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African peacekeepers in America after Trump steals the election
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African peacekeepers in America after Trump steals the election
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Black Lives Matter protesters demanding justice for Breonna Taylor faced off with heavily armed members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, in Louisville.
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Black Lives Matter protesters demanding justice for Breonna Taylor faced off with heavily armed members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, in Louisville.
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0n this day in 1963 August 28th Martin Luther King Jr, speech  I HAVE A DREAM was delivered to 250,000 civil rights supporters on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Today that speech seems like only yesterday and not 57 years ago. Evoke the Conversation and make even the smallest of change. 
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0n this day in 1963 August 28th Martin Luther King Jr, speech I HAVE A DREAM was delivered to 250,000 civil rights supporters on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Today that speech seems like only yesterday and not 57 years ago. Evoke the Conversation and make even the smallest of change.
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We are seeking volunteer as a Grant Researcher to assist the EVOKE Foundation to search for grants that fit the criteria for EVOKE multi media and film projects to support social change and injustice.
The grant researcher will be expected to track these grants in terms of their value, the application deadline, the prerequisites necessary for applications, and other grant-related details. This is currently a volunteer position and could lead to a paid position for the right applicant.
PLEASE GO to our website for more details and to apply @evoke.foundation 
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We are seeking volunteer as a Grant Researcher to assist the EVOKE Foundation to search for grants that fit the criteria for EVOKE multi media and film projects to support social change and injustice.
The grant researcher will be expected to track these grants in terms of their value, the application deadline, the prerequisites necessary for applications, and other grant-related details. This is currently a volunteer position and could lead to a paid position for the right applicant.
PLEASE GO to our website for more details and to apply @evoke.foundation
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Warsaw, Poland became the latest city to feature public art projects that also clean city air, as a giant mural made of special, sun-activated, smog-cleaning pigments was painted by local artists.

Organized by the sportswear company Converse as part of their City-Forests campaign, the mural was produced using photocatalytic paint with titanium dioxide that attracts airborne pollutants before converting them into harmless nitrates through a chemical process involving sunlight.

Through this process the mural reportedly purifies the surrounding air equal to 720 trees, and when the campaign is finished, the murals spread across several countries should be doing the work of 3,000.

The mural was erected on a building facing a popular metro stop and features a collection of smiling flowers entangled among high rise buildings. Polish artists Maciek Polak and Dawid Ryski designed the image, which was executed by the local artist hub Good Looking Studio, involving expert muralists.

Amid the flowers are the words “Create Together For Tomorrow,” a positive message to inspire change, which Converse officials feel will help welcome people who are returning to their daily commutes after periods of COVID-19 isolation.

Looking Good Studio website
“…for the time being everything has slowed down. At Converse we saw this as an opportunity to speak up and help produce fresh air through painting murals,” said a spokesman.

A global movement
After Bangkok in Thailand, Warsaw represents the second city to finish a mural, among 13 set to erect the City-Forests murals—Belgrade, Lima, Sydney, Jakarta, Manila, Sao Paulo, Santiago, Johannesburg, Melbourne, Bogota, and Panama City.

Looking Good Studio website
However, Converse is not the only ones using these special paints to clean the air. Dutch designer Studio Roosegaarde erected a series of billboards in Monterrey, Mexico, which use the same photocatalytic paint as the artwork in Warsaw.

Each billboard there generates the same amount of clean air as 30 trees every 6 hours—and it can function for up to five years. 
#evoketheconversation #evokethechange #evokechange

Warsaw, Poland became the latest city to feature public art projects that also clean city air, as a giant mural made of special, sun-activated, smog-cleaning pigments was painted by local artists.

Organized by the sportswear company Converse as part of their City-Forests campaign, the mural was produced using photocatalytic paint with titanium dioxide that attracts airborne pollutants before converting them into harmless nitrates through a chemical process involving sunlight.

Through this process the mural reportedly purifies the surrounding air equal to 720 trees, and when the campaign is finished, the murals spread across several countries should be doing the work of 3,000.

The mural was erected on a building facing a popular metro stop and features a collection of smiling flowers entangled among high rise buildings. Polish artists Maciek Polak and Dawid Ryski designed the image, which was executed by the local artist hub Good Looking Studio, involving expert muralists.

Amid the flowers are the words “Create Together For Tomorrow,” a positive message to inspire change, which Converse officials feel will help welcome people who are returning to their daily commutes after periods of COVID-19 isolation.

Looking Good Studio website
“…for the time being everything has slowed down. At Converse we saw this as an opportunity to speak up and help produce fresh air through painting murals,” said a spokesman.

A global movement
After Bangkok in Thailand, Warsaw represents the second city to finish a mural, among 13 set to erect the City-Forests murals—Belgrade, Lima, Sydney, Jakarta, Manila, Sao Paulo, Santiago, Johannesburg, Melbourne, Bogota, and Panama City.

Looking Good Studio website
However, Converse is not the only ones using these special paints to clean the air. Dutch designer Studio Roosegaarde erected a series of billboards in Monterrey, Mexico, which use the same photocatalytic paint as the artwork in Warsaw.

