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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

June 16, 2020: "#OccupyYourCONSCIOUSNESS"














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Support the movement:


  • Master List of Petitions, Donation links and more: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
  • Black Lives Matter Petition to #DefundThePolice: https://blacklivesmatter.com/defundthepolice/
  • Reclaim The Block Petition to Defund The MPD Police: https://secure.everyaction.com/eR7GA7oz70GL8doBq19LrA2
  • Official George Floyd Memorial Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd
  • I Run With Ahmaud Arbery Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud
  • Black Lives Matter LA’s Action Bail Fund: https://linktr.ee/ActionBailFundLA
  • List of Bail Funds Nationwide: https://bailfunds.github.io/
  • Master list of other ways to help: https://www.thecut.com/2020/06/george-floyd-protests-how-to-help-where-to-donate.html


List taken from this video's description:

"Trump COWERS In Bunker As America Rises." The Damage Report, Youtube. [9:04] Trump cowers in an underground bunker as America rises during national protests. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. "As protests in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers continued outside the White House, President Donald Trump was reportedly taken into an underground bunker by the Secret Service for about an hour Friday evening. The New York Times first reported that the president was rushed to a bunker on Friday. CNN senior national correspondent Alex Marquardt confirmed that reporting in an appearance live from Washington, D.C. during a program hosted by Don Lemon. Marquardt discussed the protests that had occurred in D.C. and many other cities across America over the past few nights. Like several other cities, D.C. has imposed a curfew, effective at 11:00 pm local time. Marquardt noted that the protest had been peaceful during the day, but expected that it would start to get “violent” and “unruly” as the sun was setting. The National Guard has been deployed in D.C. to help keep order and was continuing to assist D.C. police and federal park service officers specifically in attempting to maintain distance between the protesters and the White House." June 1, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf313kBIYNg












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Community organizations to connect, to listen, and to be heard:




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  • https://citizenactionny.org/events/venues/7-grand-st-kingston-ny-12401-usa





  • https://kingstontenantsunion.org/
  • https://kingstontenantsunion.org/events/
  • https://kingstontenantsunion.org/news/





  • https://riseupkingston.org/
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Your Meta will keep you updated regarding local events and demonstrations as we 
hear about them!













FreedomWalker's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links




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THE SPRUCE


  • Thespruce.com




MINDFUL MUSEUM



  • Papers.ssrn.com "Why it failed" the Occupy Wall Street protests.
  • Wikipedia, Occupy Wall Street
  • MSN: CHAZ: A 'no Cop Co-op': Here's what Seattle's Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone looks like. http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/BB15oddG?ocid 











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The revolution continues and builds, and YOUR META is HERE FOR EVERY MINUTE OF IT with historical and modern quotes, resources, research and data, multimedia, articles and essays, and more. Updated several times daily for the foreseeable future.    Are you FED-UP?  Then RISE UP.












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SPOOOOOOOONZ!







"The most unfathomable schools and sages have never attained to the gravity which dwells in the eyes of a baby of three months old. It is the gravity of astonishment at the universe, and astonishment at the universe is not mysticism, but a transcendent common sense. The fascination of children lies in this: that with each of them all things are remade, and the universe is put again upon its trial. As we walk the streets and see below us those delightful bulbous heads, three times too big for the body, which mark these human mushrooms, we ought always to remember that within every one of these heads there is a new universe, as new as it was on the seventh day of creation. In each of those orbs there is a new system of stars, new grass, new cities, a new sea."—G. K. Chesterton




