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Vanessa Mason Jan 5, 2023

Funding opp ($30-100k over 3 yr): CS Fund's new Just Transition program is building 'connective tissue' across mvmts & regions to transition from current extractive, supremacist culture to one of justice, joy, belonging & liberation. App info: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/613bf7e98a7c43319698add2/t/638f7eaa4bc6a360445a6cba/1670348458529/CSF+Just+Transitions+RFP.pdf #racialjustice #genderjustice #foodsecurity #indigenous #climatejustice #disabilityjustice #solidarity

Vanessa Mason Dec 15, 2022

Open Society Foundations' Equality Fellowship is looking for innovators in #racialjustice to build a world that embraces multiracial #democracy : https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/soros-equality-fellowship

Soros Equality Fellowship

Open Society-U.S.’s Soros Equality Fellowship seeks to support individuals whom we believe will become long-term innovative leaders impacting racial justice.

Vanessa Mason Nov 23, 2022

Recommendations for meaningful events/conferences focused on collective healing, #racialjustice #genderjustice #disabilityjustice, #Afrofutures #Indigenousfutures #decolonial #futuresthinking?

Vanessa Mason Nov 10, 2022

It says a lot about my overachiever tendencies that upon the doctor seeing that I had full range of motion about 10 days after dislocating my shoulder, told me that I was a rapid healer and I felt proud of something that was completely out of my control but still wanted some kind of gold star other than taking the sling off.

Vanessa Mason Nov 10, 2022

Black Intellect Nov 10, 2022

The National Museum of African American History & Culture announces “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures” to open March 24

It will feature Octavia Butler’s typewriter, Nichelle Nichols’ Star Trek uniform, Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther suit, more

https://nmaahc.si.edu/about/news/national-museum-african-american-history-and-culture-announces-new-exhibition-exploring

#blackmastodon #blacktwitter

National Museum of African American History and Culture Announces New Exhibition Exploring Stories and Futures of Black Liberation

The thought-provoking exhibition, “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures,” debuts on March 24, 2023 and investigates Afrofuturist expression through art, music, activism and more.

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Vanessa Mason Nov 8, 2022

Anyone else think that it’s insane and troubling in an anticipatory grief way that we are working like it’s a normal Tuesday when there’s a very real risk of fascism coming to power in a matter of hours?

Vanessa Mason Nov 6, 2022

Hello world! My #introduction —> Exploring the world of #blackmastodon amid #blacktwitter #twittermigration . I’ve been on Twitter since 2008. I tweet about #philanthropy #racialjustice #socialjustice #genderjustice #disabilityjustice #FuturesThinking as they intersect with #belonging #community #technology #capitalism . Also love #plants #whiskey #dance #travel .

Vanessa Mason Nov 5, 2022

Sasha Costanza-Chock Nov 2, 2022

RT @Esqueer_
An absolutely critical read. This is what's happening with the far right and drag shows and anything LGBTQ related. They are incentivizing the private enforcement of moral norms with violent fascist groups like the Proud Boys serving as enforcers.

https://www.wired.com/story/authoritarian-us-neighbors-spy-report/

When Your Neighbor Turns You In

Authoritarian societies depend on people ratting each other out for activities that were recently legal—and it's already happening in the US.

WIRED

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