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Terri E. Givens

@profterrig

Bad ass in poli-sci UBC, Vancouver and Menlo Park, CA. Immigration, race, far right politics. Author of Radical Empathy and Reckoning. French🇫🇷, German🇩🇪, Catsky 🐈 https://linktr.ee/terrigivens

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Dr. Terri Givens on Instagram: "Grateful to have joined L’Oréal Groupe Canada in Montréal to talk Reckoning, courageous leadership, and why hope is not optional. Thank you for having me." 17 likes, 1 comments - drterrigivens on February 25, 2026: "Grateful to have joined L’Oréal Groupe Canada in Montréal to talk Reckoning, courageous leadership, and why hope is not optional. Thank you ...

Had a great visit to L’Oreal Canada’s headquarters in Montreal as part of my #Reckoning book tour.
@policypress.bsky.social

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04.03.2026 05:15 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump, the Self-Declared Peace President, Goes to War Seeking Regime Change

“The bombardment of Iran on Saturday was the ninth time he had ordered the military into action in his second term, even as he has decapitated the government of Venezuela and threatened to overthrow Cuba’s dictator.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

02.03.2026 04:41 👍 84 🔁 27 💬 6 📌 3
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Judge blocks Trump admin from rescinding health grants to Democratic-led states The ruling temporarily blocks the Trump Administration from cutting $600 million in public health grants that had already been allocated to four Democratic-led states.

Unbelievable that we still talk about withholding HIV funding as a form of political maneuvering rather than an act of social murder, as if the 80’s + 90’s never happened and we didn’t lose an entire generation to this already.

16.02.2026 01:45 👍 2535 🔁 781 💬 16 📌 21
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#BlackHistoryMonth at UBC Political Science ended with an amazing set of talks by Keidrick Roy from Dartmouth University and Brie McLemore from University of Washington. Now I need a few days to rest!

28.02.2026 16:13 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Escape Academia panel. Great for grad students, instructors—any educators looking to leave higher ed.  Bit.ly/escapethetower

Escape Academia panel. Great for grad students, instructors—any educators looking to leave higher ed. Bit.ly/escapethetower

Happening tomorrow 2/25

24.02.2026 16:24 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Au revoir Montréal! Wonderful visit with friends and colleagues, thanks to those who were able to take time to connect.

23.02.2026 20:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Il fait froid! J’adore les murales de Montréal. The plateau is a unique neighborhood

21.02.2026 20:54 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Bonjour Montréal!

20.02.2026 15:10 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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And another new friend.
#catcanoe

18.02.2026 23:53 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

A new “Voice of America”?

18.02.2026 23:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Making a new friend 😊
#catcanoe

18.02.2026 23:34 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Fluevog Shoes - Terri Givens ‘Reckoning’ Book Signing at Fluevog Montréal Vieux-Port on February 20th Fluevog Montréal is excited to host a book signing event for author Terri Givens’ latest title, Reckoning: Creating Positive Change through Radical Empathy. Released this past October, her book focuse...

Hey folks in Montreal, join me on Friday!

www.fluevog.com/flueblog/ter...

18.02.2026 12:53 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

We came in with a full proposal, fully prepared to bargain, and they started off with a presentation of telling us how bad we were doing,” said UAW Local 2359 president and plant worker Robert Hines. “To go publicly on CNBC to support the Trump administration’s positive views …..

16.02.2026 23:10 👍 1249 🔁 519 💬 81 📌 36
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Reunited and it feels so good! #catcanoe

15.02.2026 16:20 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#CatCanoe

15.02.2026 16:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy Valentine’s Day from me and Dolce!

15.02.2026 06:13 👍 33 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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Lol…I always ask folks to guess who was born in Oakland and who was born in Spokane 😂

14.02.2026 03:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

And still polling well…last I heard in second place 😞

14.02.2026 02:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I heard the AFD will be there, to JD’s delight. Funny how nobody wanted to talk about the far right when I used to be a regular at the Brussels Forum.

13.02.2026 15:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.

12.02.2026 02:26 👍 15830 🔁 7768 💬 520 📌 299

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ right back atcha!

11.02.2026 06:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So gross…the whole thing makes me feel sick. There were many stories that passed through the UT Provost’s Office after I got there in 2006, so hard to get rid of folks like this but I didn’t hesitate when I became a provost.

11.02.2026 00:59 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Montreal folks! I'll be there Friday, February 20th!

To attend the noon event IN-PERSON, please reserve your space by SIGNING-UP HERE. forms.office.com/pages/respon...
L’Oréal Canada / 1500 Robert-Bourassa 6th Floor, Montréal

To attend VIRTUALLY, please dm me for the link.

10.02.2026 16:16 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a man with a fist in the air and the word someday behind him ALT: a man with a fist in the air and the word someday behind him

Lol…sigh.

08.02.2026 02:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A Brief Overview of Birthright Citizenship This is a draft copy of a new section to the updated edition of Terri Given’s and my book. …. While the Constitution gave Congress the power to decide naturalization policy, most immigration …

Since @jschrinerbriggs.bsky.social doesn't get into Birthright Citizenship, here's a draft I have for the updated edition of mine and @profterrig.bsky.social immigration text. Thought I had already posted it but whoops, nope. rachelnavarre.com/2026/02/07/a...

07.02.2026 21:24 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 1

Thanks for posting…and reminding me to work on that!

08.02.2026 00:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

05.02.2026 11:50 👍 32277 🔁 13861 💬 589 📌 1596

I just did that in class today.

04.02.2026 04:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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#BlackHistoryMonth - about the first Black doll I ever owned. I loved Barbie, but Mattel didn't produce a Black Barbie until 1980. Diahann Carroll played a nurse in the show Julia, another first. The doll that was made from that show was an important representation for so many young girls like me.

04.02.2026 01:17 👍 14 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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My generation grew up with a show that helped us see a beautiful image of our country…that’s why our hearts are breaking now. 💔

02.02.2026 18:26 👍 22 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1