Social Practice Labs

"THE OPPOSITE OF POVERTY is not wealth. In too.many places, the opposite of poverty is JUSTICE!" - Bryan Stevenson . . . Originally posted by @socialpracticelabs on Instagram . To donate to our mutual aid projects, "send to friend" on PayPal using [email protected] . Follow us on twitter as well (@)thepracticelabs . . . #socialpracticelabs #MutualAid #communitycuisine #BryanStevenson #equity #fundraiser #eatthherich #homelessnessisnotacrime #cancelrent #feedeveryone #culturalworker #blackowned #womanowned #grassroots #grassrootsorganizing #abolishpoverty #AbolishPrisons #abolishice #endpoverty #povertybench #povertyissexist #periodpoverty #povertyalleviation #povertyreduction #solidarity #solidaritynotcharity #solidarityforever #inspirationalquotes #quotes #quotesofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CMo3hlahOxd/?igshid=l85dmmkf82t9

" I was taught that the search for truth and the search for justice are not incompatible and are, in fact, essential" - Gwen Iffil . . Follow @socialpracticelabs on FB + IG, & @thepractocelabs on TW . RP from Brooklyn Justice Initiatives @brooklynjusticeinitiatives . . . . . . . . . #wisewomen #womenshistorymonth #herstory #whm #wisewoman #woman #womanempowerment #justiceforall #nojusticenopeace #defundpolice #blm #blacklivesmatterchicago #blacklivesmatter #blackwomenmatter #survivorsmatter #believesurvivors #justice #justiceforbreonnataylor #justiceforsandrabland #justoceforbella #socialpracticelabs #mutualaid #civilrights #blackequity #indigenouswomen #indigenouslivesmatter #blackwomen #followblackwomen (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMB6HrMl_2p/?igshid=ya9gyff931rc

BLACK HISTORY MONTH is in session! Spend this month taking personal accountability for how you engage with black people in your life! Take a breath before you let your impulse to #NotAllWhitePeople #AllLivesMatter ... ask yourself why you feel compelled to argue or play devil's advocate or defend whiteness ... ask yourself why you. think something a black person is blown out of proportion ... ask yourself why you're struggling to REALLY LISTEN! . Part of laying down your privilege is LISTENING to OPPRESSED PEOPLE without arguing, interrogating, minimizing or gaslighting them. . . Follow Black founded orgs @survivingthemic @socialpracticelabs . Follow black writers and activists @themojdeh @nikistarwon @cherlnelllane @afronautlab . MOVE YOUR 💵 to BLACK BANKS @bankgreenwood . BUY BLACK ALL MONTH LONG! Google black owned businesses everyday! . . Reshared from @allyhenny @jeeheipark . . . . . . #bankblack #blackbanks #greenwoodbank #bankgreenwood #blm #blackwealthmatters #bhm #blackhistorymonth #blackwomenwriters #blackfounders #blackownedbusiness #blackowned #antiracism #allyship #ally #allies #blacklvesmatter #blackwellnessmatters #believesurvivors #listentosurvivors #socialpracticelabs #themojdeh #acab #mutualaid #supportblackbusiness #blackartistsmatter #buyblack (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK4K3jkFZPd/?igshid=yvrx4e49f4to

HELP US FEED COMMUNITY MEMBERS! In December @socialpracticelabs launched a hot meals initiative called COMMUNITY CUISINE to deliver some warmth to Chicago families and persons with limited mobility for Christmas Eve and we haven't stopped delivering hot meals since then. . Today we want to honor one of our newest team members! Washieka Torres has a passion for culinary arts and disrupting food disparity! . They are incubating a needs-based meal program that offers well made and nutritious hot meals. With the support of Social Practice Labs sourcing food, coordinating volunteers for deliveries, and strategically partnering with other orgs that can help the initiative get resources and supports, Washieka will be able to establish systems and practices that will enable the project to be duplicated in multiple cities! . @socialpracticelabs supports artists and cultural workers like Washieka who envision using their creative practice as a tool for community care and social action! . DONATE to Social Practice Labs COMMUNITY CUISINE program as well as our COVID-19 relief fund by sending payments via PayPal using [email protected]. . Please remember to "sent to friend" since you're not "buying a product or service" to ensure 100% of your donation goes back into the community instead of into fees. . . Tweet from Ayanna Presley: "A man died from COVID in a Houston jail cell last week because he couldn't afford the $100 bail. He died for the crime of being poor, awaiting trial for the alleged crime of stealing food. His name was Preston Chaney. Mass incarceration is a public health crisis" . . . . #MutualAid #fooddesert #covid19relief #relieffunds #hotmeals #communitycare #ittakesavillage #volunteers (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLYjIF9FBhF/?igshid=g3ptaw36jehj

