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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

5 months

let’s do this.

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

hey, that’s me!

Berkeleyside

@berkeleyside

2 years

@emraguso @JesseArreguin @benbartlettberk @RebeccaForBART A UC Berkeley student says those advocating for shorter buildings at Berkeley BART stations are not acknowledging Berkeley's legacy of displacement. She urges council to approve 12 stories. #berkmtg

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

imagine convincing yourself you own the street?? i hate it here

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@cecilialunap

1 year

the celebrity herself, la sombrita

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@cecilialunap

2 years

@TheOzarkansan @emo_garfield420 where… did you get any of this

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

1 year

“students are pollution” “students are too loud” okay but have you considered not living next to a large public university that’s been around since 1868?

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

5 months

i am so proud to be part of the c/o 2024❤️🎓

Juan Carlos Lara

@jc__lara

5 months

BREAKING: Massive protest is taking place at UC Berkeley’s graduation. Started with small groups of protestors holding Palestinian flags, but has quickly grown to hundreds. This section is just the protestors.

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

@TheOzarkansan @emo_garfield420 terrible and widely incorrect observation.

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

here’s berkeley, doing the meme.

cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

3 years

see below: every bay area suburb

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

11 months

:) @samgreeenberg

Safe Street Rebel

@SafeStreetRebel

11 months

happy halloween and omyaw ixatobor to all who celebrate shoutout to everyone who's dressing as cones/AVs 🫡

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 months

a $20 million bond for affordable housing in the bay area was pulled from the ballot because some anti-tax conservatives were prepared to outspend us. i’m heartbroken. this news is devastating for our communities.

Muhammad Tarek Alameldin

@Muhammad_Speaks

2 months

BAHFA not going to the ballot is depressing. What could have been...

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

5 months

Let me be so incredibly clear: I am unequivocally opposed to police aggression directed at nonviolent protesters, and I condemn the University’s actions in Southside today. I have made that clear to University administrators, as well as to City of Berkeley leadership.

Kavya Gupta

@kavyaguptta

5 months

@ayahaliahmad @cecilialunap “They said that it would be different that that would not happen again, that those were extraordinary circumstances. And less than six months later here we are again,” @cecilialunap said. “I am infuriated.”

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

@SoliAlpert @fidmart85 or queer, or Black

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

3 months

this is vile. this decision *is* a huge deal and *terrible* news — it will inevitably lead to cities worsening their criminalization of unhoused people. how does it feel to side with the fascists on the court, Supervisor Mandelman?

Rafael Mandelman

@RafaelMandelman

3 months

This decision is a big deal and good news for cities and counties in CA and throughout the 9th Circuit’s jurisdiction. Street homelessness is a complicated policy challenge, with a host of contributing factors.

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

10 months

one year with the most wonderful @samgreeenberg , let’s adventure forever together 💞💞

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

solidarity forever. ❤️✊

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

@ValerieRoss14 bro why on earth would one live in southside berkeley if their ideal is a quiet neighborhood??? preventing housing density in southside causes spillover effects, displacing or ***disturbing*** berkeley residents in other neighborhoods.

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

the public process continues to over-prioritize older, whiter, wealthier residents. how do you expect to get engagement from your young constituents when the system is designed to deliberately exclude them??

Sam Greenberg 🚲🌹🇵🇸✡️

@samgreeenberg

2 years

Reflecting on Tuesday's Berkeley City Council meeting when tons of people came to denounce disgusting police misconduct and got no chance to do so: delaying the item everyone is there to speak on for *four hours* just to table it makes it so much harder to engage students.

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

9 months

heyyy 👋

Cecilia Lunaparra

@CeciliaforBerk

9 months

At the urging of my community, I’m strongly considering for City Council! District 7 deserves a bold leader who fully listens to the needs of our community and continues the radical history of Berkeley’s Southside neighborhood.

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

freshmen learn how to ride the bus and stop calling it “the bart” challenge

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

<3

Alex

@alexsoto415

2 years

@SFBART I can’t imagine one person who would want to buy Bart merch 🙄 how bout you take the money you spend making merch and upgrade the infrastructure #bart #SanFrancisco #BayArea

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

6 months

i am unapologetically pro-palestine and pro-ceasefire. that does not, and should not, come in conflict with being unapologetically against antisemitism. we must always condemn bigotry. hate has no place in our movement for liberation. heckling holocaust survivors is never okay.

