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Jenn Baker - Offline Oct. 2025
@jbakernyc.bsky.social
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New Yorker, Editor, Writer, host/creator Minorities in Publishing podcast. Books: FORGIVE ME NOT (2023), EVERYDAY PEOPLE (2018).
www.jennifernbaker.com
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Votes are still being counted, but it's been called. Congratulations @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! A big step in the right direction of what's possible. Thank you for helping light another flame of hope in dark a** times. #NYCelection #MyMayor
Zohran Mamdani Democrat for Mayor poster.
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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All Out in Foley Square, NYC on Saturday at 2pm!
Ice illegally detained Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. New York City this is our moral duty to stand up fight back. 2:00pm, Foley Square
May 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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🤔 How about instead of cutting Medicaid, we close corporate loopholes? Cut corporate welfare, close tax loopholes, & other ways that allow corporations to avoid paying taxes. 📈 This greed costs taxpayers billions! @MomsRising.org says NO to Medicaid cuts!
#MomSky #alttext
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May 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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I am proudly part of #MomSky because too many bad decisions are being made that are not only adversely affecting our country’s future but the future of our planet and those around us. I want to help fight what's harmful/damaging and bring about change for the better. #MOMSky
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March 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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New Yorkers standing strong against fascism today! #alttext
Sign with the words new yorkers stand together in blue and yellow. Sign in Spanish that reads: Neoyorquinos Luchando Juntos.
March 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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On March 25th, 6:30pm, at PT Knitwear, we're celebrating the Paperback release of Lisa Ko's novel MEMORY PIECE and presenting our own obsessions via PPTs! It'll be a good time, trust.

www.jennifernbaker.com/events
Poster for Paperback launch of MEMORY PIECE by Lisa Ko. Text reads: P&T Knitwear, 180 Orchard Street, NYC. Tuesday, March 25th, 6:30pm. General Admission $5. Redeemable as credit toward book purchase. On the right hand side is a full color photo of Lisa Ko, an east Asian femme, with short cropped hair and glasses. Underneath are special guests and photos of Tenim Frutcher, Jennifer Baker, Nina Sharma, Benedict Ngyuen.
February 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Hey yall. Currently in Texas for the Teen BookFest By the Bay Festival happening in Corpus Christi at 10am today! Come thru if you're in the area and please support homegrown efforts by librarians to bring varied works to young readers: teensread.org
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February 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Happy Black History Month!

(Seeing this thread recurring on my feed makes me 😃.)
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February 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Hey #NYC 👋🏿! Join @ninamataart.bsky.social and I today at 2pm at the Barnes & Nobles on the UWS for the launch of her new book GIRLS TO THE FRONT: 40 Asian American Women Who Blazed a Trail. Bring the kiddos for some good womanist convo to start your day.

stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...
February 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Black History Month is coming and so are more events! On Saturday, I'm moderating a discussion around Healing and Awareness at NYPL. On Sunday, I'm moderating a convo for Niña Mata's debut at B&N. And in March, I'm leading sessions on social justice works for P&W.

www.jennifernbaker.com/events
January 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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It's my birthday 🎂! Aquarius ♒️ season is in full effect and here are some great organizations to donate to!

1) Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice: www.rustincenter.org

2) Food Bank of Eastern and Central North Carolina: foodbankcenc.org

3) FICGN: ficgn.org

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January 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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PROFESSIONAL NEWS UPDATE: I'm coming BACK to #publishing in the role of Editorial Director at Storehouse Voices, a new imprint focusing on Black voices at @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social!

Storehouse isn't on the Sky yet, but visit our website for info/updates:
Storehousevoices.com
January 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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MISSING PERSON ALERT! Kim Hung Chun was last seen in Queens, #NYC on Jan 1st at 107th Street and Atlantic Avenue. If found, please contact 102 precinct at 718-805-3212 or 917-998-1851.

Please share.

