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YouTube video by Jen Deerinwater Indigenous peoples day & HUD Section 184. Please donate & share https://tinyurl.com/53jbk5ad

Learn more about the countless hurdles to disability accessible housing for tribal citizens. Donate & share today tinyurl.com/53jbk5ad
#Homeownership #LandBack #DisabilityJustice

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

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Seneca descendant Rachel Arlene Redeye Porter shares her journey to claim Indigeneity amid colonial systems that question belonging, in her article for #TheMagazine.

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Donate to Help Disabled Two-Spirit Leader Create Accessible Home, organized by Susan McClannahan As friends and community members, we’re pulling together fun… Susan McClannahan needs your support for Help Disabled Two-Spirit Leader Create Accessible Home

Columbus brought rape, enslavement, thievery, sex & human trafficking, disease, & genocide to the so-called Americas that still impacts Indigenous people heavily to this day. Example: I’ve been in a years long fight to get Disability accessible stable housing. I need your help. #IPD #LandBack

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Nigerian-British writer Tunji Offeyi examines how colonial legacies and “Indigeneity” laws continue to shape who gets to belong in Nigeria through the story of the Igarra (Etuno) people, in this feature for #TheMagazine.

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In the so-called US in 2022 24.9% of Disabled adults aged 18-64 lived in poverty vs 10.1% of the able-bodied. And Disabled adults have a 77% reduced change of home ownership vs the able bodied. Please help me get the stable, Disability accessible home I need with a donation & sharing this post.

Donate to Help Disabled Two-Spirit Leader Create Accessible Home, organized by Susan McClannahan As friends and community members, we’re pulling together fun… Susan McClannahan needs your support for Help Disabled Two-Spirit Leader Create Accessible Home

The poverty rate for American Indians is between 25-29%. The national average is 12-15%. Help me get disability accessible, stable housing so I can access the healthcare I need. Please donate if you can, & repost & share w/ 5 people in your network #LandBack #IndigenousPeoplesDay #DisabilityJustice

Image has red background. At top in white reads: Severed Below this reads “ because Palestine is a disability justice issue” Below that reads “ virtual screening and discussion October 5, 3 PM ET” Below this are the four head shots and names of the panelists. To the right of this is a photo of the film, protagonist, Mohammed, a young Palestinian sitting on a couch with his crutches next to him. He has one leg and the other is amputated and bandaged. Below all of the above is the registration link to read tiny url.com/SevOct5

This Sunday, October 5 at 3pm ET, join us for a virtual screening of Severed, a new documentary from Gaza by Donkeysaddle Projects, followed by a live panel discussion that I’ll be on. Palestine is a disability justice issue! Register at tinyurl.com/SevOct5

The text reads: "Severed | Virtual Screening & Discussion | October 5, 2025" and includes photos of the four panelists and Mohamad Saleh.

The text reads: "Host an October screening of Severed | because Palestine is a disability justice issue," and an image of Mohamad Saleh

About a week until the launch of the "Palestine is a Disability Justice Issue" campaign. On Oct 5, 3 pm ET, join us for a screening of Severed–following Mohamad Saleh, who lost his leg at 12, reflecting thousands disabled by Israel’s #GazaGenocide.

RSVP: tinyurl.com/SevOct5
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Judge finds Trump administration unconstitutionally targeted noncitizens over Gaza war protests A federal judge says the Trump administration unconstitutionally targeted noncitizens for deportation over pro-Palestinian protests. U.S.

BREAKING: Federal judge finds that the Trump administration unconstitutionally targeted noncitizens for deportation over Gaza war protests.

🎥 In collaboration with @nativemax.bsky.social, during the first INYFW, we also spoke with Dante Biss-Grayson (Osage), the creator behind the family-owned brand Sky-Eagle Collection, who reminded us that "fashion can be for a cause, for social justice."