"This morning in the Aetna Special Enforcement Zone in Van Nuys, where multiple residents were displaced at the beginning of the day. After LAPD detained one of our monitors, LA SAN agreed to trash pick-up only. Our monitors, and residents advocated for their own health and safety, LA SAN agreed. Our demands as part of the Services Not Sweeps Coalition are clear: Pick up the trash (spot-clean) and allow people to shelter-in-place. Even temporary displacement is displacement and continues to irresponsibly risk the spread of COVID by forcing people to move their belongings and congregate outside the zone. Enough is enough. People are dying. ICU is at zero capacity. Unhoused people have the right to shelter-in-place and not be displaced." @socialpracticelabs RP to amplify @streetwatchla work #HomesNotZones #HousekeysNotHandcuffs #ServicesNotSweeps (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJxYQNnFUto/?igshid=9bnvesdfls53

One of the places most Americans turn to for healthcare help in this country should not be a fundraising website. . . [Image description: a tweet from GoFundMe: We believe families shouldn't have to fundraise to pay for their medical bills. We believe that 1 in 3 fundraisers on GoFundMe shouldn't be for medical costs. We believe healthcare is a human right, not a privilege. Response from Wendell Potter: Now if we could just get politicians to believe it.”] . . Originally posted by @socialpracticelabs on Instagram . Follow our friends-in-the-fight @survivingthemic @themojdeh . @gofundme #mutualaid #fundraiser #gofundme #medicareforall #medicaidforall #freehealthcare #fundraiser #relieffunds #medicalbills #hospital #clinic #freeclinic #medicaid #medicare #obamacare #publichealth #publichealthcare #socialhealth #socialhealthempowerment #mmiw #blm #blacklivesmatter #fooddessert #socialpracticelabs #blackpanthers #foodprogram #freetesting #communityhealth #communityhealthworker (at Minneapolis Minn) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL3j1R7Fdj4/?igshid=1jyal1e71cb5b

Breonna Taylor should be here today. She should never have been a name we know for the reason we know it. She had her entire life ahead of her before it was stolen by the Louisville Metro Police Department. When we demand justice for Breonna a year after her senseless murder, please remember we are demanding justice for those who were left shattered: Her mom. Her sister. Her boyfriend. Everyone who loved Breonna before she was a worldwide name. The justice lives in the arresting, charging, and conviction of Myles Cosgrove, Jon Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Joshua Jaynes for the murder of Breonna Taylor. Justice lives in abolishing the systems that allowed for the aforementioned to kill an innocent woman in her own home. Justice lives in a fair trial before a Grand Jury. Justice lives in a reality wherein there are no more hashtags demanding justice for murders at the hands of police. In honor of the memory of Breonna Taylor, let’s continue to fight for justice. Follow @socialpracticelabs on FB + IG and (a)thepracticelabs on TW • #breonnataylor #justiceforbreonnataylor #justiceforbreonna #ripbreonnataylor #ripbreonna #justiceforgeorgefloyd #nojusticenopeace #blacklitergies #blackfuneral #blm #blacklivesmatter #breonnataylorwasmurdered #rip #anniversary #abolishice #abolishprisons #abolishpolice #SocialPracticeLabs #breonnataylorslifematters #schoolsnotprisons #policereform #policebrutality #herstory #SayHerName #mutualaid #fundraiser (at Louisville, Kentucky) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMZQsBshTgP/?igshid=qk0quox2jac8