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This page is dedicated to sharing real-time information, resources, news, and the important conversations we’re having in Kingston and beyond during this time of unprecedented transformation. It's designed to provide aid and support to our community, and to provide a place of connection for everyone affected by this crisis.
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- https://kingstontenantsunion.org/
- https://kingstontenantsunion.org/events/
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- https://riseupkingston.org/
- https://riseupkingston.org/blog
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FreedomWalker's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links
COFFEE & GREEN TEA COMBO
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THE SPRUCE
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MINDFUL MUSEUM
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beetle's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links
BLACKGIRLMAGIC!
BLACKGIRLMAGIC!
Nina Hudson Turner (born December 7, 1967) is an American politician and professor from Ohio. A member of the Democratic Party, she was a Cleveland City Councillor from 2006 to 2008 and an Ohio State Senator from 2008 until 2014.
She was the Democratic candidate for Ohio Secretary of State in 2014 but lost in the general election, garnering 35.5 percent of the vote. She was later a surrogate for Bernie Sanders in his 2016 presidential campaign. In 2016, she was also offered the role of vice presidential running mate by Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein but declined. In 2017, Turner became president of the Sanders-affiliated group Our Revolution. On February 21, 2019, Turner was named a national co-chair of Sanders's 2020 campaign.
Turner is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. She was born Nina Hudson to teen parents, the first of seven children. Her father and mother had split up by the time she was five. At 14, she began working part-time jobs, giving "every dime" she earned to her mother. She graduated from Cleveland's John F. Kennedy High School in 1986.
She did not continue her education immediately, instead taking a variety of jobs, including working at a fast food outlet and a Payless shoe store. While at Payless, she met Jeffery Turner, whom she later married. Subsequently, she returned to school to earn an Associate in Arts degree from Cuyahoga Community College, where she is now a tenured assistant professor of history. Her mother, who had been struggling with high blood pressure all her life, died in 1992 at the age of 42. Turner completed her degree, followed by a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and then a Master of Arts degree in 1997 from Cleveland State University. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Turner
Multimedia
- "Nina Turner's heartfelt response to the fatal shooting of black jogger." The Hill, Youtube. [8:33] May 7, 2020. Former National Co-chair for the Sanders campaign, Nina Turner, reacts to the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black jogger in Georgia. About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIgZsANhMB4
- "Hello Somebody #rollthetape Nina Turner Campaign Co Chair Introduces Bernie Sanders North Carolina." Get the Elephant Out of the Room, Youtube. [10:57] Hello Somebody #rollthetape - Nina Turner Campaign Co-Chair Introduces Bernie Sanders North Carolina “That’s not radical, it’s right on time.” February 27, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1TZrZu_6Sg
Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
- "Watch: What Is a 'Practical' Democratic Candidate? Sanders Co-Chair Nina Turner Has Some Thoughts." Andrea Germanos, "Does being 'practical' mean that we don't say to the American people that you deserve better than what you are getting?" February 10, 2020. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/10/watch-what-practical-democratic-candidate-sanders-co-chair-nina-turner-has-some
- https://www.ninaturner.org/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Turner
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders_2020_presidential_campaign
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Senate
- https://www.c-span.org/person/?ninaturner
- https://www.instagram.com/ninaturnerohio/
- http://www.ohiosenate.gov/senate/turner
~ Father Knows Best ~
