Mark your calendars. 📅 Care workers, consumers and working families are gathering in Washington, DC TOMORROW to make our voices heard & urge Congress to deliver on the #BuildBackBetter plan. We’re demanding better wages, paid leave, and more. #CareCantWait #CareIsEssential

Don't forget! YWTF General meeting is TOMORROW and we're so excited to see you!

ICYMI: our merch store is open for a *limited time* !! stop in and pick up some radical and locally designed goodies~ …ater-lafayette-ywtf-merch.square.site/?fbclid=IwAR0F…

This month, we're merging our local YWTF meeting with our Indiana Task Force meeting!! Be sure to get signed up beforehand~ ywtf-gla.aauw.net/join-us/

Looking forward to seeing everyone on the call this Wednesday 😍!

a very Happy New Year to all our friends, families, and comrades!! Excited to tackle 2022 together🥰

Looking for a lil bit of political direct action,,,as a treat 🥺? Register here actionnetwork.org/events/weekly-… to participate in WEEKLY Action Hours with Indiana Task Force! We talk about legislation, call our state representatives, and navigate Indiana's policy landscape together~

As capitalism's agents continue to bear down on workers during the 3rd year of the pandemic, it is necessary to see Liberation as another aspect of Love--for one's community, for ppl most marginalize, and even for oneself.

This #MLKDay2022, it feels *especially* important to know that Martin Luther King was an out-spoken socialist; he loved and believed in the humanity of working class Black people.

Don't forget! Our monthly meeting is THIS Wednesday! Looking forward to seeing y'all there~

Happy Lunar New Year 🥳🏮🐯 !! 2022 is the Year of the Tiger and we look forward to what it has in store for us!

Pumped for this #BlackHistoryMonth !! We will be sharing just a handful of Black organizers, activists, artists, leaders, change agents, and sometime just regular cool-ass folks throughout the month! 🥰

Needless to say, this is necessarily a non-exhaustive list bc Black ppl are out in the world, existing, surviving, and thriving everyday!

Johnnie Lacy (1937-2010) was a leader in the independent living movement and fought for the rights of people with disabilities, especially people of color. She led Community Resources for Independent Living, providing services and advocacy for people with disabilities...(1/2)

(2/2) Lacy spoke of being excluded from the Black community due to her disability and from the disability community due to being a person of color. She was an educator and served as a role model for many other disabled Black women. Source: open.spotify.com/episode/5pcvc9…

Fatima Jamal is American filmmaker, model, writer, and interdisciplinary artist who focuses on racism, fat lib, and queerness. She is the writer and director of the forthcoming film /No Fats, No Femmes/ (learn more: fatimajamal.com)

Gerry Hudson, current secretary-treasurer of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), represents the rights of working families and their communities through the union’s political program. Learn more: seiu.org/gerry-hudson

Addie Wyatt (1924-2012) was the first woman to be elected to international leadership of a major labor union, the Amalgamated Meat Cutters, and later the United Food and Commercial Workers~ srce: sybilwilkes.com/2021/09/5-blac…

Da'Shaun Harrison (they/them) is a Black, fat, queer, and trans theorist and abolitionist organizer from Atlanta. Their most recent book is /Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-fatness as Anti-Blackness/. Learn more through their writings! linktr.ee/DaShaunLH

Wishing everyone a sincere and loving International Women's Day ❤️ we're sending love and solidarity to the reproductive and survival work women are engaged in everyday, for others and for themselves!