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dreamdefenders: On April 22, 16-year-old Kiera Wilmot was...

Sat, 11 May 2013 14:00:05 -0700

On April 22, 16-year-old Kiera Wilmot was arrested at her Polk County high school for conducting a science experiment. The teen, who has no criminal history and maintained good grades, suddenly found herself trapped in Florida’s insidious school to prison pipeline; which has continually funneled mostly youth of color out of Florida’s schools and into the criminal justice system.

According to a report by Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice, over 57% of the state’s 96,515 youth incarcerated in 2012 were Black and Brown. In Kiera’s home of Polk County, Sheriff Grady Judd has presided over a system in which youth have continually been cycled through county jails in which severe abuses have been alleged including the use of pepper spray and the holding of juveniles in cages.

During the 2013 Florida Legislative Session, Dream Defenders worked with allies in the Florida Campaign for Juvenile Justice to reform Florida’s broken juvenile justice system. Despite repeated community visits to the state capital, briefings and press conferences by advocates and sponsoring legislators, the 2013 Legislative session closed with no action on critical bills such as SB 1374/HB 1039 which would have reformed Florida’s Zero Tolerance law at play in this case.

While Kiera navigates the legal ramifications of her unjust case Polk County Superintendent John Stewart has made the decision to place Kiera in an “alternative school” as he considers expulsion proceedings. Dream Defenders find these actions by Superintendent Stewart reprehensible. Dream Defenders demands that Stewart drop all expulsion proceedings against Kiera Wilmot and allow her to return to her enrollment at Bartow High School.

Dream Defenders calls upon all local, state and national allies to TAKE ACTION to ensure Kiera does not become another casualty of the school to prison pipeline.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Sign the petition to get Kiera back in school

Spread these images by tweeting them, reblogging them and posting them on instagram.

Contact Polk County Superintendent John Stewart by calling: (863) 534-0521

Sample Script:

Superintendent Stewart,

My name is _____________ and I am calling to express my concern about the expulsion proceedings against Kiera Wilmot. Florida has been among the national leaders in furthering a school to prison pipeline; with zero tolerance policies being used to lock up, expel and divert youth from their right to an education. Ms. Wilmot’s case is another example of the state and your office criminalizing and derailing the future of a girl of color. Your handling of her case has been irresponsible and reprehensible. Ms. Wilmot’s actions and intent simply do not warrant expulsion or placement in alternative schooling. I am calling on you to immediately drop all expulsion proceedings against Kiera Wilmot and allow her to return to her regular enrollment at Bartow High School.

In order to make an impact in this case we will need the support of thousands.

Please share this message with family and friends. Let’s ensure there is

#JusticeForKiera

Steel yourself. Right now, this is your neighbor; tomorrow it is you(your kin).

Nature has a sense of humor.

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:41:56 -0700

Nature has a sense of humor.

When I walk up in the club…

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:33:47 -0700

When I walk up in the club…

[x]

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:33:00 -0700

[x]

Hi, Larious.

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:02:47 -0700

Hi, Larious.

jaiking: Follow me at http://jaiking.tumblr.com/ You’ll be glad...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:54:06 -0700

jaiking:

Follow me at http://jaiking.tumblr.com/ You’ll be glad you did.

Enough with the excuses people! Start today!

jaiking: blackgirljelly: Antonia Thomas, she is so damn...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:48:50 -0700

jaiking:

blackgirljelly:

Antonia Thomas, she is so damn cute.

sexgifaddiction:

Antonia Thomas Gifs
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with over #1000sexAddictions

Follow me at http://jaiking.tumblr.com/ You’ll be glad you did.

This was my favorite part of the entire show and it was in the very first episode(I believe).

royallayn: sexantus: marinate on it… Marinating…

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:40:36 -0800

royallayn:

sexantus:

marinate on it…

Marinating…

Photo

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:57:30 -0800

creolesoul: Why US Internet Access Is Slow and Expensive US...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:05:36 -0800

creolesoul:

Why US Internet Access Is Slow and Expensive

US citizens pay more for internet access than those in many other countries—and also get worse connections for their cash. This video explains why.

Here, Bill Moyers interviews Susan Crawford—former special assistant to President Obama for science, technology and innovation, and author of Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age. She knows what she’s talking about.

During the interview, she explains how the US government has allowed media organizations to put profit ahead of public interest—through price hikes, rigged rules and stifling competition. As she explains, “the rich are getting gouged, the poor are very often left out, and this means that we’re creating, yet again, two Americas, and deepening inequality through this communications inequality.”

Watch it, get outraged, and then sign a petition to help appoint Crawford as the next FCC Chairman. [Vimeo]

(via Gizmodo)

Your pain, it runs deep; share it with me….

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:33:42 -0800

Your pain, it runs deep; share it with me….

geekscoutcookies: kingjaffejoffer: candyhello: cerebralzero: ...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 07:30:14 -0800

geekscoutcookies:

kingjaffejoffer:

candyhello:

cerebralzero:

bulletbutt:

squeakyfoam:

diarrheaworldstarhiphop:

Christopher Dorner’s manifesto

http://content.clearchannel.com/cc-common/mlib/616/02/616_1360213161.pdf

tl;dr supposed police paladin in the LAPD gets fired, his life ruined by the LAPD for reporting police brutality and other LAPD corruption including people being involved in the rodney king thing now in positions of seniority. Declares asymmetrical warfare on the LAPD, suspected in 3 police slayings and now Los Angeles citizens are being told to avoid the police - by the police.

Basically he’s gone INNAWOODS MODE, is aware of all LAPD strategies and is trying to kill all the crooked police in Los Angeles in and off duty. He is unafraid of death and expects it.

“I am a walking exigent circumstance with no OFF or reset button.”

holy shit

wot

holy fuck……

based dorner is still goin!!

Oh.. my GOD

This is the most gangster shit I’ve ever read in my life

Holy shit

Racism 101: Are you a Racist?: Black People Get a Whole Month. What About Us?

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 15:47:28 -0800

Racism 101: Are you a Racist?: Black People Get a Whole Month. What About Us? :

racismschool:

This is for the moment you inevitably hear “What about White History Month?”

Black History Month-February

Irish Heritage Month-March

Greek-American Heritage Month-March

Arab-American Heritage Month-April (Was able to find very little info)

**Tartan…

daniellemertina: liberationandlibations: aninvisibleman: Marc...

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 15:11:31 -0800

daniellemertina:

liberationandlibations:

aninvisibleman:

Marc Lamont Hill on sagging of pants, black criminaliziation, and the politics of respectability.

mm. my husband. dropping wisdom on you bitches left.and.right.

y’all see how smart MY husband is