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My memoir, REMEMBER, YOU ARE A WILEY, is out 9/17/24. The title is my grandmother’s command. Its meaning is what shaped me. Pre-Orders here: bit.ly/4bGtFGx
Maya Wiley
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Maya Wiley
@mayawiley
Prez & CEO @civilrightsorg. Former @msnbc. Ran 4 Mayor of NYC; IG @Maya4CivilRights @maya4rights.bsky.social RT ≠ endorsement. Views are mine. She/Her
Joined December 2009
- No. You’re married to a human being whose skin you do not wear by virtue of a marriage certificate and whose experiences you don’t get to use as an invisibility cloak!"I'm married to an Asian" -- Kellyanne Conway downplays White House official reportedly calling coronavirus "Kung-Flu" and Trump using the term "Chinese Virus"
00:00 - I'm on the move, and I'm running to be the next Mayor of New York City. Join me >> bit.ly/3iPxUnL
00:00 - College Counselor: “Anything you want me to know to help you think of colleges that might be a fit?” My daughter: “No open carry States!!”
- At a loooong #EarlyVoting polling site. “How long have you been waiting to vote.” Woman’s response: “4 YEARS!” ⚡️
- I have a word for Amy Coney Barrett and it is most definitely hostile.
- #nycprotests have not slowed any more than they have around the country because initial legislative reforms are frst steps...not big leaps. This is a movement, not a moment. #BlackLivesMatter
- Public Service Announcement: You can get up to 10 years in prison for threatening a federal law enforcement officer. Have a good day.
- Public Service Announcement: If you pull up to a library in a truck, take 11,000 library books, drive off and refuse to return them, that would be a crime. Don’t steal 11,000 library books. Have a nice day.
- My sweet Maxie today. May be her last with us. She got me through this hard year wagging her tail on my Zooms and curling up with me. The Sadness is deep. And the loss will be profound.
- Headed someplace to do something I’ve never done before...for the city I love. Hope you’ll join me on this journey!
- My dear lord. When we don’t see human beings as human beings, this is what happens.This is a horrific abuse of power. This officer must be held accountable. x.com/destiinoo_/sta…
