Summer Fest 2025 💥 #Boston
✨What an honor to lead a HIIT class at the 4th Annual Heatwave D4 Summer Fest in my home neighborhood of Dorchester. It was a full celebration of movement, #music, and #community resilience.
❤️The highlight for me? Having my mother, Millie, join the festivities. Her presence was a powerful reminder that this work is generational.
📣Huge thanks to Councilor Brian Worrell, The Hoop Collaborative, and everyone who made this day possible.
📣 Rest is Rust. Motion is Lotion.
💪🏾My SPARTA Strength Class at the Malden Senior Center lives by this motto! Just look at these smiles. With ages from 65 to 97, we are a diverse community of all backgrounds and abilities. We don't just lift weights—we lift each other up.✨
#StrongerTogether #HealthEquity#SeniorFitness#Aging#Diversity #quote#Accessibility#Fitness#Inspiration#Community#America #northshorema #boston #fun #exercise #photography
"Venture capitalists have a thing they like to say. "We don't invest in ideas. We invest in people." That's true in a couple of ways. Let's get the funny one out of the way: they don't invest in ideas. Check. They invest in people. Specifically, they invest in people who look like they do, because today's venture capitalist was yesterday's startup founder and vice versa. They might as well be saying "we're both investing in our younger selves, and reinvesting in the idea that we've earned our place by perpetuating the idea that the next wave of us will come from the same pool.""
— Mike Monteiro: Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It, p. 110
"Venture capitalists have a thing they like to say. "We don't invest in ideas. We invest in people." That's true in a couple of ways. Let's get the funny one out of the way: they don't invest in ideas. Check. They invest in people. Specifically, they invest in people who look like they do, because today's venture capitalist was yesterday's startup founder and vice versa. They might as well be saying "we're both investing in our younger selves, and reinvesting in the idea that we've earned our place by perpetuating the idea that the next wave of us will come from the same pool.""
— Mike Monteiro: Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It, p. 110
Happy Saturday.
Looking at all the wonderful servers in this glorious fediverse.
There are such incredible numbers in such insatiable variety and complexity.
Our fediverse is a multiverse of verses.
Love diversity in everything, everywhere, all the time! 🙂 
Starting with the repealing of all #DEI policies & specifically attacking #programs & #spaces on #campus meant to promote #diversity, the administration is trying to limit the ability of #nonwhite & #LGBTQ #students to express themselves or feel welcome on campus.
#Politics#Democrats#Republicans#Liberals#Conservatives#Vote#Election#DemocraticParty#RepublicanParty#DonaldTrump#Trump #JDVance#JoeBiden#Biden#KamalaHarris#TimWalz#Democracy#USA#Musk#Fascism#Fascist#KY#Kentucky
Happy Saturday.
Looking at all the wonderful servers in this glorious fediverse.
There are such incredible numbers in such insatiable variety and complexity.
Our fediverse is a multiverse of verses.
Love diversity in everything, everywhere, all the time! 🙂
Starting with the repealing of all #DEI policies & specifically attacking #programs & #spaces on #campus meant to promote #diversity, the administration is trying to limit the ability of #nonwhite & #LGBTQ #students to express themselves or feel welcome on campus.
#Politics#Democrats#Republicans#Liberals#Conservatives#Vote#Election#DemocraticParty#RepublicanParty#DonaldTrump#Trump #JDVance#JoeBiden#Biden#KamalaHarris#TimWalz#Democracy#USA#Musk#Fascism#Fascist#KY#Kentucky
📣Age Is Just a Number: Healthy #Aging in Action
💪🏾In my SPARTA Strength Class at the Malden Senior Center, members aged 65 to 97 are proving that chronological age doesn’t define their mental and physical capacity.
🎯They’re not just redefining #fitness —they’re reclaiming strength, mobility, and joy in movement.
#HealthEquity#Boston#Gym #health #community #inspiration #life #accessibility #wellness #fallprevention #fun #diversity
Women, non-whites, lgbtq people:
The dark matter of the universe.
Vera Rubin, the astronomer who pioneered research in Dark Matter (the new Vera Rubin Telescope was named after her)—they just altered her website to remove references to her work in bringing more diverse minds into the field.
