Compassionate Resistance for 4/28/17

This post is part of my “Compassionate Resistance” series, a regular roundup of stories of local resistance from across America. This series was inspired by and is part of Powerful Resistance, a grassroots project to counter the injustice of the current administration by promoting positive stories of justice and compassion.

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• Black People Are Not 'Living in Hell' (The New York Times): "Contrary to Donald Trump’s indiscriminate portrayal of African-Americans as 'living in hell,' the black upper middle class is ascending the economic ladder at a faster rate than its white counterpart."
• Local Mayors: By Sessions's Definition, There Might Not Actually Be Sanctuary Cities (The Washington Post): "They said their cities comply with the law, and they were unaware of any places that didn’t."
• Harnessing the Progressive Tide (Smokey Mountain News): "Starting a movement isn’t easy. At 23 and fresh out of college, White should be starting a career. Instead, she spends most of her week as an unpaid activist and organizer."
• Reverend Resistance (Esquire): "You never march without a map. You don't just start protesting. You don't just start having civil disobedience…What is the moral imperative and the moral direction, and what is the moral imagination?"
• New York’s City Council Seeks to Bolster ‘Sanctuary City’ Status (The New York Times): "I think it’s helping make the wall between the Trump administration and New York City a little thicker. It gives more tools to New York City to push back and stop enforcements as much as possible."
• Donald Trump Has Made Me Feel More American (It's Not What He Intended) (Slate): "…For what feels like the first time since 9/11, Muslim rights in America are being treated by the public like a civil rights issue and not a national security one. And that sense of inclusion might be our best weapon in preventing the homegrown terrorism we are so warned about."
• Maxine Waters: ‘92 L.A. Rebellion Was A ‘Defining Moment’ For Black Resistance (Huffington Post): "Fighting for her community gained Waters national attention and it became a turning point in her career. But, according to her, one of the biggest impacts the rebellion had was on black resistance to injustice."
• A Message for Activists After Trump's First 100 Days: Resistance Is Supposed to Be Fun (Quartz Media): "When I think about the joy of being an activist, I recall anarchist and feminist activist Emma Goldman’s brilliant critique of the dour left, famously paraphrased in the 1970s slogan, 'If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.'"
• Lawyers Head to Boston High School to Give Students a 'Know Your Rights' Day (Metro): "The organization has trained nearly 300 attorneys on how to give the presentation, which includes information on one’s rights under the Constitution, the executive orders enacted by Trump, what a warrant looks like and how to prepare in case you or your family are arrested due to your immigration status."
• People Have Been Prank-Calling Trump's Anti-Immigrant Hotline in Glorious Ways (Upworthy): "He told the operator that he'd been abducted and taken to a UFO. 'I heard them give a long sigh,' he says. 'And they closed out the conversation saying that they'd make a note of it.'"

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