Each billboard there generates the same amount of clean air as 30 trees every 6 hours—and it can function for up to five years.
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On August 13, 1955, Lamar Smith, 63-year-old farmer and WWI veteran, was shot dead in cold blood on the crowded courthouse lawn in Brookhaven, Mississippi, for urging African Americans to vote in a local run-off election. No one was prosecuted.
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Smith, a locally known voting rights advocate affiliated with the Regional Council of Negro Leadership, had been threatened and warned to stop trying to register and organize African American voters in the community. These threats were realized when Smith was murdered on the courthouse lawn in front of dozens of witnesses, including Sheriff Robert E. Case, who permitted one of the alleged assailants to leave the crime scene covered in blood. Days later, that man and two others were arrested in connection with the shooting. All three suspects were white.
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In September 1955, a grand jury composed of 20 white men declined to indict the three suspects for murder after witnesses failed to come forward to testify.
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Following the grand jury’s report, District Attorney E. C. Barlow criticized the lack of witness cooperation and complained about the sheriff’s handling of the case. Despite Barlow’s public promises to proceed with the investigation, the criminal case against the three suspects was dismissed. No one was punished for the crime.
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Smith’s death was one of several racially-motivated killings in Mississippi that year, including the May 1955 murder of civil rights leader Rev. George Lee in Belzoni; the abduction and murder of Emmett Till in the Mississippi Delta in August 1955; and the fatal shooting of Gus Courts in Belzoni in December 1955. [Description by the Equal Justice Initiative: A History of Racial Injustice Timeline.]
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Lamar Smith’s murder is listed in M is for Mississippi and Murder, a 1955 NAACP pamphlet that provides information about three racially-charged murders in Mississippi.
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Learn more in the documentary film by Keith Beauchamp called “Murder in Black & White: Lamar Smith.” @keithbeauchamp1955 
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[Image description: An early black and white photo of Lamar Smith and his wife Annie Clark Smith.]

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On August 13, 1955, Lamar Smith, 63-year-old farmer and WWI veteran, was shot dead in cold blood on the crowded courthouse lawn in Brookhaven, Mississippi, for urging African Americans to vote in a local run-off election. No one was prosecuted.
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Smith, a locally known voting rights advocate affiliated with the Regional Council of Negro Leadership, had been threatened and warned to stop trying to register and organize African American voters in the community. These threats were realized when Smith was murdered on the courthouse lawn in front of dozens of witnesses, including Sheriff Robert E. Case, who permitted one of the alleged assailants to leave the crime scene covered in blood. Days later, that man and two others were arrested in connection with the shooting. All three suspects were white.
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In September 1955, a grand jury composed of 20 white men declined to indict the three suspects for murder after witnesses failed to come forward to testify.
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Following the grand jury’s report, District Attorney E. C. Barlow criticized the lack of witness cooperation and complained about the sheriff’s handling of the case. Despite Barlow’s public promises to proceed with the investigation, the criminal case against the three suspects was dismissed. No one was punished for the crime.
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Smith’s death was one of several racially-motivated killings in Mississippi that year, including the May 1955 murder of civil rights leader Rev. George Lee in Belzoni; the abduction and murder of Emmett Till in the Mississippi Delta in August 1955; and the fatal shooting of Gus Courts in Belzoni in December 1955. [Description by the Equal Justice Initiative: A History of Racial Injustice Timeline.]
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Lamar Smith’s murder is listed in M is for Mississippi and Murder, a 1955 NAACP pamphlet that provides information about three racially-charged murders in Mississippi.
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Learn more in the documentary film by Keith Beauchamp called “Murder in Black & White: Lamar Smith.” @keithbeauchamp1955
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[Image description: An early black and white photo of Lamar Smith and his wife Annie Clark Smith.]

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We all need to listen more to understand one another more.  #evoketheconversation #evokechange 
Follow @evoke.foundation and support some of the great projects we are doing to #evokechange

We all need to listen more to understand one another more. #evoketheconversation #evokechange
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Scenes of heavy police repression against anti-gentrification and anti-eviction protesters in Berlin. ⁠
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Thousands of antifascists, anarchists, squatters and others took to the streets to join the "Defend neighborhood culture" demonstration to resist gentrification and evictions, including that of the “Syndikat” pub in Neukölln which is set to take place this week, but security forces cracked down hard, using batons and pepper spray to disperse the protesters.
#evoketheconversation #evoke #evokechange

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Scenes of heavy police repression against anti-gentrification and anti-eviction protesters in Berlin. ⁠