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

1 year

some thoughts of mine: i’m getting increasingly frustrated with the way people coat deeply reactionary positions and, more importantly, policies in fluffy “progressive” language (🧵). it looks and sounds great, uses inclusionary language, acknowledges historical injustice, (1/6)

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

he’s not kidding

Richie Floyd

@richiejfloyd

2 years

If you the house speaker debacle is interesting, you should check out your local city council

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

wearing my bike earrings this morning to remind you all to support bike lanes alllllll along hopkins ;) and support street safety with @WalkBikeBerk @NBerkeleyNow @telegraphforppl

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

this kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most american cities…

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

ban cars (parked in the bike lane).

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

1 year

happy 22nd birthday to the PATRIOT act 😔😮‍💨 for our shared birthday, we ask for you to please donate to the palestinian children’s relief fund (pcrf) for gazan medical relief: inshallah the pcrf will be able to enter gaza soon 🇵🇸

Donate now ❤️

The situation in Gaza is urgent, and it's one million children are suffering. The newest round of bombings there has left countless children needing immediate medical attention and basic necessities...

pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com

cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

yes, i share an exact birthday with the patriot act. happy 21st to one of the worst pieces of us legislation of the twenty first century!

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

1 year

we solved housing in berkeley @alfred_twu

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

@RepSwalwell bro oh my god

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

tfw canadian buses apologize to you 🥹🇨🇦

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

i personally think the best housing policy is the one where everyone shuts up on twitter

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

1 year

today was my last official day as @caldems president. it has been such an honor leading such an incredible organization, collaborating with such incredible people, and getting to do such incredible work. i am so deeply and incredibly grateful for all this org has given me.

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

@TheOzarkansan @emo_garfield420 bro you realize you’re going on nothing right. you have no real information to provide. 80% of my friends are 20 year old “woke POCs” and idk anyone who went to private school. which i know also doesn’t mean much because that’s … not … data

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

11 months

woohoo! super proud to be supporting the wonderful barnali ghosh for bart board also, i’m a huge fan of the lowercase logo

Barnali Ghosh

@berkeleywali

11 months

1/ I have some exciting news! I’m stepping into the political arena for a cause very close to my heart: I’m running for @SFBART Board of Directors, to represent riders who use the Berkeley, El Cerrito and Richmond stations 🚆 I’ve never seen myself as a politician, but…

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

3 years

see below: every bay area suburb

dan reed 🦀🏳️‍🌈🇬🇾👋🏾

@justupthepike

3 years

new yard sign just dropped

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

5 months

been waking up every day to figure out which one of my friends has been brutalized by their own universities. this is deeply traumatic. solidarity with UCLA students and solidarity with gaza. free palestine.

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

all yimbys look the same @samgreeenberg

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

1 year

Martinez Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

1 year

faye webster’s tenant’s rights organizer era

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

city i dislike: los angeles city i think is overrated: seattle city i like: chicago city i love: mexico city city i feel most myself in: sf/oakland city i still need to visit: philadelphia, boston city i dream of living in: vienna favorite city of all time: barcelona

Daniel Besinaiz

@cityplannerd

2 years

City I dislike: Dallas City I think is overrated: Denver City I like: Atlanta City I love: Minneapolis or New Orleans City I feel most myself in: Los Angeles City I still need to visit: New York City I dream of living in: Chicago or Madrid Favorite city of all time: Mexico City

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

i love it when drivers threaten to kill me (verbally and physically) while on a bike, this is definitely how streets should work

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

3 years

@The_Law_Boy is this “cancel culture”

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

1 year

get ready for a whole year of ‘no cars no cops’ shenanigans 😎🚌🏘️🐦

Telegraph for People

@telegraphforppl

1 year

Ladies and gentlemen and everyone in between, allow me to introduce TFP’s 2023-2024 President: Cecilia Lunaparra

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

“where do you keep getting so much transit themed crap” -my roommates

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

me teaching my friends to waste time on google maps like me 😁

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

🫣🫣

Cal Berkeley Democrats

@caldems

2 years

I 🫢HEARD👂IT 🙏WAS⏱️PRESIDENTS 🇺🇸DAY📆YESTERDAY??⬅️WELL😍THANK😎YOU👍FOR😉 YOUR 💡SERVICE💪MADAM📜PRESIDENT🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💙💙💙🙏🙏🙏 @cecilialunap

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

5 months

i am so happy to have worked on this at the very beginning with my two dear friends @mirvswerve @brandonyung1 . y’all rock so hard, i’m so proud.

