Bryan Epps
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Movement builder rooted in love. Crafting futures with organizers, storytellers & seed planters. linktr.ee/iv_names
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I carry Newark, my faith, and my community into every space. My latest piece for the Kettering Foundation reflects on how we can live into a vision of #democracy even amid deep division. I hope it encourages you, as it has me, to stay committed to building.
The flotilla did more for the peace deal than 47
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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

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Be joyful even though you've considered all the facts
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NEW: The U.S. has long lagged behind other wealthy countries in reducing its stillbirth rate.

Now a new five-year, $37 million NIH consortium will prioritize this public health issue. “There’s no question that the ProPublica reporting was intimately tied to this,” one expert said.
NIH Launches New Multimillion-Dollar Initiative to Reduce U.S. Stillbirth Rate
Clinical teams across the country are forming a five-year, $37 million consortium to research stillbirth, a long-neglected public health concern. “There’s no question that the ProPublica reporting was...
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“Tylenol” is a clear distraction
Do ya’ll remember how hard Coretta and dem had to work to get a holiday for Dr. King?
Even strength has to bow to wisdom sometimes
Some problems can be fixed.
What happened to stray dogs?
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I could listen to Keke Palmer talk about ANYTHING.
- please get her! 😭😭😭
“I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others makes trouble for himself” - Things Fall Apart
All this has happened before. All this need not happen again.
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New Mexico's economy is a fraction of the size of New York City's.

If they can enact universal childcare — and relieve working families of a crushing cost burden — surely we can too.

It's just a question of political will.
New Mexico will be the first state to make child care free
The program, which is expected to save families $12,000 per child annually, is available to all residents regardless of income.
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This is called a surrender
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Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, has been convicted of plotting a coup.

The historic ruling is the first time a former president was tried for an attempted coup in Brazil, showing nobody should be above the law.
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SOUTH KOREAN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON: “.. economic activities of our companies investing in the US and the rights and interests of our nationals must not be unfairly violated.”

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Kash Patel did not find Tyler Robinson. Tyler Robinson surrendered.
I can’t believe this guy runs the FBI.
Will those who made threats against HBCU’s be investigated and called to justice?
Racism is not a political view
Charlie Kirk was killed, blaming gang members of color for America’s violence. Instead of death and the lie of white supremacy, I wish he had known life—and in life, the tremendous blessings that all people are.

May we all know this.
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I carry Newark, my faith, and my community into every space. My latest piece for the Kettering Foundation reflects on how we can live into a vision of #democracy even amid deep division. I hope it encourages you, as it has me, to stay committed to building.