Thousands of antifascists, anarchists, squatters and others took to the streets to join the "Defend neighborhood culture" demonstration to resist gentrification and evictions, including that of the “Syndikat” pub in Neukölln which is set to take place this week, but security forces cracked down hard, using batons and pepper spray to disperse the protesters.
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A motorcycle was reported stolen. SO THEY PULL OVER AN ENTIRE SUV with a Black family inside, and handcuff and abuse and humiliate the entire family - including little children - making them get face first on the ground. ⁣
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That's a SIX YEAR OLD they've handcuffed. ⁣
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Then they admit they made a mistake with the license plate. The SUV and the family had NOTHING to do with the stolen motorcycle. ⁣#evokechange 
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This right here is why we say Black Lives Matter. ⁣
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This is why we started @GrassrootsLaw. ⁣
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Show me, ONE EXAMPLE, of a similar thing EVER IN YOUR LIFE happening to a white family. ⁣
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It doesn't exist. ⁣
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My blood is boiling. ⁣
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Call Police Dispatch: 303.627.3100⁣
General Information: 303.739.6000⁣
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And let them know how you feel.
#evoketheconversation #evokechange

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A motorcycle was reported stolen. SO THEY PULL OVER AN ENTIRE SUV with a Black family inside, and handcuff and abuse and humiliate the entire family - including little children - making them get face first on the ground. ⁣

That's a SIX YEAR OLD they've handcuffed. ⁣

Then they admit they made a mistake with the license plate. The SUV and the family had NOTHING to do with the stolen motorcycle. ⁣#evokechange

This right here is why we say Black Lives Matter. ⁣

This is why we started @GrassrootsLaw. ⁣

Show me, ONE EXAMPLE, of a similar thing EVER IN YOUR LIFE happening to a white family. ⁣

It doesn't exist. ⁣

My blood is boiling. ⁣

Call Police Dispatch: 303.627.3100⁣
General Information: 303.739.6000⁣

And let them know how you feel.
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Footage of federal officers in Portland brutally arresting a woman participating in the protests against racism, police violence and government repression.

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Footage of federal officers in Portland brutally arresting a woman participating in the protests against racism, police violence and government repression.

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This is from @economicpolicy Economic Policy Institute. 
One of the most crucial provisions of the last coronavirus relief act was to provide an extra $600 weekly increase in unemployment benefits to the tens of millions of Americans who are currently out of work. Now the White House and many Republican policymakers want to let it expire or reduce it dramatically. But that would be a terrible mistake, and EPI economist Heidi Shierholz explains why:
Unemployment is at historic levels. 
Unemployed workers need extra assistance during the pandemic. 
Cutting off the $600 benefit will make racial inequality worse. 
Cutting off the $600 benefit will kill millions of jobs. 
Cutting off the $600 benefit will not be an incentive to work. Please continue to follow @evoke.foundation to #evokechange #evoketheconversation #evokefoundation

This is from @economicpolicy Economic Policy Institute.
One of the most crucial provisions of the last coronavirus relief act was to provide an extra $600 weekly increase in unemployment benefits to the tens of millions of Americans who are currently out of work. Now the White House and many Republican policymakers want to let it expire or reduce it dramatically. But that would be a terrible mistake, and EPI economist Heidi Shierholz explains why:
Unemployment is at historic levels.
Unemployed workers need extra assistance during the pandemic.
Cutting off the $600 benefit will make racial inequality worse.
Cutting off the $600 benefit will kill millions of jobs.
Cutting off the $600 benefit will not be an incentive to work. Please continue to follow @evoke.foundation to #evokechange #evoketheconversation #evokefoundation
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The statue of slave trader Edward Colston (seen in a viral video being thrown in the river) in the UK has been replaced by a sculpture of the protester, Jen Reid.

The new "temporary" statue is officially titled "A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020."

*Note* Artist @marcquinnart who created this piece did not have permission to erect it, so the new statue could be taken down by authorities. He was inspired by Jen's photo of her standing atop the pillar after Colston's statue was removed.
#evokechange #evokethechange #evoke

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The statue of slave trader Edward Colston (seen in a viral video being thrown in the river) in the UK has been replaced by a sculpture of the protester, Jen Reid.

The new "temporary" statue is officially titled "A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020."

*Note* Artist @marcquinnart who created this piece did not have permission to erect it, so the new statue could be taken down by authorities. He was inspired by Jen's photo of her standing atop the pillar after Colston's statue was removed.
#evokechange #evokethechange #evoke
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Statues of slave traders, mass murderers, and other colonialists have been toppled by protesters or removed by governments in recent weeks following the reenergised Black Lives Matter movement, which has spread across the world. On Wednesday, Oxford University’s Oriel College voted in favour of removing its statue of the Victorian imperialist Cecil Rhodes and is to set up an independent inquiry into the key issues around it following a student-led campaign that began four years ago. In response to the the latest developments, Historian David Olusoga looks at the significance of these statues and impact they have had on the victims of the European empire and their descendants. Special thanks to the newspaper we should all be reading The Guardian.
#evoketheconversation #evokethespirit ##evokechange #evoke #blm

Statues of slave traders, mass murderers, and other colonialists have been toppled by protesters or removed by governments in recent weeks following the reenergised Black Lives Matter movement, which has spread across the world. On Wednesday, Oxford University’s Oriel College voted in favour of removing its statue of the Victorian imperialist Cecil Rhodes and is to set up an independent inquiry into the key issues around it following a student-led campaign that began four years ago. In response to the the latest developments, Historian David Olusoga looks at the significance of these statues and impact they have had on the victims of the European empire and their descendants. Special thanks to the newspaper we should all be reading The Guardian.
#evoketheconversation #evokethespirit ##evokechange #evoke #blm
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The Black Lives Matter demonstrator who carried a counter-protester to safety during Saturday’s protests in London has spoken out about the moment he decided to intervene to help the man.