So, she pioneered work in dark matter...and now a major tenet of her endeavor becomes...dark matter?
https://www.propublica.org/article/vera-rubin-astronomer-dei-trump
🇻🇳Ngon quá! That's Vietnamese for "So delicious!" 😋
Today was a perfect example of the wonderful community we have at the Malden Senior Center! Before my strength class, one of our Vietnamese members surprised me with homemade spring rolls and sauce. So grateful for this surprise treat! ✨
#food#Vietnamese#Culture #community #diversity #gratitude #immigrants #yum#America #northshorema #maldenma #vietnamesefood #seniorfitness
💪🏾#Community Building & #Health Equity in Dorchester!
📣I’m thrilled to announce I’ll be coaching an #inclusive HIIT class at the 4th annual D4 Heatwave Weekend in Dorchester – my home neighborhood in #Boston!
💥The #fun kicks off with a Movie Night on August 8th. Then, we’ll keep the vibes high on August 9th with a full day of family fun, #fitness, and community spirit.
➡️ Let’s spread the word! Please share this post and bring your friends and #family. All are welcome!
🗣️Thank you to Nate for having me on the Coach Vision #Podcast
To fellow coaches and #fitness pros: Our lived experiences aren’t just valid—they’re vital. They help us build inclusive spaces, challenge #racism and #misogyny, and drive #health equity in our industry and communities💪🏾
📣These conversations aren’t always easy—but they’re always necessary. And they’re worth it
▶️Full YouTube Episode: https://youtu.be/9RBVCyw6OTc?si=Kb3qvrKif_Tjpkh2
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🇺🇸Never forget: The Constitution cannot be selectively applied or disregarded when inconvenient. Rights aren’t reserved for the few—they’re guaranteed for all. History reminds us that when one group is dehumanized, others are never far behind.
Your voice matters. Don’t let silence win. Know your rights, and protect the rights of those you serve…
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👉🏽 As Coach Wilder puts it:
“The only way you can protect people is understanding that the Constitution has a role. And we have to rely on that. And we can’t cherry-pick it.”
#youth #racism #sports #fitness#Constitution #community #leadership #democracy #freedom#Boston#Harlem #immigration#Diversity #courage
⭐️Meet the rockstars from my SPARTA Strength Class at the Malden Senior Center! Here, age (65-97!), background, or ability don't define us. We don't just lift weights—we lift each other.
ALL are welcome, ALL are an #inspiration. This is what true strength looks like.💪🏾
#healthequity #seniorfitness #aging #diversity #accessibility #fitness #community#America#Boston
Community Building. Stronger Together💪🏾
Thank you to the rockstars ⭐️of my 8-week fitness series in Malden! I’m truly grateful for the opportunity to be part of your fitness journey.
You brought the energy, the effort, and the smiles every single week. I couldn’t be prouder of this crew. 🏆
#healthequity #fitness #teamwork#Inclusion #diversity #exercise #inspire #groupfitness #community #maldenma #northshorema #boston
After the Code of Conduct and the Mediation process, the Cooperative Development Guidelines now have a Governance Document that can be used by any Organization/Foundation/Collective/Community/Project that wants to have a governance based on participatory, equity and permacomputing/accessibility principles.
Its time for us to finally start building participatory digital commons, that are developed by the community and for the community and the Governance document is part 1 of doing just that. (Decision making and Structure will follow after this).
I am also excited to announce that @queerspark has also been listed as a collective that adopted pieces of the Cooperative Development Guidelines.
#xmpp #jabber #permacomputing #diversity #governance#DigitalCommons
After the Code of Conduct and the Mediation process, the Cooperative Development Guidelines now have a Governance Document that can be used by any Organization/Foundation/Collective/Community/Project that wants to have a governance based on participatory, equity and permacomputing/accessibility principles.
Its time for us to finally start building participatory digital commons, that are developed by the community and for the community and the Governance document is part 1 of doing just that. (Decision making and Structure will follow after this).
I am also excited to announce that @queerspark has also been listed as a collective that adopted pieces of the Cooperative Development Guidelines.
#xmpp #jabber #permacomputing #diversity #governance#DigitalCommons
💪🏽50 years young and still pulling my weight—literally.
➡️ This isn’t about showing off.
It’s about showing up.
For my health.
For my community.
Para mi comunidad.✨
#healthequity #patriotism #diversity #latino #community #fitness#America#Immigrants #unity#Boston#BostonFitness#Maldenma#Northshorema #coach #teamwork #quotes #outdoors
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