Multimedia


  1. "When her dad plays her song, this baby has the best reaction ever!" Wilson World, Youtube. [2:13] Every time I sit at the piano with my daughter, Shia I make up a song for her. When she came home from the hospital I sat at the piano with her for the first time and started playing this song, Shia's Song. Now, 10mos later, she loves it! July 1, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O1RadAUEPA
  2. "My Baby's Reaction to Hearing a Violin for the First Time - Toddler violin." WE HAVE APPLES, Youtube. [1:01] My baby's reaction to hearing a violin for the first time! Toddler violin. Something really sweet happens at the end! I think he was moved emotionally by the music! March 26, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5G8D-MrJzk
  3. "Baby emotionally moved by Bocelli song to Elmo." Anna Feldman, Youtube. [3:04] Baby Abriel loves classical/opera music. Watch this video to see his emotional reaction to Bocelli's Classic song 'Time to Say GoodNight'. February 12, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZYPk-XcxYg
  4. "Adorable moment dad comforts baby while getting first shots." Daily Mail, Youtube. [3:03] This dad is trying to comfort his baby boy while he's getting his first shots, even though he's terrified of needles too. April 26, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqAUMsqiFxI
  5. "Baby Girl Can't Hide Her Happiness at Hearing Her Sister's Voice for the First Time." Storyful Rights Management, Youtube. [2:12] To purchase this video for media use visit https://video.storyful.com/. For Storyful Newswire subscription inquiries, please contact sales@storyful.com  Credit: Carol Benjamin via Storyful. January 14, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qPzucf_Yxo
  6. "My baby hears me for the first time and is almost moved to tears!" The Keanes Can, Youtube. [1:05] Charly was born profoundly deaf and this is her response to hearing aids! October 14, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Q5kO4YXFs
  7. "Cute Babies Hearing For The First Time Compilation || BABY VIDEOS." MashupZone, Youtube. [10:07] Baby hearing for the first time with hearing aids in this cute babies hearing for the first time compilation. Baby hears mom and dad in the most cute and touching baby clips. Thanks for watching! December 4, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obEsUFeatXA






Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites


  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_theory
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  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoimmune_disease
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_diseases
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_fatigue_syndrome
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_pain
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_depletion
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emic_and_etic
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_disabilities
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_depressive_disorder
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neologism
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_cost
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacing_(activity_management)







Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History


Kingston Multicultural Festival







"Welcome to the 2020 Kingston Multicultural Festival." Reher Center, Youtube. [1:19] Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History Director Dr. Sarah Litvin welcomes and orients visitors to the 8th Annual Kingston Multicultural Festival. This festival is usually held in T.R. Gallo Park in the Rondout neighborhood of Kingston, New York. As a response to the Coronavirus pandemic, the festival moved to an ONLINE format in 2020.     Access the entire festival at www.KingstonMulticulturalFestival.org.   Video Credit: Paula Mitchell.June 13, 2020. https://youtu.be/TdJss-E4hLc



This year, the Kingston Multicultural Festival launches ONLINE on June 14th. Encounter the vibrant culture of the Hudson Valley at your own pace by exploring our festival website where you will discover videos of your Hudson Valley neighbors sharing and teaching the music, languages, foods, and crafts from different cultures. Individuals and families, young and old alike are invited to be a part of this year's festival by contributing a square to our collective Cultural Quilt of the Hudson Valley. The 8th Annual Kingston Multicultural Festival is dedicated to the memory of Esther Taylor-Evans. Esther was a fearless advocate for the Black community and for multiculturalism. Without her, this festival never would have begun. She supported it to the end of her days. 





ONLINE & SOCIAL MEDIA


  • https://www.facebook.com/ReherBakery/
  • https://www.instagram.com/culturalquilthv/
  • https://www.instagram.com/rehercenter/
  • https://www.kingstonmulticulturalfestival.org/
  • https://www.rehercenter.org/
  • https://www.rehercenter.org/kingston-multicultural-festival/
  • info@rehercenter.org




The mission of the Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History is to preserve and present stories with universal appeal about immigration, community, work and bread. It uses its historic bakery building in Kingston’s Rondout neighborhood to forge emotional connections among all peoples through tours and programs.










