Nelba Márquez-Greene 🇵🇷

Good morning.

This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.

The Survivor Connection | Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting The Survivor Connection is a new tool that helps reporters put the survivor at the center of their coverage.

Philadelphia journalists are invited to access this directory of local community experts who feel willing and prepared to share their stories. Each community participant has taken part in our introductory workshop on trauma, media literacy and public health responses to gun violence.

Beyond the Yard: When Celebration Turns to Calamity Gun violence, HBCUs, and our collective responsibility

New from AWR contributor Brent Bailey: Gun violence, HBCUs, and our collective responsibility. --
"Let’s be clear, HBCUs are not the problem. They are the mirror. What we’re seeing on their campuses is the reflection of a society that refuses to invest in the safety and well-being of Black life."

Today i had Boursin cheese and wheat thins for dinner.

Probably the worst eating weekend in a while.

Grief is manifesting wildly.

This is good but not good enough.

We have to stop letting our Latino maga pastors convince us to choose whiteness over Witness, hermano y hermana.

La Palabra es clara en la importancia de la justicia.

I just had brownies and wine for dinner.

Teen Vogue Is Joining Vogue.com The transition, in which Teen Vogue will keep its unique editorial identity and mission, fortifies the evolving Vogue ecosystem.

Teen Vogue and @hechingerreport.org, where I'm an editor, worked together on several stories over the years. @leximcmenamin.com and @allegrak.bsky.social and many others were wonderful partners and this is gutting news. A list of just a few of the stories where Teen Vogue was a valued partner:

New York Times Op-Ed one year ago

Huge thank you to the comedians, musicians, artists and writers who are just as mad and bewildered as the rest of us but are still doing their best to make life worth living for everyone.

AOC: There was a day before his presidency, and there will be a day after — and it belongs to us.

“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….”
🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼

Tonight at 7 Eastern! Pay what you can including $0. Join me to talk about how unconditional positive regard can be transformative in schools and help you do the hard work of justice-oriented teaching 💜 www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...

It's official. Nearly 7 million people. Today is the single largest day of protest in American history. Americans from all corners of the country are standing up and saying #NoKings. This is what peaceful, patriotic protest looks like.

No Kings Madrid

Thank you to This is Our Lane Advisory Council member @robincogan.bsky.social and survivor-activist @nelbamg.bsky.social for reminding us that survival is activism. Treating gun violence as a public health issue is how we save lives and honor those we’ve lost.

Ms. @nelbamg.bsky.social

Just gorgeous.

Finding common ground in addressing the national gun violence crisis A Sept. 25 panel discussion set the stage for dialogue with a screening of The Tennessee 11 documentary at Connecticut’s Legislative Office Building.

Dean @meganranney.bsky.social and @nelbamg.bsky.social attended a Sept. 25 panel discussion and screening of The Tennessee 11 documentary at Connecticut’s Legislative Office Building.

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“Gun violence intersects with COVID in a very unusual way.”

"The Relentless School Nurse" @robincogan.bsky.social joined host @nelbamg.bsky.social on our latest episode of #SharedHumanity.

Listen to or watch the full episode: sph.yale.edu/SharedHumanity

Please tell me today is Friday.

The Relentless School Nurse: Science Under Threat – Defending Research, Demanding Safety Public health research shapes safer communities for our children. Right now, that research is in danger. On Tuesday, October 14th at 6:30 p.m. ET, Brady’s This Is Our Lane will host an urgent webin…

Join this important webinar sponsored by @bradyunited.org @thisisourlane.org Tuesday, October 14th, 6:30 pm ET.
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Returns from a chain bookshop have reduced our sales to a minus figure in the most important sales month of the year.

Please support independent bookshops this Christmas.

The Relentless School Nurse: Shared Humanity – Conversations That Bridge Grief and Hope Some connections are born from shared purpose; others emerge from shared pain. My conversation with Nelba Márquez-Greene for Shared Humanity: The Humans Behind the Headlines, a podcast  Yale School…

My deepest appreciation to & respect for @nelbamg.bsky.social of the @yalesph.bsky.social for the invitation to be a guest on her podcast, Shared Humanity. Our conversation explored a shared language for grief and healing, one rooted in both hope and action
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I love you lots and lots. ❤️

"The Relentless School Nurse" @robincogan.bsky.social joins host @nelbamg.bsky.social on today's episode of #SharedHumanity.

Listen to or watch the full episode: sph.yale.edu/SharedHumanity

The conversation between Klein and Coates showed me that a lot of people who screech about “infighting” on the left aren’t aware of the fact that marginalized people have been forced to learn how to regulate their emotions during conflict, and so, are better able to hear what’s actually being said.

Members of Congress still get paid during a government shutdown Some House and Senate lawmakers are requesting that their paychecks be withheld as millions of federal workers prepare to go without pay.

Millions of federal workers won’t get paid during a government shutdown. But members of Congress will still receive a paycheck.

Why do they always say “this kind of violence doesn’t happen in our community” Yes! It does. It happens everywhere in the US - you’re turn just isn’t up yet💔💔

Dennis Goris @dennisgoris.bsky.social

John Coltrane's favorite composition was the love song he wrote for his first wife, Naima Today’s #BlackMusicSunday continues our jazz saxophonist exploration and features tenor and soprano sax player John Coltrane. “Trane,” as he is often called, was a musical genius whose impact on jazz ...

Re-posting for Coltrane's birthday today:
John Coltrane's favorite composition was the love song he wrote for his first wife, Naima
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