from Louisiana to Haiti to St. Lucia to Martinique and everywhere else in between!

Purchase our cultural book by visiting Creoleculture.com

#CreoleHeritageMonth #CreoleCulture #LouisianaCreoles

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GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 2d

Nine authors and seven photographers collaborated to create a cultural coffee table book about the hands that build our heritage.

I feel so blessed and grateful. We are so beautiful as a community and deserve to document and share our art, culture, history, and stories 🎨📸📑.

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GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 2d

Address me as a published author from now on 😏✍🏾📖.

Last Wednesday & this past weekend was a monumental Creole time that is now encapsulated & stamped into history 📰📝🧾.

Visit Creoleculture.com to purchase Hands of Heritage 💜💚💛.

Happy International Creole Heritage Month 🩸.
#CreoleCulture #Louisiana

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Emily White @emwhitenoise.bsky.social · 6d

College radio stations are seeing a surge in student interest.

Stations that once struggled to fill airtime are now overflowing with student DJs.

I spoke to 7 college radio stations across the U.S. to understand what is driving the revival:

emwhitenoise.substack.com/p/gen-zs-col...

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mamamoo @thelovelymc.bsky.social · 3d

I love that refreshing afternoon autumn air

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GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 3d

🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎

GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 3d

Love their response so much!

#DontMuteDC

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GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 3d

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GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 3d

“What I would like to understand is that certain places have so much value and purpose beyond destruction. And I could go deeper, that statement can relate to our own self as well.”

—Elijah Craig in reference to #gentrification in #Portland.

GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 3d

“Mall doors burst open with the smell

Of combinations of overly priced colognes

Eager to be purchased

Poverty always pulled me towards The free samples of the delectable…”

#BlackStudies #GeoPoem

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GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 3d

“I drifted aimlessly
Through parking lots I tried my best To dodge the many shoppers
Who are in a hurry to buy nothing…”

Lloyd Center by Elijah Craig ❤️🖤💚

#BlackStudies #Portland

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GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 5d

We are back at it next Friday 👏🏾!

Please help us by sharing and donating 💜💚💛.

Next Week’s Menu:

•Smothered chicken thighs and smoked sausages over rice.
•TWO sides + bottled water 🤤😮‍💨😋.

#foodinsecurity #foodhunger #communitycook #creolefood #helpus #donatetoday

GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 12d

WE MADE IT HAPPEN 🥘🥘🥘‼️

Because of community support, we fed & hydrated 10 people Downtown and in Fightingville 💜💚💛.

Week one and many more weeks to come 👏🏾🤲🏾🫶🏾.

Donate to keep our initiative alive ⤵️:
CA: $Quinnfos
Venmo: Quinnfos94
🌐: Quinn94.com/donate
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#louisiana #lafayette #foodinsecurity

GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 9d

Official Creole Culture Presents: Hands of Heritage Book 👐🏾🙌🏾🤲🏾

I am GRATEFUL to be a part of this timely cultural lifestyle table book as a contributing published author during Creole Heritage Month ⚜️📔💜💚💛.

Join us this Wednesday at The Delta Grand Theatre in Opelousas ⚜️.

#creoleculture #louisiana

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GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 12d

WE MADE IT HAPPEN 🥘🥘🥘‼️

Because of community support, we fed & hydrated 10 people Downtown and in Fightingville 💜💚💛.

Week one and many more weeks to come 👏🏾🤲🏾🫶🏾.

Donate to keep our initiative alive ⤵️:
CA: $Quinnfos
Venmo: Quinnfos94
🌐: Quinn94.com/donate
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#louisiana #lafayette #foodinsecurity

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Aallyah Wright @aallyahpatrice.bsky.social · 9d

From opening grocery stores to launching online delivery services, I traveled to rural Mississippi to highlight the work of two Black women who are reimagining how their communities eat and thrive.

This is part of the RNN's "Sowing Resilience" series.

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The Black Women Driving a Food Revolution in Rural Mississippi

From grocery stores to food distribution services, Black women are leading efforts to feed their communities.

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GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 12d

I didn’t even realize that September is #HungerActionMonth!

Wow right on divine timing 💜💚💛.

GIVE US OUR LAND BACK 🪶🪶🪶 @quinnfos.bsky.social · 12d

WE MADE IT HAPPEN 🥘🥘🥘‼️

Because of community support, we fed & hydrated 10 people Downtown and in Fightingville 💜💚💛.

Week one and many more weeks to come 👏🏾🤲🏾🫶🏾.

Donate to keep our initiative alive ⤵️:
CA: $Quinnfos
Venmo: Quinnfos94
🌐: Quinn94.com/donate
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#louisiana #lafayette #foodinsecurity

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