Yes on FF

@BerkSafeStreets

5 months

Today, we officially submitted 3,876 signatures to the City Clerk, 1,000 over the minimum number to qualify. We are confident now that the Berkeley Safe Streets Campaign will qualify for the November ballot. We are proud to say we did this with volunteer signature gatherers!

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

some turkeys vibing on college avenue (2023, colorized)

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

feliz día de los muertos from a scrappy college apartment 💓💓

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

1 year

@RashiKesarwani the term “silent majority” is reminiscent of Nixon’s pro-Vietnam War and, later, Trump’s anti-BLM stances — both which served to oppose left leaning movements and stifle legitimate dissent. i’m with you on the homes at all income levels and street safety, but come on…

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

1 year

organizing this is definitely on my “top coolest things i’ve ever done” list

Mark Humbert

@MarkHumbert

1 year

Die-In on Hopkins for safe streets and an end to traffic violence! Thank you Telegraph for People and Walk Bike Berkeley!

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

1 year

for academics everywhere: if you mean the US and Canada, just SAY “the US and Canada”. don’t say “North America.”

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

NIMBY? did you mean enby?

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

@PeterRobicheaux i’m so down but this is a sfh residential street in burlingame, ca so that’s not happening. also this house literally has a garage already.

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

5 months

🥰🥰🥰

Jonah Gottlieb 🇵🇸✡️🌹

@JonahGottlieb

5 months

turns out you really can just elect your best friend to the city council 🤷🏻‍♂️

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

in the darkest of times, our community has found ways to embrace joy while working toward liberation. here’s to revolutionary love: today, tomorrow, and forevermore. happy pride everyone !!

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

1 year

now, they do again (post 9/11 style) *as long as you pretend its for progressive reasons*. as long as the police chief has a minority identity, as long as homeowners of color are asking for it, etc. etc. etc. you can screw over marginalized communities in any way you want. (5/6)

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

4 years

@atrupar i’m still stuck on him saying that the pandemic of “1917” ended WWII...

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

4 years

@realDonaldTrump “hereby claim” - you’re losing. you’re terrified.

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

6 months

please!! the campaign was run almost entirely by full-time students who need to pay rent 🫶💸

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

1 year

but is also super prevalent in housing, tenant justice, workers rights, safe infrastructure, etc. the woke-ification of landlord exploitation, car-centricity, and displacement mechanisms is incredibly painful, and i have very quickly lost my patience for it. (3/6)

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

i 💙 chicago & cta & lowercase letters

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@cecilialunap

2 years

twenty-one!!! 🫶💗 @samgreeenberg

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

1 year

berkeley! sunshower! ☀️🚿

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

1 year

😈😈

CalHDF 🌇⚖️

@housingdefense

1 year

At today's staff meeting, we welcomed Cecilia ( @cecilialunap ) Lunaparra to the team as our new Planning + Research Intern. I'm sure California cities and counties are just as excited as we are!! ✌🏽

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

1 year

i predict historians will look back at right now the way they do the 1970s (albeit extremely expedited due to many things, and on a smaller scale) — a reactionary response to revolutionary, counter-culture Black & queer-led movements — with an added rainbow backdrop. (6/6)

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

berkeley’s built different (derogatory)

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

1 year

even claims to address it — all while further entrenching systemic inequalities. i feel like i see this more than anything in policing (btw - no, advocating/voting for more resources for your local police department isn’t a progressive stance, no matter how you phrase it) (2/6)

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

4 months

‼️ 📣 Expanded Service hours for Berkeley’s Specialized Care Unit! 📣‼️ Residents can now call (510)948-0075 for mental health & substance-use related crises anytime during: • 24 hrs Sun-Weds • 6am-4pm Thurs-Sat Now to expanding the program 24/7 & creating a 3-digit number💪

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

my transportation class textbook has a formula to measure transportation accessibility??

