Emma Jordan-Simpson
@revemmaj.bsky.social
Communing with ancestors. Leading with love. Seminary President • Baptist Pastor • I fall down Black history, Black hope, and Black resistance rabbit holes.
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They were told by FEMA they had to “provide surveillance of immigrants, to eliminate DEI practices and to end support for Palestinian rights.”
The church said, keep your $200,000. We’re not doing that.
Kentucky church foregoes FEMA aid because of demands made baptistnews.com/article/kent...
The church said, keep your $200,000. We’re not doing that.
Kentucky church foregoes FEMA aid because of demands made baptistnews.com/article/kent...
Kentucky church foregoes FEMA aid because of demands made – Baptist News Global
The award mandated cooperation with immigration enforcement efforts and elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
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January 17, 2026 at 12:53 PM
They were told by FEMA they had to “provide surveillance of immigrants, to eliminate DEI practices and to end support for Palestinian rights.”
The church said, keep your $200,000. We’re not doing that.
Kentucky church foregoes FEMA aid because of demands made baptistnews.com/article/kent...
The church said, keep your $200,000. We’re not doing that.
Kentucky church foregoes FEMA aid because of demands made baptistnews.com/article/kent...
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#AMomentofJoy, another great Black dad edition
December 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
#AMomentofJoy, another great Black dad edition
“Watch Night taught a people how to gather on a date—how to turn history into an annual appointment, how to rehearse emancipation even when the nation refuses to finish the job.”
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The Midnight That Never Ended - KOLUMN Magazine
From stolen gatherings in cane breaks to Freedom’s Eve services that count down to liberation, the Black church’s oldest ritual may be its most contemporary one.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
“Watch Night taught a people how to gather on a date—how to turn history into an annual appointment, how to rehearse emancipation even when the nation refuses to finish the job.”
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
December 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
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This message hits hard.
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This message hits hard.
I love how we keep asking Mary, “Girl, did you know?” Meanwhile….
December 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I love how we keep asking Mary, “Girl, did you know?” Meanwhile….
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"If the Government had the right to free us, she had a right to make some provision for us and since she did not make it soon after Emancipation she ought to make it now." -- Callie House, call for reparations, #tdih #otd 1898 #TeachTruth 🧵
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Nov. 28, 1898: First National Convention of the Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty, and Pension Association
The Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty, and Pension Association was founded with a dual mission to organize mutual aid for its members and to pass federal pension legislation that would compensate every f...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"If the Government had the right to free us, she had a right to make some provision for us and since she did not make it soon after Emancipation she ought to make it now." -- Callie House, call for reparations, #tdih #otd 1898 #TeachTruth 🧵
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For the next two weeks we will be fundraising for our winter ministry project … consider partnering with our local ministry in providing grocery gift cards for the community venmo.com/u/solomon-MI...
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
For the next two weeks we will be fundraising for our winter ministry project … consider partnering with our local ministry in providing grocery gift cards for the community venmo.com/u/solomon-MI...
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I love the @metmuseum.org. It enriches the lives of NY’ers and visitors from across the world.
That’s made possible by the people who make the Met run — the curators, educators and museum workers seeking to join @uaw.org
Congrats to Met Museum workers on filing for this historic union election!
That’s made possible by the people who make the Met run — the curators, educators and museum workers seeking to join @uaw.org
Congrats to Met Museum workers on filing for this historic union election!
Workers at The Met are trying to unionize, citing “long-term pay inequities, lack of job protection, and ever-increasing workloads.” If they succeed, their union would be one of the largest museum unions in the US.
Met Museum Workers Push to Unionize
Staffers at the New York City institution have filed a petition for a union vote with the National Labor Relations Board.
hyperallergic.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I love the @metmuseum.org. It enriches the lives of NY’ers and visitors from across the world.
That’s made possible by the people who make the Met run — the curators, educators and museum workers seeking to join @uaw.org
Congrats to Met Museum workers on filing for this historic union election!