"Author Confronts Anti-Lockdown Protesters Along With Warning For November Election." NowThis News, Youtube. [6:22] ‘Gun-toting thugs in bulletproof vests intimidating a United States governor’ — This author held nothing back in calling out anti-lockdown protesters and what their behavior could mean for the 2020 election. May 6, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCdt_7Vz5Ro
~ The More Things Change. . . . ~
Multimedia
- "Mary Mallon Spreads Typhoid Across New York City - Drunk History." Comedy Central, Youtube. March 17, 2020. [8:34] Mary Mallon spread typhoid wherever she went, and all because she wouldn’t wash her hands. About Drunk History: Based on the popular web series, Drunk History is the liquored-up narration of our nation’s history. Host Derek Waters, along with an ever-changing cast of actors and comedians, travels across the country to present the rich tales that every city in this land has to offer. Booze helps bring out the truth. It's just that sometimes the truth is a little incoherent. https://youtu.be/12wh0lfHb2U
Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
Mary Mallon (September 23, 1869 – November 11, 1938), also known as Typhoid Mary, was an Irish-born cook believed to have infected 51 people, three of whom died, with typhoid fever, and the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the disease. Because she persisted in working as a cook, by which she exposed others to the disease, she was twice forcibly quarantined by authorities, and died after a total of nearly three decades in isolation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymptomatic_carrier
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_health
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preventive_healthcare
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_health
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoid_fever
- "Ryan Reynolds, Seth Rogen, & Jay Baruchel on Celeb Responses to COVID-19 | Now This." NowThis News. April 7, 2020. Youtube. [3:31] Leave it to the Canadian celebs to get a coronavirus PSA right. » Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/News_Subscribe » Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: https://go.nowth.is/KnowThis In US news and current events today, Ryan Reynolds and other Canadian celebrities are poking fun at celebs for making COVID-19 all about themselves. Reynolds, Rogen, and Barachel’s matter-of-fact messages come on the heels of many celebrities catching heat for posting arguably tone deaf videos of their lives in self-isolation without noting the impacts the pandemic has had on average citizens. Gal Gadot and other celebrities put together a video singing from self-isolation that quickly went viral. Many people on social media criticized the video as being out of touch with the severity of the pandemic. Instead calling on celebrities to use their wealth to help those suffering. But Reynolds’ messaging is a celeb PSA we can all get behind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4hCwJkhk-U
- "Ryan Reynolds, Michael Bublé And More Canadian Celebs Plank The Curve." ET Canada, Youtube. March 24, 2020. [2:10] After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicked off the #PlanktheCurve social media challenge, our favourite Canadian celebrities are encouraging us to stop the spread of COVID-19 by staying home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgs4jo_WVDk
- "Ryan Reynolds Raising Money For COVID-19 Relief With 'Boring As F***' T-Shirts." ET Canada, Youtube. April 17, 2020. [1:22] Ryan Reynolds wants to "bring back boring" with some simple "Conquer COVID-19" black and white t-shirts to help support Canada's healthcare industry during the coronavirus pandemic. ET Canada has all the details on the campaign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etUMIitcC5I
~ Dr.--WHO??? ~
- "Dr. Anthony Fauci Cold Open - SNL." Saturday Night Live, Youtube. April 25, 2020. [3:12] Dr. Anthony Fauci (Brad Pitt) addresses the public to decipher the coronavirus misinformation President Trump has been spreading. https://youtu.be/uW56CL0pk0g
- "Watch Brad Pitt Portray Dr. Anthony Fauci on ‘SNL’ | NowThis." NowThis News, Youtube. April 26, 2020. [3:01] Watch Brad Pitt transform into Dr. Anthony Fauci for the second remote segment of ‘SNL.’ In US news and current events today, Brad Pitt played Dr. Fauci on the latest episode of ‘SNL.’ Fauci had joked about being played by Pitt in an April 10 interview with CNN's Alisyn Camerota. SNL delivered during its 2nd episode of pre-taped remote segments. Recently, Pres. Trump retweeted the hashtag #FireFauci after Fauci admitted lives could have been saved if Trump acted earlier on COVID-19. Fauci also has repeatedly warned that the U.S. is not doing enough testing. But Trump has remained firm that the U.S. is doing a ‘great job.’ Pitt ended the sketch with a heartfelt message to Fauci and frontline health care workers. https://youtu.be/oiWA4s-4i-A