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@cecilialunap

2 years

guy who looks for apartments built after 1978 for earthquake safety and before 1980 for rent control

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

yes i’m subtweeting the entire democratic party rn hi @JoeBiden @SpeakerPelosi

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

1 year

@sanpabloavenue “particular demographic” aka neurodivergent people

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

4 months

“to be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic, it is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.” -howard zinn

Layla 🪬

@itslaylas

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keep going back and forth between “everything is awful” and “a better world is possible”

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

9 months

this is what leadership looks like. thank you for listening to us @Kate4Berkeley i call on my councilmember @RigelRobinson and mayor @JesseArreguin to join CM harrison in asking for a commitment from the UC.

Kate Harrison

@KateHarrisonD4

9 months

Yesterday I wrote @UCBerkeley 's Chancellor Christ asking for her commitment that @UCPD_Cal & others follow @CityofBerkeley rules concerning use of “less-lethal” weapons & tactics—including but not limited to tear gas, pepper spray, smoke, LRAD, batons etc

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

tldr: our politicians are all just hoarders

The Associated Press

@AP

2 years

BREAKING: Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home, according to his attorney. Pence’s lawyer, Greg Jacob, told the National Archives in a letter last week.

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@cecilialunap

2 years

life is good

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@cecilialunap

2 years

as someone who spends an excessive amount of time trying to facilitate student engagement in local politics, i am so, so exhausted. we are working against the tide here, all of the time. y’all really do not make this easy.

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

1 year

i used to fall asleep on the back of my mom’s bike, sooooo 😎

Sam Greenberg 🚲🌹🇵🇸✡️

@samgreeenberg

1 year

speak for yourselves but I was already choosing sustainable modes of transportation

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

3 months

it is not a crime to be unhoused, and we should never be criminalizing people for *existing*. as local, county, state, and federal governments, the housing crisis is our fault. i unequivocally condemn this decision, and hope that my fellow local electeds will concur.

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

hanging on by a thread and by thread i mean my wired headphones

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

8 months

thankfully hearing that no one was physically hurt tonight. sheltering in place and hearing gunshots is traumatic nonetheless. i’m sending love to everyone who experienced this tonight. stay safe and take care of each other. ❤️

The Daily Californian

@dailycal

8 months

UPDATE: Bancroft Way is being cordoned off at College Avenue as police continue to search for suspects. At least one individual was handcuffed near the scene, according to eyewitnesses. Read the breaking story here:

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2 years

MIDnights 🫠

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@cecilialunap

2 years

let’s go brandon omg

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@cecilialunap

1 year

also denser student housing around campus = less students living in other neighborhoods!! less displacement of long-term residents, esp in rent controlled units!

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

my take is that the french should never win anything ever

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@cecilialunap

2 years

noon @ sproul!!!

Telegraph for People

@telegraphforppl

2 years

ANNOUNCING: RALLY TO BAN CARS ON TELEGRAPH BE THERE OR BE SQUARE

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

1 year

i got to combine my love for history and urban justice in one long twitter thread so go check it out and join tfp on hopkins tomorrow😁

Telegraph for People

@telegraphforppl

1 year

What is a die-in? Why is this an effective protest tactic? Let’s go through some history 🧵

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

5 months

Tonight we have another reminder that *we keep us safe*. Take care of each other and please reach out for any support❤️

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@cecilialunap

1 year

students thank bus operators challenge !!

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@cecilialunap

1 year

personally i’m a @contrerasforca fan

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@cecilialunap

1 year

@alex_lee @DianePapan as your constituent, i’m waiting for your aye vote.

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

i hate the french. they’re making me root for argentina? that’s demented.

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

5 months

These police departments threatened the use of tear gas and other violent crowd control methods. I personally witnessed and recorded a CHP officer, called in by UCPD, point a “less lethal” weapon at unarmed protesters’ faces. I took the video that this snapshot is from myself.

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cecilia lunaparra

@cecilialunap

2 years

@aldot29 i left my wallet on AC transit once and someone found it, emailed me, and gave it back fully intact. <3

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