Jaison Oliver

@oJaison

Educator. Organizer. Engineer. Yalie. Blogger. Detroiter. Black. Imagining and creating a better world. He/Him

Houston, TX

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Joined June 2012

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Jaison Oliver
@oJaison
7h
There are so many possibilities opened up by proportionally small investments in community safety initiatives outside of policing and incarceration. I just want Houston's pools and libraries to be open at times people will use them!
MLive Detroit
@MLiveDetroit
7h
Detroit saw declines in homicides and youth violence this summer as city officials pointed to investments in policing, prevention and youth programming. mrf.lu/2rPx1
Jaison Oliver
@oJaison
Sep 30
Houston! There are a few discounted seats available for Sunday's Black history bus tour of Third Ward!
Third Ward Black History Bus Tour
From eventbrite.com
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Jaison Oliver
@oJaison
Sep 22
But some individuals absolutely CAN solve systemic problems. She may have overestimated her influence as a prestigious journalist in this situation but I think we underestimate how many problems we face collectively could be solved by a single person changing their stance.
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@GeauxGabrielle
Sep 20
This entire Nicole Hannah-Jones thing can be summed with: You cannot individually solve systemic problems.
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Jaison Oliver
@oJaison
Sep 22
Gonna share some moments from NHJ's first piece that inform my reading of this latest article. I appreciated how she laid out the debate between her and her husband. Their ultimate position was pretty clear.
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Jaison Oliver
@oJaison
Sep 21
The phrase "failing school" never sits right with me. Especially in a convoy like this. On one hand, I don't trust the metrics. On the other, we're talking about an individual child and there's never a guarantee that a school will be right or wrong for a specific child.
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