Describing his decision to step in, Patrick Hutchinson said: “His life was under threat, so I just went under, scooped him up, put him on my shoulders and started marching towards the police with him.” Hutchinson contrasted the intervention with the lack of action taken by the Minneapolis police officers who were involved in George Floyd’s death. “If the other three police officers that were standing around when George Floyd was murdered had thought about intervening, and stopping their colleague from doing what he was doing, like we did, George Floyd would be alive today. “I just want equality, equality for all of us. At the moment, the scales are unfairly balanced and I just want things to be fair for my children and my grandchildren.”
Photo by Dylan Martinez / Reuters 
#evoketheconversation #evokechange #evokethechange #evoke #blm

The Black Lives Matter demonstrator who carried a counter-protester to safety during Saturday’s protests in London has spoken out about the moment he decided to intervene to help the man.

Describing his decision to step in, Patrick Hutchinson said: “His life was under threat, so I just went under, scooped him up, put him on my shoulders and started marching towards the police with him.” Hutchinson contrasted the intervention with the lack of action taken by the Minneapolis police officers who were involved in George Floyd’s death. “If the other three police officers that were standing around when George Floyd was murdered had thought about intervening, and stopping their colleague from doing what he was doing, like we did, George Floyd would be alive today. “I just want equality, equality for all of us. At the moment, the scales are unfairly balanced and I just want things to be fair for my children and my grandchildren.”
Photo by Dylan Martinez / Reuters
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYONE WHO JOINED US IN GIVING THE KIDS A VOICE TODAY. THEY ARE THE FUTURE. THEY NEED TO BE HEARD 💗💗💗💗 - Creative direction assistance @lebeam
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYONE WHO JOINED US IN GIVING THE KIDS A VOICE TODAY. THEY ARE THE FUTURE. THEY NEED TO BE HEARD 💗💗💗💗 - Creative direction assistance @lebeam
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TIME TO MAKE THIS MESSAGE GO VIRAL ONCE AGAIN. 
@evoke.foundation #evoketheconversation #evokechange #evoke #blm #picoftheday 
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TIME TO MAKE THIS MESSAGE GO VIRAL ONCE AGAIN.
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WOW! Los Angeles! You showed up!! Everybody follow @blmlosangeles & @docmellymel.
#laproud #evoketheconversation #evokechange #evoke

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WOW! Los Angeles! You showed up!! Everybody follow @blmlosangeles & @docmellymel.
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🔥After protestors tore down the statue of Edward Colston, they tossed it in the harbor where it belongs. ⁣
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Edward Colston was a monster who bought, sold, and traded Africans, human beings, and forced them into slavery until they died. Nobody who did this should be honored. It was/is terrorism. Now. Then. ⁣
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He never should’ve had a statue. ⁣
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I’m proud of the activists and organizers in Bristol, in the United Kingdom, who tore this down. ⁣
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TEAR THEM ALL DOWN. Everywhere. ⁣
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I support this.

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🔥After protestors tore down the statue of Edward Colston, they tossed it in the harbor where it belongs. ⁣

Edward Colston was a monster who bought, sold, and traded Africans, human beings, and forced them into slavery until they died. Nobody who did this should be honored. It was/is terrorism. Now. Then. ⁣

He never should’ve had a statue. ⁣

I’m proud of the activists and organizers in Bristol, in the United Kingdom, who tore this down. ⁣

TEAR THEM ALL DOWN. Everywhere. ⁣

I support this.
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British Police show how being a public servant works by allowing freedom of speech to voice what the country believes in. 
Black Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.

Demonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.
Thanks you BBC for share this moment of history. 
#evoketheconversation #evokechange #evoke

British Police show how being a public servant works by allowing freedom of speech to voice what the country believes in.
Black Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.

Demonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street before pushing it into Bristol Harbour.
Thanks you BBC for share this moment of history.
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WE ARE ONE VOICE. The pigments in our skin does not make us any different from one another. But yet it has been used for centuries to separate and divide us. #weareonevoice @bluemicrophones #bluemicrophones #love #suppression #evokechange #evoketheconversation  #evoke #blm 
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WE ARE ONE VOICE. The pigments in our skin does not make us any different from one another. But yet it has been used for centuries to separate and divide us. #weareonevoice @bluemicrophones #bluemicrophones #love #suppression #evokechange #evoketheconversation #evoke #blm
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City workers and volunteers painted the words Black Lives Matter in enormous bright yellow letters on the street leading to the White House, a highly visible sign of the District of Columbia's embrace of a protest movement that has put it at odds with President Donald Trump.⁣
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser tweeted aerial video of the mural shortly after it was completed today. The letters and an image of the city's flag stretch across 16th Street for two blocks, ending just before the church where Trump staged a photo-op after federal officers forcibly cleared a peaceful demonstration to make way for the president and his entourage.⁣
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“The section of 16th street in front of the White House is now officially ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza,’” Bowser tweeted. A sign was put up to mark the change.⁣
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The White House had no comment.⁣
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The local chapter of Black Lives Matter did not support painting of the street and took a swipe at Bowser. “This is performative and a distraction from her active counter organizing to our demands to decrease the police budget and invest in the community,” it said on Twitter.⁣
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📷 Getty and @smahaskey/Politico
#progress #evokeprogress #evokechange #evoketheconversation #evokeblm