Report and clips by: Fabiana Gibim

🎥 Part 1 | At the first Indigenous New York Fashion Week, in collab with @nativemax.bsky.social, we spoke with Jeremy Arviso (Diné, Hopi, Akimel O’odham & Tohono O’odham), Creative Director of Original Landlords. He shares his story & inspiration. Part 2 soon!

Report and clips by: Fabiana Gibim

Jen Deerinwater | New Suns On bringing Disability community out to play, party, and perform.

Check out this Q&A with our Founding Executive Director, @jendeerinwater.bsky.social – a bisexual, Two-Spirit, multiply-disabled citizen of the Cherokee Nation–on bringing disabled artists & audiences together at our #DBIWP.

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As the severe tendinitis & psoriatic arthritis have become more severe due to a lack of healthcare it’s become increasingly difficult to read books. I use audiobooks now as an access tools to great writing, such as Joshua Whitehead’s novel, Johnny Appleseed. Let’s make all books #DisabilityAccess.

A Rogue Nation on the High Seas Trump is treating the military like his personal mercenaries.

“if he can order the Navy to operate as a presidential hit squad on the high seas, any number of grim hypotheticals could become reality sooner than Americans might expect,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:

✨ The first INYFW, produced by Relative Arts, lit up Lenapehoking (NYC) with #Indigenous creativity, identity, and storytelling.

In collaboration with @nativemax.bsky.social, we’ve pulled together this recap–celebrating the designers, the looks, and the energy that made it unforgettable.

Get your submissions in! @crushcolonialism.bsky.social is always looking for pitches from Indigenous people with community ties of written pieces from journalism to more creative genres (no fiction) and high quality photography and videos. #IndigenousWriters #Indigenous #IndianCountry

Jen Deerinwater | New Suns On bringing Disability community out to play, party, and perform.

I’m so excited to be included in the latest exition of New Suns by @unitedstatesartists.org. #DisabilityJustice is absolutely necessary for arts & event programming. @crushingcolonialism is committed to creating space for all our #Indigenous relatives & accomplices. #DBIWP25 #WorldPride

Wild how political alliance with Zionism sweeps all sorts of wild statements about Jews under the table

Severed is a must watch. Show your support by signing up to host a private or public screening & sharing with your communities. Severed is a powerful new short doc that follows Mohamad Saleh, a teenager from #Gaza who lost his leg at 12 & survived five Israeli military assaults tinyurl.com/SevOct

YouTube video by APTN News The final day of the AFN general assembly kicks off in Winnipeg | APTN News

The Assembly of First Nations annual general assembly wraps up today in Winnipeg.

Among the talking points was an emergency press conference held by a First Nation in Manitoba, and a discussion on the repatriation of historical artifacts.

Stop saying govt actions are “illegal.” The U.S. has NEVER honored its laws. Democrats & Republicans violate civil rights, commit genocide, & various forms of oppression every damn day. & this isn’t a democracy! A democracy is how the Haudenosaunee Confedaracy operates, not this bastardized US ish.

ID: 1) An orange background and a meter indicating moderate wastewater levels of SARS-CoV-2. The text reads: The U.S.’s summer COVID-19 surge continues, with cases increasing across all regions through early August, driven by travel and gatherings as well as the variant XFG. Despite the obvious increases in COVID-19 spread, the CDC’s wastewater dashboard — which recently updated its methodology — downplays current viral activity levels as “low.” Wastewater data from the CDC, WastewaterSCAN, and Biobot Analytics all show continued increases in SARS-CoV-2 levels at wastewater testing sites nationwide. Recent levels are much lower than the peaks of summer surges in 2023 and 2024, but this year’s summer wave started later than in prior years and now coincides directly with children starting their school years.