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Sources for Black X-Files: "Ain't Nowhere to Run for Anyone"
Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
- "Ain't Nowhere to Run: An Open Letter to Ahmaud Arbery." Michael Harriot, Theroot.com. Each Friday, we select the best (or worst) emails, tweets, DMs and comments from our readers and respond to them in the The Root's Clapback Mailbag. Although Michael Harriot is on vacation this week, he still agreed to write our weekly Clapback Mailbag. However, instead of responding to trolls, haters, disgruntled readers and anyone who has a question about the content on The Root, Michael submitted this open letter to Ahmaud Arbery. Dear Mr. Arbery, Do not rest in peace. May 8, 2020. https://www.theroot.com/aint-nowhere-to-run-an-open-letter-to-ahmaud-arbrey-1843330768
Sources for Meta on the Meta: "Grief For One of Us is Grief For All of Us"
Multimedia
- "'You Don't Have to Know Somebody to Grieve Them': How Black People Can Process Collective Trauma and Grief." Jessica Moulite, Theroot.com. [4:11] NYC-based licensed mental health counselor Alice Mills Mai believes the collective grief gripping black people in America right now is almost palpable. From the killing of Ahmaud Arbery to the deaths of cultural icons like Little Richard and Betty Wright, “it’s almost like people didn’t even get a break to maybe process” what’s been happening, said Mai, who specializes in trauma and identity. Feelings of hopelessness, fear, and anger are all secondhand responses the founder of Centering Wholeness says people may experience after witnessing traumatic incidents like another filmed execution of a black person. “We never see white dead bodies like on display. But for black bodies, we see it all the time,” she said. “It also is something that does something to our psyche to see people being murdered, people being killed like almost on a daily basis. People who look like you.” May 13, 2020. https://www.theroot.com/you-dont-have-to-know-somebody-to-grieve-them-how-blac-1843418227
Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
- "'You Don't Have to Know Somebody to Grieve Them': How Black People Can Process Collective Trauma and Grief." Jessica Moulite, Theroot.com. [4:11] NYC-based licensed mental health counselor Alice Mills Mai believes the collective grief gripping black people in America right now is almost palpable. From the killing of Ahmaud Arbery to the deaths of cultural icons like Little Richard and Betty Wright, “it’s almost like people didn’t even get a break to maybe process” what’s been happening, said Mai, who specializes in trauma and identity. Feelings of hopelessness, fear, and anger are all secondhand responses the founder of Centering Wholeness says people may experience after witnessing traumatic incidents like another filmed execution of a black person. “We never see white dead bodies like on display. But for black bodies, we see it all the time,” she said. “It also is something that does something to our psyche to see people being murdered, people being killed like almost on a daily basis. People who look like you.” May 13, 2020. https://www.theroot.com/you-dont-have-to-know-somebody-to-grieve-them-how-blac-1843418227
- [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "Ain't Nowhere to Run: An Open Letter to Ahmaud Arbery." Michael Harriot, Theroot.com. Each Friday, we select the best (or worst) emails, tweets, DMs and comments from our readers and respond to them in the The Root's Clapback Mailbag. Although Michael Harriot is on vacation this week, he still agreed to write our weekly Clapback Mailbag. However, instead of responding to trolls, haters, disgruntled readers and anyone who has a question about the content on The Root, Michael submitted this open letter to Ahmaud Arbery. Dear Mr. Arbery, Do not rest in peace. May 8, 2020. https://www.theroot.com/aint-nowhere-to-run-an-open-letter-to-ahmaud-arbrey-1843330768
Music Playlists
FreedomWalker's Playlist:
- The Beatles: "Here Comes the Sun"
- John Lennon: "Dream #9"
beetle's Playlist:
- Neil Young: "My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)"
- Halsey: "I Walk the Line" (cover)
- Brass Against, featuring Amanda Brown: "Gasoline" (cover)
LYRICS
- Geniuslyrics.com
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