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My uncle went missing last week from his home. If you live in Queens/Jamaica/Rockaway area and see him, you can contact me here on facebook. Please share. Missing: Kim Hung Chun. Last scene, January first, 2025, near 107 Street and Atlantic Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. May appear disoriented or unable to speak. He will listen to simple instructions in Cantonese. Age 66 years old. Height 5'4", weight one twenty pounds. Clothing: West Virginia jacket, slippers, and thick glasses. If seen please stay with him. Call 102 precinct, 718-805-3212 or 917-998-1851.
January 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Preparing for 2025 all ... 👀.
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December 31, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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Hey folx! 2024 is basically over but 2025 is coming in hard. So why not join me and illustrious speakers Zaina Arafat, Premilla Nadasen, & Ibi Zoboi on Feb. 1st at 2pm EST at NYPL (online or in-person) for a discussion on Writing Through Healing? Free to register!

www.showclix.com/event/change...
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December 16, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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Posting a funny by J.L. Westover from the 'Gram (@/mrlovenstein), signed a Liberal Arts major 🎓.

#alttext #humor #comics
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December 14, 2024 at 12:09 AM
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Another month-long social media hiatus *activated.* I'm off the socials for the month of November, and possibly December.

Please stay healthy, take care or yourselves, and share helpful information for liberation. We need it and one another. 🙏🏿
Hey friends. It's time for another month-long social media hiatus. Depending I may be back online in December or in January, so a pre-emptive Happy New Year 🎉. Any posts will be one-offs or scheduled. Once again, I WON'T be checking or responding to DMs during this time. My email is on my website, so I'm accessible, if needed. I'm admittedly slower on email response, but I do respond--and feel free to send reminders! Please take care of yourselves and each other!
November 1, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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Wishing #WellReadBlackGirl founder, Glory Edim, the happiest #BookBirthday! Her debut #memoir GATHER ME is out now and, as always, she put her ❤️ and soul into this one! #AltText
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/576457...
On the right side is the book cover for GATHER ME a memoir by Glory Edim. The cover is orange with the title and author name in purple text. Images with jagged edges of Glory as a child with braids and a white bow wearing a white dress, a small image of a light skinned Black boy toddler, and an image of Glory and her parents appear as a collage around the subtitle in white text: A MEMOIR IN PRAISE OF THE BOOKS THAT SAVED ME. On the left side is a full color photo of Glory Edim, a light skinned Black woman with dark brown dreadlocks wearing an orange blazer over a sleevless orange and pink dress.
October 30, 2024 at 1:48 AM
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The Well-Read Black Girl Festival is next Saturday, Oct. 26th, and it's back in NYC (and my hometown of Queens)! 👸🏽 How fitting.

Full schedule is available along with tickets! Edwidge Danticat, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and Safiya Sinclair are some of the speakers attending.
www.wellreadblackgirl.org
October 20, 2024 at 1:28 PM
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It's #BannedBooksWeek, and the banning/challenging issue isn't stopping this year. In recognition of this issue and celebration of craft, I'll be in Queens this Saturday at Kew & Willow Books' Freedom to Read event and leading a virtual convo for Writeability on Oct. 1st.

jennifernbaker.com/events
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September 26, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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My neighbor in #NYC is leaving the country and has a cute little cat 😺 named Felix up for #adoption. He's a black, white, and gray striped shorthair domestic cat with green eyes, 9 years old, neutered with a few teeth extractions.

If interested I'd be happy to connect you with Steve!
September 18, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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And so it begins... one of my busiest months. Imma take a breath--and hydrate.

Hope to see folx in general and at upcoming events like Franklin Park Reading Series on Monday at 8pm at Franklin Park Bar in #Brooklyn. I get to read alongside some fab people incl. Mateo Askaripour and Lena Valencia.
September 4, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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The brand spanking new Minorities in Publishing #podcast website is LIVE, y'all! Designed by the über talented & professional Andrea Huertas Meza, the sleek & simple look of minoritiesinpublishing.com is exactly what I had hoped! Consider this your new one-stop shop for new episodes, resources, etc!
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August 19, 2024 at 4:27 PM
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If you wanted to apply for the Changemaker Authors Cohort, now is the time! The deadline for applications for thr 2025 Cohort is extended to Sept. 3rd!

Link below to the application and FAQs. Lemme know if you have Qs about the program. form.jotform.com/241294239537...
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August 16, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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Time flies when the world is *wacky*! Today marks not only the 1 year mark for FORGIVE ME NOT, but 10 years for the Minorities in Publishing #podcast!

Let's combine the two with a #bookgiveaway for #Educators #teachers, shall we? 😉

Details below on how to enter.
August 15, 2024 at 6:23 PM