That’s made possible by the people who make the Met run — the curators, educators and museum workers seeking to join @uaw.org
Congrats to Met Museum workers on filing for this historic union election!
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As bad as it is today, it is going to get worse.
But hang on. Stay here. Someday we’ll all be free.
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But hang on. Stay here. Someday we’ll all be free.
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Donny Hathaway『Someday We'll All Be Free』
YouTube video by Shun Uraoka
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March 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
As bad as it is today, it is going to get worse.
But hang on. Stay here. Someday we’ll all be free.
youtu.be/D8xINki195I?...
But hang on. Stay here. Someday we’ll all be free.
youtu.be/D8xINki195I?...
Remember that the Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted for 381 days. Let’s stick this out together.
Looking for what you can do to make you voice heard? This campaign is gaining traction.
The enablers have to feel it.
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The enablers have to feel it.
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We Ain’t Buying It! - Economic Pressure on Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday - We Ain’t Buying It!
We Ain’t Buying It is an economic action and solidarity campaign designed to defend democracy and reclaim community power.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Remember that the Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted for 381 days. Let’s stick this out together.
“May the points of our needles prick the slaveholder’s conscience.”
—Angelina Grimké, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, 1836
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—Angelina Grimké, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, 1836
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November 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
“May the points of our needles prick the slaveholder’s conscience.”
—Angelina Grimké, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, 1836
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—Angelina Grimké, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, 1836
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Good morning everyone. It's me again here to ask NYC residents to please send a letter to your City Council person in support of allocating 0.5% of the city expense budget to our local public libraries. Thank you. It will only take you 90 seconds. This time with the correct link:
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
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October 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Good morning everyone. It's me again here to ask NYC residents to please send a letter to your City Council person in support of allocating 0.5% of the city expense budget to our local public libraries. Thank you. It will only take you 90 seconds. This time with the correct link:
"Let our words match our work...."
The Four Key Ingredients of Being Healing Centered
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The Four Key Ingredients of Being Healing Centered
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The Four Key Ingredients of Being Healing Centered
In 2018, I wrote an article called The Future of Healing: Shifting from Trauma-Informed Care to Healing Centered Engagement. Since then, I’ve traveled the country and witnessed something remarkable: s...
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October 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"Let our words match our work...."
The Four Key Ingredients of Being Healing Centered
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The Four Key Ingredients of Being Healing Centered
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A walk through my neighborhood a few days ago and ran into an eternal truth in a bit of an unlikely place: “Presidents are temporary. Wu-Tang is forever.”
October 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A walk through my neighborhood a few days ago and ran into an eternal truth in a bit of an unlikely place: “Presidents are temporary. Wu-Tang is forever.”
“The jury only deliberated 67 minutes before returning a verdict of not guilty. One juror later said: "We wouldn't have taken so long if we hadn't stopped to drink pop."
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Sep. 23, 1955 | All-White Jury Acquits White Men Who Murdered 14-Year-Old Emmett Till
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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September 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“The jury only deliberated 67 minutes before returning a verdict of not guilty. One juror later said: "We wouldn't have taken so long if we hadn't stopped to drink pop."
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“The collaboration is a rebuke of the Trump administration and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to dramatically reshape the federal government’s public health apparatus.”
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Health officials from 10 Northeast states officially band together. New Hampshire remains out. • New Hampshire Bulletin
After months of informal talks, health officials from 10 Northeastern states have announced they’re forming a bloc called the Northeast Public Health Collaborative to issue vaccine guidance and coordi...
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September 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
“The collaboration is a rebuke of the Trump administration and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to dramatically reshape the federal government’s public health apparatus.”
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Because American chattel slavery, that peculiar institution made famous in this HOT and SEXY SUCCESSFUL country was certainly a 400 year walk in the park.
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Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...
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Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...
Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’
www.nytimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Because American chattel slavery, that peculiar institution made famous in this HOT and SEXY SUCCESSFUL country was certainly a 400 year walk in the park.
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Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...
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Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...