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City workers and volunteers painted the words Black Lives Matter in enormous bright yellow letters on the street leading to the White House, a highly visible sign of the District of Columbia's embrace of a protest movement that has put it at odds with President Donald Trump.⁣

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser tweeted aerial video of the mural shortly after it was completed today. The letters and an image of the city's flag stretch across 16th Street for two blocks, ending just before the church where Trump staged a photo-op after federal officers forcibly cleared a peaceful demonstration to make way for the president and his entourage.⁣

“The section of 16th street in front of the White House is now officially ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza,’” Bowser tweeted. A sign was put up to mark the change.⁣

The White House had no comment.⁣

The local chapter of Black Lives Matter did not support painting of the street and took a swipe at Bowser. “This is performative and a distraction from her active counter organizing to our demands to decrease the police budget and invest in the community,” it said on Twitter.⁣

📷 Getty and @smahaskey/Politico
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One day, instead of showing videos of dogs biting people in the 1960s, they are going to show this video, and all of the other videos we have shared, of American police beating and battering and shooting and choking its citizens this summer. ⁣
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No this is not a third world country, or a War scene this was 3 days ago in Philadelphia Police shot tear gas and Rubber Bullets at a Peaceful crowd as the Ran for their lives!! Its said that some may have died as a Result of this attack!! The crazy part of this footage is I was watching CNN and the were showing people hoping the fence screaming and crying saying the police met them marching on the highway and immediately dispersed tear gas and it was hundreds of people running in terror, now to see this is what they had to face is Disgusting..Truly disgusting.. #🙏🏽 #NOJUSTICENOPEACE
#evoketheconversation #evokechange

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One day, instead of showing videos of dogs biting people in the 1960s, they are going to show this video, and all of the other videos we have shared, of American police beating and battering and shooting and choking its citizens this summer. ⁣


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No this is not a third world country, or a War scene this was 3 days ago in Philadelphia Police shot tear gas and Rubber Bullets at a Peaceful crowd as the Ran for their lives!! Its said that some may have died as a Result of this attack!! The crazy part of this footage is I was watching CNN and the were showing people hoping the fence screaming and crying saying the police met them marching on the highway and immediately dispersed tear gas and it was hundreds of people running in terror, now to see this is what they had to face is Disgusting..Truly disgusting.. #🙏🏽 #NOJUSTICENOPEACE
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🤬🤬🤬 This is the Indianapolis Police. ⁣
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Watch, as the officer gropes the breast of the protestor, she THEN, understandably pulls away.⁣
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Police then beat her and unload their weapons on her. ⁣
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It’s one of the single worst things I’ve seen during this entire moment we are in. ⁣
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I need the names of every officer here please. ⁣
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And follow @GrassrootsLaw. We are tracking all of these cases. And will make sure every officer is held accountable. Let’s be ANGRY and ORGANIZED. Join our team by clicking the link in my bio right now. We need you on board.
#evoketheconversation #evokechange #evoke #nypdfinest

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🤬🤬🤬 This is the Indianapolis Police. ⁣

Watch, as the officer gropes the breast of the protestor, she THEN, understandably pulls away.⁣

Police then beat her and unload their weapons on her. ⁣

It’s one of the single worst things I’ve seen during this entire moment we are in. ⁣

I need the names of every officer here please. ⁣

And follow @GrassrootsLaw. We are tracking all of these cases. And will make sure every officer is held accountable. Let’s be ANGRY and ORGANIZED. Join our team by clicking the link in my bio right now. We need you on board.
#evoketheconversation #evokechange #evoke #nypdfinest
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🤬🤬🤬 Look at what the damn Buffalo, New York Police Department (@buffalo_police_dept) did to this man!!!⁣
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He’s a Senior Citizen. They shoved the hell out of him and busted his head wide open. ⁣He’s bleeding out and they just look at him like they don’t give a shit. Because they don’t. ⁣
Again, THIS IS CRIMINAL ASSAULT. ⁣
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Please, please tell me their names and badge numbers. ⁣
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I also want to acknowledge that many good hearted white people are out here putting their bodies on the line. We see you. ⁣
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Please follow @GrassrootsLaw RIGHT NOW. ⁣
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Then sign up to VOLUNTEER WITH US, right now. ⁣
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Go to GrassrootsLaw.org or click the link in my bio.
#evoketheconversation #evokechange #evoke #nypdfinest #nypdprotecting #nypdrecruit #nypdstrong #nypddetective #newyorkmayorsoffice

