Hoping everyone has a wonderful, fun and safe 4th of July holiday. Let us celebrate those who fought for our freedom!🦅 #Happy4thofJuly ##LetFreedomRing #LiveTheIdealLife
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🎉 Freedom is a journey—one that's never finished. 🌟 Celebrate Juneteenth with us and make a difference in the lives of others by sharing your story. 📖❤️ #Juneteenth #CelebrateFreedom #ShareYourStory #SimsPurzer #TexasFamilyLaw #FamilyLaw
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"African Americans are the descendants of captive Africans held in the United States from 1526 to 1865... African descendants...whose ancestors immigrated, or who immigrated to the U.S., also traditionally have been considered African American, as they share a common history of predominantly West African or Central African roots, the horrific Middle Passage of the Diaspora, approximately 340 years of chattel slavery under bitterly brutal conditions including murder, torture, rape, 150 years of federally, state, and locally institutionalized political, economic, and social disenfranchisement, constant and violent terrorism by well known and organized ethnic based hate groups and lynch mobs, lengthy history of denial and deliberate mis-education, a perverting of history, a perverting of religions, forced participation in Jim Crow Era Laws, racial discrimination in every facet of life and in most cases every waking moment of the entire lives of many, many victims, common place and brutal beatings, murder, rape, extortion, mutilations, robbery, sodomy, kidnappings, false imprisonment, etc. by federal, state, and local law enforcement and public officials, a lengthy history of injustice from the federal, state, and local justice systems, political assassinations, constant infiltration and disruption of organized African American human and civil rights, political, and community activists groups, attempted genocide, infanticide, attempted clandestine mass sterilization, constant clandestine medical/psychological/sociopolitical experimentations, a lengthy history of constant threat, harassment, and duress from common place and overt violent acts of racism, mass murder, ongoing bio-terrorist attacks, ongoing “quiet” or silent wars, ongoing covert racism in specialized industries, etc., etc., and still in a constant state of daily hostility and mental anguish while living in a situationally prone overtly racist American society on this day while an African American President sits in the White House (distorted history is evidence of the ongoing well seated ignorance and unrepentant evil that dwells here) for the sixth time in “true” American history. It is these peoples, who in the past were referred to and identified collectively as the Colored, Mullatoes, Creole peoples, Negro, Black, and Afro-American and who now generally consider themselves African Americans. Their history is very rich with ingenuity, innovation, intelligence, courage, faith, perseverance, tolerance, unrelenting and most raw will, constant and multiple struggles and triumph after triumph under the most adverse conditions for the lengthiest time period ever forced upon human beings throughout the history of all of “man”. Their history should be celebrated by all and for all time for it is the very essence of resiliency and the definition of an unbreakable spirit." Akil A. Bomani https://lnkd.in/gissQTaF
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📺 The next piece we want to celebrate this month is, a docuseries called “Amend: The Fight for America” hosted by Will Smith. This show, featuring many prominent actors, tells amazing stories from past to present about those who have championed the fight for equal rights in America. Watch the trailer here!👇 #BlackHistoryMonth #Amend #Pilotly https://lnkd.in/dPNfgQX4
Amend: The Fight for America | Official Trailer
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Colour-blindness (as the term applies to race) is not literally possible. Not in South Africa, where we are all too aware of each others racial background. But it is a worthy aspiration to treat people with equal respect and curiosity regardless of what racial group they were born into. It should also be a political and ethical aspiration not to make legal distinctions between racial groups. In the 1960s in the US, almost all people (but for the most hardened leftists and the most hardened racists) agreed that a colourblind order was a worthy aspiration. How things have changed for the worse. In many parts of the world the races are getting along worse than they have in decades. Let's not compromise our humanity because of the crazies on the left who insist that the races are in a Hobbesian battle against each other for survival.
Race & Reason: A Conversation with Coleman Hughes (Episode #353)
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07-23-23 @ 11:23 PM EST 🌊🐋 Today I visited SeaWorld in Florida and learned something fascinating about Orcas (Killer whales)! These incredible creatures are highly skilled hunters that coordinate their attacks as a group. It got me thinking about the power of unity within our own communities. ✨ Imagine what the American Descendants of slaves could achieve if we moved as one, just like the whales. Its time to create a national movement to unify and organize, transcending socioeconomic, religious, and geographical differences. 🌍✊ 🤔 I wonder how much progress we could make if there was a coordinated effort to unite, advocate, and create policy change on a national scale, similar to other minority groups. I am truly inspired and envisioning a future where the community stands together for justice and equality. 🌟🚀 In your opinion, what are the barriers preventing the community from organizing on a national scale, and how do we remove these obstacles? Let's start a conversation and explore ways to overcome these challenges, together! Comment below and share your thoughts. 👇 #civicengagement #policychange
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Strengthen Black family ties and build bridges across generations with thoughtful reunion planning. Explore strategies for promoting dialogue, resolving conflicts, and fostering understanding, creating reunions that serve as pillars of unity and connection within the family. #BlackFamilyReunions #FamilyTies #UnityBuilding #ConnectionStrengthening https://lnkd.in/gmFBRn8f
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This is truly an incredible video of Kate Sadurska, a Ukrainian diver, setting the New Absolute World Record in freediving. She successfully dived to a depth of 76m/249ft. She descended and ascended vertically using only her own muscle power, without the aid of fins.
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Taking a break from themes such as #AIACT, #GenerativeAI and #Am-I-AI-? let's focus just for a moment on spring, light, the power of stories to change and to communicate and the 'whyness' of your hard work. Today is #IMBOLC - the beginning of spring and the festival of light in the old Celtic tradition. It's a day of positivity, when new beginnings happen, when the fruits of our labours may start to be seen.......if we've done it right. It is also a day to celebrate for other, important reasons. Brigid's Day is now a national holiday in #Ireland, following years of campaigning by many groups including #herstory to bring about equality, representation and identity in terms of how we celebrate, what we remember and why. You can read all about the incredible campaign that took place in Ireland. Brigid, who is a Celtic Goddess and a religious saint crosses boundaries; for some it unites otherwise disparate groups. Whether it's in work or in life, knowing our "story", why we do what we do and what we are trying to achieve is essential to #communication, to bridge gaps and bring people together. Take a moment for yourself, you deserve it. Maybe though you could also think of your story, your company's story and what your customers and clients hear. Make the message work whether it's personal, your branding, your organisational imperative or for humanity. https://lnkd.in/ecyrX3ZQ
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Yuck! White tennis socks in sandals! The unmistakable recognizing feature of German tourists for decades. Unbearable for people in fashion. However, today I wear them proudly in my Birkenstocks because I got them from the International Justice Mission. The IJM is an organization that fights to end slavery in the world. So the socks say "Stoppt Sklaverei- stop slavery!" Did you know that slavery is as central and basic for humans as enough food and shelter? Having no rights at all is the essence of slavery, and without rights, there is no incentive to produce development. Sustainable development is impossible with slavery, which is why it's crucial to end it. That's why ending slavery is target number 7 within SDG 8 "Decent work and economic growth." And modern slavery isn't just a problem in other parts of the world. In Europe in 2018, there were 1.3 million slaves, with 167,000 in Germany alone (according to Deutsche Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen e.V.). And these are only the officially registered cases, the real numbers are expected to be much higher. Let's help organizations like IJM in their mission to stop modern slavery. #IJM #GlobalSlaveryIndex
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