2) Screenshot from the CDC NWSS dashboard. Text reads: "On August 15, 2025, CDC updated the methodology used to calculate the wastewater viral activity level. For more information, visit CDC’s Wastewater Surveillance Data Methodology page. About the Wastewater Viral Activity Level: The wastewater viral activity level indicates whether the amount of virus in the wastewater is very low, low, moderate, high, or very high. The wastewater viral activity levels may indicate the risk of infection in an area. The wastewater viral activity levels are categorized as follows: Up to 2 – Very Low Greater than 2 and up to 3.4 – Low Greater than 3.4 and up to 5.3 – Moderate Greater than 5.3 and up to 7.8 – High Greater than 7.8 – Very High To learn more on how the wastewater viral activity level is calculated, visit CDC’s Wastewater Surveillance Data Methodology page." Screenshot from an archived version of the CDC NWSS dashboard, via the Wayback Machine. Text reads: "About the Wastewater Viral Activity Level: The wastewater viral activity level indicates whether the amount of virus in the wastewater is very low, low, moderate, high, or very high. The wastewater viral activity levels may indicate the risk of infection in an area. The wastewater viral activity levels are categorized as follows: Up to 1.5 – Very Low Greater than 1.5 and up to 3 – Low Greater than 3 and up to 4.5 – Moderate Greater than 4.5 and up to 8 – High Greater than 8 – Very High To learn more on how the wastewater viral activity level is calculated, see Data Methods.”

D: 1) An orange background and a meter indicating moderate wastewater levels of SARS-CoV-2. The text reads: The CDC reported a 55% increase in its national wastewater viral activity level between August 2 and August 9, yet surprisingly classifies SARS-CoV-2 activity as “low.” That’s because the agency revised its wastewater categories on Friday — and continued a long-running pattern in which the agency minimizes COVID-19’s continued risk in its data presentation. Adding confusion, the top of the dashboard claims the current national activity level is “low” even though the latest data point in the CDC’s chart, 3.7, meets the threshold for “moderate.

) A line chart from the CDC, titled "National and Regional Trends: This chart shows national and regional trends of wastewater viral activity levels of SARS-COV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19)." The chart includes five lines representing geographic areas: black for national trends, yellow for the Midwest, purple for the South, light blue for the Northeast, and darker blue-green for the West. The Y axis represents wastewater viral activity level and the X axis represents time, spanning August 2024 to August 2025. The chart shows a surge in summer 2024, one in winter 2024-2025, and recent increases in cases. Despite significant increases in all regions, current levels are labeled as "low" and "moderate."

The U.S.’s summer COVID-19 surge continues, with cases increasing across all regions through early August, driven by travel and gatherings as well as the variant XFG.

This week's full COVID-19 trends by @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social: bit.ly/4mWEUk9

🌎✨ Today is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: Awareness is a start—action changes lives.

How? Donate, amplify our voices, commit long-term, shop Indigenous.

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#IndigenousPeoplesDay #IndigenousResistance

Franco-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan exposed the EU’s double standard: 17 sanctions against Russia, none against Israel.

Now Slovenia has become the first EU country to ban arms trade with Israel.

Will the rest of Europe follow?

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For #TheMagazine, Cree filmmaker & writer @tjcuthand.bsky.social reflects on gender, art, and survival–from queer teen isolation in 1990s Saskatchewan to life as a trailblazing trans man using cinema as resistance.

#Pride

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and remember, the US hoarded vaccines during the pandemic. most of the globe never got access to them because of us.

the back of the line is probably our future next time, especially since we are no longer at the table with WHO, etc.

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📣 We featured in the bi-monthly magazine, Free Minds Connect. Our Founding Executive Director @jendeerinwater.bsky.social shares Crushing Colonialism’s journey centering Indigenous voices, resistance, & storytelling.

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Sizzle up your evening with this hot, hot, hot Cabaret TONIGHT! Join us in person or virtually. Get your tickets for both at the link. You don’t want to miss this one. #DisabilityArts #2SLGBTQIA #Indigiqueer

#DisabilityJustice #Indigenous #TwoSpirit #BisexualPride