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🤬🤬🤬 Look at what the damn Buffalo, New York Police Department (@buffalo_police_dept) did to this man!!!⁣

He’s a Senior Citizen. They shoved the hell out of him and busted his head wide open. ⁣He’s bleeding out and they just look at him like they don’t give a shit. Because they don’t. ⁣
Again, THIS IS CRIMINAL ASSAULT. ⁣

Please, please tell me their names and badge numbers. ⁣

I also want to acknowledge that many good hearted white people are out here putting their bodies on the line. We see you. ⁣

Please follow @GrassrootsLaw RIGHT NOW. ⁣

Then sign up to VOLUNTEER WITH US, right now. ⁣

Go to GrassrootsLaw.org or click the link in my bio.
#evoketheconversation #evokechange #evoke #nypdfinest #nypdprotecting #nypdrecruit #nypdstrong #nypddetective #newyorkmayorsoffice
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🤬🤬🤬 Where is this? I am told it is Philly. Please confirm for me and tell me the names and badge numbers of these officers. ⁣
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This summer has exposed America policing for the corrupt, violent, white supremacist collective it truly is. ⁣
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Please follow @GrassrootsLaw and click the link in my bio to volunteer with us. We’re tracking all of these cases and need your help.
#evoketheconversation #evokechange #evoke #policebrutality #blacklivesmatter

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🤬🤬🤬 Where is this? I am told it is Philly. Please confirm for me and tell me the names and badge numbers of these officers. ⁣

This summer has exposed America policing for the corrupt, violent, white supremacist collective it truly is. ⁣

Please follow @GrassrootsLaw and click the link in my bio to volunteer with us. We’re tracking all of these cases and need your help.
#evoketheconversation #evokechange #evoke #policebrutality #blacklivesmatter
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This is Erie, Pennsylvania. I need the name and badge number of this police officer. Now please.
#evoketheconversation #evokechange #evokethetruth #evoke #nomore

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This is Erie, Pennsylvania. I need the name and badge number of this police officer. Now please.
#evoketheconversation #evokechange #evokethetruth #evoke #nomore
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On this day, 31 May 1927, Fred Trump, the father of US president Donald Trump, was arrested at a rally of the Ku Klux Klan in Queens, New York. 
He was initially arrested for "refusing to disperse" along with six other people after the rally descended into disorder. The Long Island Daily Press reported that all seven arrestees were wearing Klan robes. 
After Donald Trump was endorsed by David Duke, the former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, Trump was questioned about his father's arrest. Donald claimed to journalist Jason Horowitz that "it never happened", despite it being reported in several newspapers. When Horowitz asked Trump if the address reported for his father in the newspapers, 175-24 Devonshire Rd, was accurate, Donald dismissed it as "totally false". However Fred Trump's wedding announcement in the Daily Press listed his address at 175-24 Devonshire Rd. 
Fred Trump was subjected to legal action by the Justice Department on multiple occasions for racist behaviour as a landlord, and one of his former tenants, folk singer Woody Guthrie once wrote in a song mentioning Trump: "I suppose / Old Man Trump knows / Just how much / Racial Hate / He stirred up".
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We have lots of other anniversaries today. For all of them each day, follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wrkclasshistory
#evokechange #evoketheconversation #evokethetruth #evoke

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On this day, 31 May 1927, Fred Trump, the father of US president Donald Trump, was arrested at a rally of the Ku Klux Klan in Queens, New York.
He was initially arrested for "refusing to disperse" along with six other people after the rally descended into disorder. The Long Island Daily Press reported that all seven arrestees were wearing Klan robes.
After Donald Trump was endorsed by David Duke, the former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, Trump was questioned about his father's arrest. Donald claimed to journalist Jason Horowitz that "it never happened", despite it being reported in several newspapers. When Horowitz asked Trump if the address reported for his father in the newspapers, 175-24 Devonshire Rd, was accurate, Donald dismissed it as "totally false". However Fred Trump's wedding announcement in the Daily Press listed his address at 175-24 Devonshire Rd.
Fred Trump was subjected to legal action by the Justice Department on multiple occasions for racist behaviour as a landlord, and one of his former tenants, folk singer Woody Guthrie once wrote in a song mentioning Trump: "I suppose / Old Man Trump knows / Just how much / Racial Hate / He stirred up".
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We have lots of other anniversaries today. For all of them each day, follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wrkclasshistory
#evokechange #evoketheconversation #evokethetruth #evoke
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Beautiful, organized, extended moment of silence in Minneapolis. These moments hardly make the news. ⁣
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Repost from my friend @mysonnenygeneral⁣
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#LiveFromTheFrontLine ... Minneapolis Protest .Moment of Silence For #GorgeFloyd #SayHisName

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Beautiful, organized, extended moment of silence in Minneapolis. These moments hardly make the news. ⁣

Repost from my friend @mysonnenygeneral⁣
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#LiveFromTheFrontLine ... Minneapolis Protest .Moment of Silence For #GorgeFloyd #SayHisName
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That’s an @NYPD cop TONIGHT, in Union Square, throwing up a white power sign. ⁣
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What’s his name and badge number?

