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Sisters of the Road @sistersoftheroad.bsky.social · 8d

Someone gets 100% smooth events?

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Sep 9

Kelly and I sponsored a contest and invited young organizers under 25 to send us short reflections about their organizing in conjunction with the release of Let This Radicalize You and it's one of the best ideas. We turned those reflections into a Zine.

Let This Radicalize You Reflections from New Activists and Organizers — Interrupting Criminalization

This zine was created as a complimentary project to Let This Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba, and features reflections from new activists and organizers.

www.interruptingcriminalization.com

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Sisters of the Road @sistersoftheroad.bsky.social · Sep 5

“The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim:
he or she has become a threat.”
—James Baldwin from The Devil Finds Work

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John Breen @acab.dad · Sep 4

This is in the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District, basically right in the heart of downtown DC. BIDs have been one of the main tools used by the DC government to displace poor and unhoused people and make the city more attractive for real estate developers and investors

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · Sep 4

FBI, HSI, Secret Service, IRS, Border Patrol, and MPD hanging out by the Wawa on 19th in DC, as usual.

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Street Roots @streetroots.bsky.social · Sep 2

Street Roots needs urgent support to raise $288,000 by September 30 to stabilize our cash flow and avoid cutting any services that our vendors and community rely on. Please visit our donation page where you can find more info and make a gift. streetroots.org/donate

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Matt Chorpenning, MSW @chorpenning.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is awesome and I could not be happier with how this hiring process went. Just the start of some good things to come!

Sisters of the Road @sistersoftheroad.bsky.social · Sep 3

We have some VERY exciting news! We hope you’ll join us in welcoming our newest members of the team!

www.instagram.com/p/DOHJfJSkvf...

sistersoftheroadpdx on Instagram: "We’re entering a new era at Sisters of the Road — and it starts with people. 💜Meet Nicki, JJ, and Katie — our new team members — e…"

We’re entering a new era at Sisters of the Road — and it starts with people. 💜Meet Nicki, JJ, and Katie — our new team members — each bringing deep commitment, lived experience, and a vision for systemic change rooted in care and dignity. They join our board and existing staff to build a bright future at Sisters.➡️ Swipe to hear what drives them.View all comments

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Sisters of the Road @sistersoftheroad.bsky.social · Sep 3

We have some VERY exciting news! We hope you’ll join us in welcoming our newest members of the team!

www.instagram.com/p/DOHJfJSkvf...

sistersoftheroadpdx on Instagram: "We’re entering a new era at Sisters of the Road — and it starts with people. 💜Meet Nicki, JJ, and Katie — our new team members — e…"

We’re entering a new era at Sisters of the Road — and it starts with people. 💜Meet Nicki, JJ, and Katie — our new team members — each bringing deep commitment, lived experience, and a vision for systemic change rooted in care and dignity. They join our board and existing staff to build a bright future at Sisters.➡️ Swipe to hear what drives them.View all comments

www.instagram.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Aug 31

Wait! I thought Trump was supposed to be “ending homelessness.”

HUD just announced a nationwide audit of Section 8 “citizen status.”

Mixed-status families could lose rental assistance, even when kids are U.S. citizens. Families including children could be thrown into eviction & face homelessness.

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Fischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · Aug 23

trimet doesn’t turn away people traveling to cooling shelters during a heatwave because public transit has an obligation to serve all users that isn’t shared by any other part of our transportation system. important to remember when you hear about the existential threats facing transit today

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Sisters of the Road @sistersoftheroad.bsky.social · Aug 18

#StopTheSweeps #LandBack #FreePalestine

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Aug 13

"To be accused of speaking too loudly about one injustice but not others by someone who doesn't care about any of them is to be told, simply, to keep quiet."

Omar El Akkad, ONE DAY EVERYONE WILL ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AGAINST THIS

Photo of a page from Omar El Akkad's ONE DAY EVERYONE WILL ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AGAINST THIS that reads:

The obvious charge of hypocrisy looms over this work, always. Refrain from engaging with one organization because of its ties to a genocide but not the uncountable number of other organizations who do as well? Call for divestment from fossil fuel companies and yet still use electricity? Agitate for a better world in any way and yet continue to exist within it?

The purpose of this kind of accusation is never moral concern. To be accused of speaking too loudly about one injustice but not others by someone who doesn't care about any of them is to be told, simply, to keep quiet.

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Sisters of the Road @sistersoftheroad.bsky.social · Aug 18

quoteinvestigator.com/2022/12/02/f...

Quote Origin: If They Don’t Give You a Seat at the Table, Bring in a Folding Chair – Quote Investigator®

quoteinvestigator.com

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Sisters of the Road @sistersoftheroad.bsky.social · Aug 18

“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring in a folding chair”

Shirley Chisholm - 1st Black woman elected to US Congress

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Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · Aug 18

Unhoused people are just the most accessible target. It won’t stop there.

Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · Aug 18

You should care about homeless ppl b/c they are ppl, and most folks are closer to living outside than they are to being a billionaire.

But if that's not enough, care about them b/c how gov't treats them says volumes abt us.

Care b/c the cruelty won't stop with homeless folks.

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Sisters of the Road @sistersoftheroad.bsky.social · Aug 17

The play was an absolute blast! If you have a chance to get to go see it before the end of its run August 31!

Sisters of the Road @sistersoftheroad.bsky.social · Aug 6

🎉Tourchsong Theatre Co has added a special matinee performance on August 16th at 2pm for their modern Robin Hood Musical, "Ballad of the Merry Folx"!

All proceeds with benefit Sisters of the Road, and Leaven Community Land & Housing.

TICKETS: torchsongentertainment.square.site

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Sisters of the Road @sistersoftheroad.bsky.social · Aug 16

Super excited about this afternoon! Still seats available if you want to purchase at the door!

Sisters of the Road @sistersoftheroad.bsky.social · Aug 6

🎉Tourchsong Theatre Co has added a special matinee performance on August 16th at 2pm for their modern Robin Hood Musical, "Ballad of the Merry Folx"!

All proceeds with benefit Sisters of the Road, and Leaven Community Land & Housing.

TICKETS: torchsongentertainment.square.site

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Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social · Aug 11

Hey Portland, there’s a lot of fear in our immigrant communities right now and one way you can help is attending a MigraWatch/ICE Watch Training. You’ll learn how to safely identify and verify potential ICE activity, and how to contribute to PIRC’s rapid response network.

Flyer with text. Text: Training: Migra Watch, ICE Watch. Wednesday, August 13 & 27 6-7:30 pm, RSVP to receive location. Learn how to safely identify and respond to potential ICE activity in your community. How to spot and verify ICE presence. How to plug into PIRC's rapid response network. Know-your rights. After training you can join the PIRC hotline ecosystem and receive real-time alerts to help confirm ICE sightings in your community. No experience need. Just show up, learn, and tap in! RSVP: bit.ly/oregonicewatch

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Councilor Angelita Morillo @councilormorillo.bsky.social · Aug 12

Tomorrow the Homelessness & Housing Committee will receive an update on Mayor Wilson’s shelter plan.

His administration has done more sweeps than Mayor Wheeler’s did before him.

I think it’s more than fair to ask if that’s working.

www.portland.gov/council/agen...

Homelessness and Housing Committee | Portland.gov

Subject matter: Housing investments, permitting, and the continuum of housing supports.Sheltering and the City’s role in homeless services.The needs, programs, policies, and bureaus addressing housing...

www.portland.gov

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Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · Aug 7

🎸 About 20 years ago, @sistersoftheroad.bsky.social successfully broke the Guinness World Records by organizing the "world's largest guitar band" at Pioneer Courthouse Square, playing this song. The "Guitarzilla" fundraiser event was repeated the following year.

Willow ᓚᘏᗢ @willowashmaple.sbs · Aug 5

Oh what an irony 🤣

www.cnn.com/2025/08/05/u...

The Department of Homeland Security embraces a socialist anthem | CNN

Woody Guthrie’s classic song is about America’s history of injustice and poverty. Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security is using it in ads.

www.cnn.com

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Sisters of the Road @sistersoftheroad.bsky.social · Aug 6

🏠Join us for the panel discussion afterwards on housing rights with Sisters of the Road, Leaven Community Land & Housing and our award winning local paper @streetroots.bsky.social 📰

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Sisters of the Road @sistersoftheroad.bsky.social · Aug 6

🎉Tourchsong Theatre Co has added a special matinee performance on August 16th at 2pm for their modern Robin Hood Musical, "Ballad of the Merry Folx"!

All proceeds with benefit Sisters of the Road, and Leaven Community Land & Housing.

TICKETS: torchsongentertainment.square.site

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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · Aug 3

We need to redefine “national security” and what makes us safe.

Making sure people are fed and housed makes us safe.
Healthcare for all makes us safe.
Renewable energy and climate solutions make us safe.

Imagine if we funded these instead of mass kidnapping and swamp prisons.

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Sisters of the Road @sistersoftheroad.bsky.social · Aug 2

“We are not outnumbered we're out organized”

Quote often attributed to Malcolm X

(also sometimes attributed to Black Panther Bobby Seal and South African Anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko)

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WeShinepdx.org @weshinepdx.bsky.social · Jul 30

Come to see our Avalon Village in #hosfordabernathy and listen to awesome free local chamber music!

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Sisters of the Road @sistersoftheroad.bsky.social · Jul 30

“Neither love nor terror makes one blind: indifference makes one blind.”

— James Baldwin “If Beale Street Could Talk”

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