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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · 1d

I have three Sister Rosetta Tharpe song on my Sunday morning playlist. Should have more.

Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · 6d

While at USDA Rural Development, I had the honor of representing the Department on the #Rural #Justice Taskforce organized by LSC.gov. Now, I'm excited to join #LegalAid experts and champions for Rural Reach: Access to Justice That Meets People Where They Are.

Join online at lnkd.in/gedE9g-y.

Rural Reach - Access to justice that meets people where they are. October 29, 2025, 2-6pm, Overture Center. Madison, WI.

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · 10d

Really enjoyed the Mississippi Center for Justice Gala and Social Justice Brunch. Such great work and and inspiration for us all. Had to wait until I was back in Arkansas to post this though, since Bluesky can’t operate in MS.

Program for Mississippi Center for Justice Gala.

Karama Neal at the Mississippi Center for Justice gala.

Karama Neal at the Mississippi Center for Justice event.

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Oct 1

Down Home Blues was my fave as a kid. My dad would give me money for the juke box and that was always my choice.

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Sep 7

Indeed. The shots are available. Just scheduled my Covid and flu shots in #Arkansas.

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Sep 6

🚨 UPDATE on the current COVID vaccine access situation in the US.

Please note that this is based on state laws but different things may be happening on the ground, and some pharmacies are defaulting to federal guidelines instead of state laws.

Map of COVID vaccine availability by state

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Sep 2

Seems an appropriate day to promote my favorite Arkansas museum - the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum which is all about the Southern Tenant Farmers Union.

Happy Labor Day!

encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/sout...

stfm.astate.edu

Southern Tenant Farmers Museum

stfm.astate.edu

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Aug 28

I’m so pleased that the team at @oursistories.bsky.social published my short story, Pine. It was such a pleasure to work with them. Hope you like it too!

www.sistories.org/b26db0d6-709...

Sistories

www.sistories.org

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Aug 25

I love(d) this song, and particularly liked that my grandmother identified with the part that goes: I missed my bus, I know I’m late, I gotta do something I know I hate. I gotta walk to work . . .

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Aug 23

Also reading The Barn by Wright Thompson.

Everything old is new again.
Same soup, warmed over.

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Aug 23

Glad to join the crowd gathered by the Little Rock Chapter of the NAACP to screen Ava DuVernay’s 13th in honor of Slavery Remembrance Month.

It was that bad.
It is that bad.

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Aug 21

#JanusSelfie on the Walkway over the Hudson.

Karama Neal stands on the Walkway Over the Hudson, with Poughkeepsie, NY, in the background.

Reversing the lens from the prior shot (#JanusSelfie), a view of the Hudson River from the Walkway over the Hudson.

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Aug 21

I always think someone has miswritten my initials.

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Aug 20

Jones in Marianna
Sims in Little Rock

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Aug 15

I’m thrilled to have my short fiction featured in the @foofarawpress.bsky.social podcast! It’s only five minutes - check it out!

And thanks to the team for the great reading, production, and artwork. Love it!

foofaraw press @foofarawpress.bsky.social · Aug 15

🪾 Decision Tree by Karama Neal https://foofaraw.press/decision-tree-by-karama-neal/

🪾 Decision Tree by Karama Neal

a prescient path forward

foofaraw.press

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thanks for the excellent reading and production! I love what you did with my piece!

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Jul 24

Evidently she, Cree Summer, does a lot of voice work. Plus she has some great music that I have on a playlist. Hope all is well!

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Jul 18

I was thinking about Scott today and the brief time I spent as his student at a Cold Spring Harbor Drosophila genetics class and was saddened to learn of his passing. He was an excellent teacher and made a significant impact. I'm grateful to have known him and will continue to think of him fondly.

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Jul 4

Listening to an unabridged live reading of Frederick Douglass’ “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” is exactly the way to start this day.

loveman.sdsu.edu/docs/1852Fre...

a black and white poster of frederick douglass

Alt: Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. - Frederick Douglass (pictured)

media.tenor.com

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Jun 24

Congratulations!

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Jun 19

Also sowhatcanido.blogspot.com/search/label... #Juneteenth

So what can I do?

So What Can I Do is the public service weblog promoting ethics in action. This award-winning blog has been featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Positive Thinking Magazine, DarynKagan.com, <i>...

sowhatcanido.blogspot.com

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Jun 19

Excited for Juneteenth, my favorite holiday. Thinking of my family who were enslaved - Mose Neal, Andy Suttles, Griffin Henry Belk (pictured), Jim Neal, Burrell Green (USCT Regiment 11, Company B), Jane Green, Sarah Suttles, Elizabeth Neal, and more.

See also karamaneal.medium.com/on-the-19th-...

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Jun 18

Can’t wait!

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Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Jun 17

My longtime favorite holiday!

Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Jun 7

We have some good ones in Arkansas! m.youtube.com/watch?v=HgBV...

Crypto-Arkansas: Mysterious and Mythic Creatures of the Natural State

YouTube video by Central Arkansas Library System

m.youtube.com

Karama Neal, PhD @karamaneal.bsky.social · Jun 5

Thank you!