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That’s an @NYPD cop TONIGHT, in Union Square, throwing up a white power sign. ⁣

What’s his name and badge number?
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Powerful. This iconic image, of a brave young Black woman taking a knee at the feet of a heavily armed police force, was taken yesterday in San Jose. ⁣
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Repost from photojournalist @daisugano⁣
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A protester takes a knee during a #SanJose protest on Friday after #GeorgeFloyd's death in #Minneapolis #GeorgeFloydprotest⁣
On assignment for @mercnews @ebtimes
#evoketheconversation #evokechange #evoke

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Powerful. This iconic image, of a brave young Black woman taking a knee at the feet of a heavily armed police force, was taken yesterday in San Jose. ⁣

Repost from photojournalist @daisugano⁣
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A protester takes a knee during a #SanJose protest on Friday after #GeorgeFloyd's death in #Minneapolis #GeorgeFloydprotest⁣
On assignment for @mercnews @ebtimes
#evoketheconversation #evokechange #evoke
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❤️You Know People Are Fed Up And Times Are Changing When The Amish Show Up To Protest. This made me smile so big. Thank you to these beautiful girls for standing up ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼✊🏻✊🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ #JUSTICEFORGEORGEFLOYD  #Blacklivesmatter #Georgefloyd #breonnataylor #ahmaudarbery #minnesota #Worldstar #tsr
#evoketheconversation #evokechange #evoke

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❤️You Know People Are Fed Up And Times Are Changing When The Amish Show Up To Protest. This made me smile so big. Thank you to these beautiful girls for standing up ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼✊🏻✊🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ #JUSTICEFORGEORGEFLOYD #Blacklivesmatter #Georgefloyd #breonnataylor #ahmaudarbery #minnesota #Worldstar #tsr
#evoketheconversation #evokechange #evoke
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NYPD driving into a crowd of protestors.  Would you find a firefighter doing this. Something has gone very wrong with the people we trust the most.  #evokechange #evoketheconversation #evoke #nypdstrong

NYPD driving into a crowd of protestors. Would you find a firefighter doing this. Something has gone very wrong with the people we trust the most. #evokechange #evoketheconversation #evoke #nypdstrong ...

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@evoke.foundation series LIFE IN QUARANTINE 
INTROSPECTIVE magazine presents. Inside the Bubble of Melvin Sokolsky

Sokolsky dreamed the impossible and helped revolutionize the art of fashion photography during the heady 1960s. At the time, this was a radical concept, and he pushed the idea to the limit in his groundbreaking 1963 “Bubble” series for Harper’s Bazaar, in which models donning elegant couture were suspended in a Plexiglas bubble over Paris. The series has now come to New York’s Staley-Wise Gallery as part of “The Paris Pictures.” On display through April 16, the show includes signed prints ranging from On the Seine, Paris, 1963, in which a fetching couture-clad model skims over the river in a bubble, to Sokolsky, Make Dalí Fly, Paris, 1965, a group of contact sheets showing Salvador Dalí visiting Sokolsky’s set in Paris. See the full article here http://www.1stdibs.com/introspective-magazine/melvin-sokolsky-at-staley-wise/#slideshow-sokolsky-bubble-images

#evokechange #evoke #socialchangemakers #socialchange #justabunchofhippies #picoftheday #betterworld #coronavirus #evoketheconversation

@evoke.foundation series LIFE IN QUARANTINE
INTROSPECTIVE magazine presents. Inside the Bubble of Melvin Sokolsky

Sokolsky dreamed the impossible and helped revolutionize the art of fashion photography during the heady 1960s. At the time, this was a radical concept, and he pushed the idea to the limit in his groundbreaking 1963 “Bubble” series for Harper’s Bazaar, in which models donning elegant couture were suspended in a Plexiglas bubble over Paris. The series has now come to New York’s Staley-Wise Gallery as part of “The Paris Pictures.” On display through April 16, the show includes signed prints ranging from On the Seine, Paris, 1963, in which a fetching couture-clad model skims over the river in a bubble, to Sokolsky, Make Dalí Fly, Paris, 1965, a group of contact sheets showing Salvador Dalí visiting Sokolsky’s set in Paris. See the full article here http://www.1stdibs.com/introspective-magazine/melvin-sokolsky-at-staley-wise/#slideshow-sokolsky-bubble-images

#evokechange #evoke #socialchangemakers #socialchange #justabunchofhippies #picoftheday #betterworld #coronavirus #evoketheconversation
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@evoke.foundation LIFE IN QUARANTINE series. 
People wait in cars on Thursday for the San Antonio Food Bank to begin food distribution. The need for emergency food aid has exploded in recent weeks.Photo: William Luther / Staff an AntonioExpress-News

Facing demands more than twice the normal size — feeding 120,000 per week instead of 58,000 — Cooper has said he fears the Food Bank could run through its inventory in less than a month.