Sources for "Meta on the Meta: Preaching What You Practice" and "Editorial: And What of the 'Good' Apples?":


Multimedia


  1. "Being Black by Jane Elliott." Wondertrip, Youtube. [Please play to 0:45] Here's educator Jane Elliott asking a room full of White people a very, very simple question. January 2, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yrg7vV4a5o
  2. "Rev. Raphael Warnock on the Pandemic of Racism | NowThis." NowThis News, Youtube. [6:21] In US news and current events today, pastor and Senate candidate Reverend Raphael Warnock delivered a sermon on the death of George Floyd, the George Floyd protests and Black Lives Matter protests, and the pandemic of racism that has infested our nation for centuries.   In light of growing movement against police brutality, police racism, and systemic racism as a whole, the civil rights movement is once again looking to leaders of faith to teach and heal the nation. While millions of protesters take to the streets in protest, Rev. Raphael Warnock, Senate candidate, is changing hearts and minds from the pulpit, and teaching us all an important lesson about race and what it means to be Black in America. June 13, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kE2AyDfLCA
  3. "Ex-Cop Explains Why 'Good Apples' Are Rare." The Rational National, Youtube. [10:18] Former cop, Paul Manning, shared a story detailing how he was treated when he attempted to call-out officer misconduct. June 12, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dilkebPTsYI
  4. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Top U.S. & World Headlines — June 15, 2020." Democracy Now!, Youtube. [12:42] Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: https://democracynow.org. June 15, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJKHXjmXTkM
  5. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "The Killing of Rayshard Brooks: Atlanta Police Shoot Dead Unarmed Man Who Fell Asleep in His Own Car." Democracy Now!, Youtube. [18:20] Protests have erupted in Atlanta, where the police killing of unarmed African American man Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy’s parking lot has outraged residents. The autopsy revealed that Brooks was shot in the back as he was running away, and the death has been ruled a homicide by the county medical examiner. Brooks’s killing comes as protests against racism and police violence continue across the country. The Atlanta police chief has already resigned, and the officer who shot Brooks has been fired. “What we saw happen to Mr. Brooks is unfortunately something that we continue to see repeated in our communities all across this country,” says Mary Hooks, co-director of Southerners on New Ground, which is part of the National Bail Out collective and the Movement for Black Lives. “What we continue to see is police being called in as first responders to things that they should not be showing up for.” Jun 15, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_P75C_rpZ0
  6. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Police Anti-Bias Trainer Shot in Groin by San Jose Cops at Protest: “It’s Clear This Isn’t Working." Democracy Now!, Youtube. [13:29] As protests against racism and police violence continue across the United States, we speak with Derrick Sanderlin, a San Jose community organizer who has spent years training police on avoiding implicit bias toward people of color, but an officer from the same police department shot him in the groin with a rubber bullet during a May 29 protest against racism and police violence, rupturing Sanderlin’s testicle and possibly affecting his ability to have children. June 15, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7jEEBOKMZc
  7. [Referenced / resourced, but not aired in segment] "Mary Hooks: Policing is "inherently rotten" and must be dismantled." Democracy Now!, Youtube. [4:17] Protests have erupted in Atlanta, where residents are outraged at the police killing of unarmed Black man Rayshard Brooks. Brooks’s killing comes as protests against racist police violence continue across the country, with mounting demands for cities to defund and abolish their police forces. Southerners On New Ground co-director Mary Hooks says reform alone is not sufficient. "Officers, no matter their intention, no matter their motive, they are tied and bound to a system that by training, its orders, its beliefs, is inherently rotten." She says the conversation should not be centered around how to keep better tabs on this system, but rather how to "shrink the institution until it is no longer legitimate." June 15, 2020. https://youtu.be/GsOGrwUHdh8






Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites


  1. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "Auntie Unfiltered: Black People Can’t Save You; We Tryna Save Ourselves." Monique Judge, Theroot.com. Attention white people: It is not up to black people to educate you and help you understand racism. It is not up to black people to tell you what you need to say to your white racist friends. It is not up to black people to undo racism. It is not up to black people to undo white privilege. June 12, 2020. https://www.theroot.com/auntie-unfiltered-black-people-can-t-save-you-we-tryn-1843998419
  2. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "Tony McDade Was an ‘Imperfect’ Victim of Police Brutality. It’s Exactly Why He Matters." Anne Branigin, Theroot.com. In the week that has passed since Tony McDade’s killing at the hands of a Tallahassee police officer, everything and nothing has changed. June 4, 2020. https://www.theroot.com/tony-mcdade-was-an-imperfect-victim-of-police-brutali-1843889486
  3. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "What 'Defund' in 'Defund the Police' Actually Means, Explained." Damon Young, Theroot.com. What a year, huh? Yeah, 2020 has been a monster. Forget 2020. I mean just from Sunday to Wednesday. June 10, 2020. https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/what-defund-in-defund-the-police-actually-means-explai-1843978981
  4. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "Don’t Celebrate White People Being Late to the Fight." Scott Woods, Medium.com. There are protests where protests have never been, meaning where White people might be the only ethnicity in the crowd. I applaud the diversity of this moment. There is no question that the critical mass of many of them is owed to White people opting into action this time around. We have always needed White people to step into the fray with us to move the needle of change. But I have to ask, White people: what took you so long? That is not a rhetorical question. I genuinely want to seek out every White person who is newly aghast or enraged in this moment and ask them, “What took you so long?” June 16, 2020. https://level.medium.com/dont-celebrate-white-people-being-late-to-the-fight-2b10f4569762
  5. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "I, Racist." John Metta, Medium.com. couple weeks ago, I was debating what I was going to talk about in this sermon. I told Pastor Kelly Ryan I had great reservations talking about the one topic that I think about every single day. Then, a terrorist massacred nine innocent people in a church that I went to, in a city that I still think of as home. At that point, I knew that despite any misgivings, I needed to talk about race. You see, I don’t talk about race with White people. July 6, 2015. https://medium.com/thsppl/i-racist-538512462265
  6. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "Dear White Friends." Elyse Cizek, Medium.com. Dear White Friends, Thank you to the five of you who have reached out to ask me how I’m doing. I have been your black friend for decades. Black people all my life have told me that white friends will only be there for me for so long and I disagreed with them. I fought for you. I believed in you. And for the five of you who have reached out to me, thank you. May 30, 2020. https://medium.com/@elysecizek/dear-white-friends-335d6088077
  7. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "Stop Trying to Control How Black People Respond to Racism." Delta B. McKenzie, Medium.com. John Boyega says he hates racists. That’s not a cause for debate. May 28, 2020. https://level.medium.com/stop-trying-to-control-the-way-the-black-community-responds-to-racism-5328e6654624
  8. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "And the Pulitzer Prize for Caucasity Goes to...." Michael Harriot, Theroot. June 2, 2020. This weekend, as I watched COVID-19’s racial disparities blow a 104,600-point lead to extrajudicial police killings, I pondered the effectiveness of nonviolent protest versus “riots.” I imagined strategies that might deter police brutality. I even considered if chaos was a good thing. But, of all the things that crossed my mind, there was never even a microsecond where I thought to myself: “I bet Russell Wilson could solve this.” Maybe I am stupid. https://www.theroot.com/and-the-pulitzer-prize-for-caucasity-goes-to-1843835336
  9. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "White People Don’t Know How to Be Allies to Black People. And that includes me." Shannon Ashley, Medium.com. I was born and raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota. My single mother never held a job once she had us, so my sister and I grew up in low-income housing and took public transportation everywhere. We saw so much of the Twin Cities that most of our fellow white peers never got to see. We were comfortable in the neighborhoods they called “scary.” We preferred shopping in Asian grocery stores and eating in indie restaurants owned by people of color. It’s safe to say we grew up thinking we were “good” with diversity. Not racist. May 31, 2020. https://medium.com/honestly-yours/white-people-dont-know-how-to-be-allies-to-black-people-450e65d888b0
  10. [Referenced / resourced, but not read in segment] "Survey: Depression on the rise among Black Americans after Floyd death." Blue Telusma, Thegrio.com. A survey shows that African-Americans have been adversely impacted by the dual traumas of the coronavirus and police violence. June 15, 2020. https://thegrio.com/2020/06/15/survey-depression-black-americans-floyd-death/

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  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Eyed
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrimination
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_training
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Elliott
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eye_of_the_Storm_(1970_film)
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