Reacting to the photos, Rep. Ina Minjarez, D-San Antonio, and Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, quickly gathered Bexar County’s state legislative delegation for a video conference with Cooper. The delegation includes Zaffirini, one of the highest-ranking legislators in the Texas Senate, and Sen. Jose Menendez, D-San Antonio, who went personally to the Food Bank office. “I woke up this morning to speak to our senators and congressmen and City Council. Every elected official is on it,” Cooper said. “And they are like, ‘We saw the picture. We understand now. What can we be doing to help?’…The level of urgency and the need was captured (in those photographs).#coronalife #evoketheconversation #evoke #lifeinquarantine #foodbanks @sanantonioexpress

@evoke.foundation LIFE IN QUARANTINE series.
People wait in cars on Thursday for the San Antonio Food Bank to begin food distribution. The need for emergency food aid has exploded in recent weeks.Photo: William Luther / Staff an AntonioExpress-News

Facing demands more than twice the normal size — feeding 120,000 per week instead of 58,000 — Cooper has said he fears the Food Bank could run through its inventory in less than a month.

Reacting to the photos, Rep. Ina Minjarez, D-San Antonio, and Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, quickly gathered Bexar County’s state legislative delegation for a video conference with Cooper. The delegation includes Zaffirini, one of the highest-ranking legislators in the Texas Senate, and Sen. Jose Menendez, D-San Antonio, who went personally to the Food Bank office. “I woke up this morning to speak to our senators and congressmen and City Council. Every elected official is on it,” Cooper said. “And they are like, ‘We saw the picture. We understand now. What can we be doing to help?’…The level of urgency and the need was captured (in those photographs).#coronalife #evoketheconversation #evoke #lifeinquarantine #foodbanks @sanantonioexpress
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PLEASE FOLLOW US @evoke.foundation plays a supporting role to Not-for-Profit and organizations to help develop a voice and communicate their message creatively to the public. Evoke plays a role in our creative industry by collectively uniting and supporting creatives.

#intern # filmintern #documentary #creativejobs #
#evokechange #evoke #socialchangemakers #socialchange #justabunchofhippies #picoftheday #betterworld #coronavirus

PLEASE FOLLOW US @evoke.foundation plays a supporting role to Not-for-Profit and organizations to help develop a voice and communicate their message creatively to the public. Evoke plays a role in our creative industry by collectively uniting and supporting creatives.

#intern # filmintern #documentary #creativejobs #
#evokechange #evoke #socialchangemakers #socialchange #justabunchofhippies #picoftheday #betterworld #coronavirus
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Cory McAbee's 2001 release of "The American Astronaut". This is a low-budget sci-fi film like you have never seen. WILD……..The cover art is only a taste of the texture of what McAbee created. Love the risk taken to bring you to a place studio heads couldn’t see for the life of them, you need not judge for once and just take it in for what it is. Kind of Tom Waits of a film.  Have to find a way to show this in EVOKE.
@evoke.foundation  series LIFE IN QUARANTINE  #evoketheconversation 
#evokechange #evoke #socialchangemakers #socialchange #justabunchofhippies #picoftheday #betterworld #coronavirus

Cory McAbee's 2001 release of "The American Astronaut". This is a low-budget sci-fi film like you have never seen. WILD……..The cover art is only a taste of the texture of what McAbee created. Love the risk taken to bring you to a place studio heads couldn’t see for the life of them, you need not judge for once and just take it in for what it is. Kind of Tom Waits of a film. Have to find a way to show this in EVOKE.
@evoke.foundation series LIFE IN QUARANTINE #evoketheconversation
#evokechange #evoke #socialchangemakers #socialchange #justabunchofhippies #picoftheday #betterworld #coronavirus
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@azwinandy Azwin Andy, drummer for the band Estranged A commissioned job by the client Junk Magazine, August 2008 The article was on toilet habits. It helps to have complete creative freedom. This photograph was featured on Spotlight Seven ©2008 Vignes Balasingam
From @evoke.foundation  series LIFE IN QUARANTINE #evoketheconversation #evokechange #evoke #socialchangemakers #socialchange #justabunchofhippies #picoftheday #betterworld #coronavirus

@azwinandy Azwin Andy, drummer for the band Estranged A commissioned job by the client Junk Magazine, August 2008 The article was on toilet habits. It helps to have complete creative freedom. This photograph was featured on Spotlight Seven ©2008 Vignes Balasingam
From @evoke.foundation series LIFE IN QUARANTINE #evoketheconversation #evokechange #evoke #socialchangemakers #socialchange #justabunchofhippies #picoftheday #betterworld #coronavirus
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LIFE IN QUARANTINE an @evoke.foundation series. Open for your submissions. Please action and credit the photo or art. 
#evoketheconversation 
Impressive cover art by Walter Molino 1962. 
#evokechange #evoke #socialchangemakers #socialchange #justabunchofhippies #picoftheday #betterworld #coronavirus

LIFE IN QUARANTINE an @evoke.foundation series. Open for your submissions. Please action and credit the photo or art.
#evoketheconversation
Impressive cover art by Walter Molino 1962.
#evokechange #evoke #socialchangemakers #socialchange #justabunchofhippies #picoftheday #betterworld #coronavirus
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