MLK day Twitter campaign (Jan 17th 2022)
DrMLKJr “You can kill the dreamer, but you can’t kill the dream.” Abiy’s gov’t imprisoned & killed 1000s of Oromos but can’t kill #Oromo dream of freedom, equality & justice. #MLKJrspeaks4me @TheBlackCaucus @AsstSecStateAF @HouseForeign @SFRCdems @AP_Africa @CNNAfrica Click To Tweet DrMLKJr “Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.” #Oromo struggle for justice won’t be in vain.Change is gonna come. #MLKJrspeaks4me @TheBlackCaucus @AsstSecStateAF @HouseForeign @SFRCdems @AP_Africa @CNNAfrica Click To Tweet DrMLKJr said Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Oromo youth have been unjustly imprisoned & killed by Ethiopian security forces #MLKJrspeaks4me @TheBlackCaucus @AsstSecStateAF @HouseForeign @SFRCdems @USAmbUN @AP_Africa @CNNAfrica… Click To Tweet DrMLKJr“Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles.”#Oromos are killed, jailed, & displaced from their homes. Despite obstacles, the struggle will continue #MLKJrspeaks4me @TheBlackCaucus @AsstSecStateAF @HouseForeign @SFRCdems @AP_Africa @CNNAfrica Click To Tweet DrMLKJr “Every nation must now develop an overriding loyalty to mankind as a whole in order to preserve the best in their individual societies” Targeting #Oromos must stop in Ethiopia #MLKJrspeaks4me @TheBlackCaucus @AsstSecStateAF @HouseForeign @SFRCdems @AP_Africa @CNNAfrica Click To Tweet DrMLKJr “The time is always right to do what is right”. Abiy’s gov’t must free #Oromo leaders, journalists & 1000s of other Oromos NOW to bring peace to Ethiopia. #MLKJrspeaks4me @TheBlackCaucus @AsstSecStateAF @HouseForeign @SFRCdems @AP_Africa @CNNAfrica @CPJAfrica Click To Tweet DrMLKJr “We seek a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.” Peace in Ethiopia can’t come without including the voices of over 60 million #Oromos #MLKJrspeaks4me @TheBlackCaucus @AsstSecStateAF @HouseForeign @SFRCdems @AP_Africa @CNNAfrica Click To Tweet Oromos Jawar & Dawud were falsely accused by Abiy’s gov’t for their high profiles. Dr.MLKJr. was sentenced to 6 mos. hard labor for his high profile. #MLKJrspeaks4me @TheBlackCaucus @AsstSecStateAF @HouseForeign @SFRCdems @AP_Africa @CNNAfrica… Click To Tweet Journalists displayed the Civil Rights Movement led by Dr. King. But journalists are imprisoned by the Ethiopian regime to hide the truth. #MLKJrspeaks4me @TheBlackCaucus @AsstSecStateAF @HouseForeign @SFRCdems @AP_Africa @CNNAfrica… Click To Tweet Abiy dismissed years of African American subjugation as “complaining” yet calls upon those same people to support him #MLKJrspeaks4me @TheBlackCaucus @AsstSecStateAF @HouseForeign @SFRCdems @AP_Africa @CNNAfrica @CPJAfrica… Click To Tweet Abiy blames African Americans for their victimization & legitimizes crimes against #Oromos & others. Dr. King advocated for them. #MLKJrspeaks4me @TheBlackCaucus @AsstSecStateAF @HouseForeign @SFRCdems @AP_Africa @CNNAfrica… Click To Tweet Release of political prisoners is welcome. However, they were illegally imprisoned in the first place. Free ALL #Oromo leaders & 1000s of Oromo political prisoners NOW! #MLKJrspeaks4me @TheBlackCaucus @AsstSecStateAF @HouseForeign @SFRCdems @AP_Africa @CNNAfrica @CPJAfrica Click To Tweet Just as the African American Civil Rights Movement created great changes in USA, #Oromo protests in 2014-2018 created major changes in Ethiopia. Oromo youth are a force for change! #MLKJrspeaks4me @TheBlackCaucus @AsstSecStateAF @HouseForeign @SFRCdems @AP_Africa @CNNAfrica Click To Tweet #Oromo people now push for democracy & human rights as Dr.MLKJr. & the Civil Rights Movement did in the USA. Oppression of the Oromo people must end!#MLKJrspeaks4me @TheBlackCaucus @AsstSecStateAF @HouseForeign @SFRCdems @USAmbUN @AP_Africa @CNNAfrica @CPJAfrica Click To Tweet #Oromos are the numerical majority but economic, social, & political minority.They have been marginalized from their ancestral land & deprived of their resources. #MLKJrspeaks4me @TheBlackCaucus @AsstSecStateAF @HouseForeign @SFRCdems @AP_Africa @CNNAfrica @CPJAfrica Click To Tweet Dr.MLKJr. spoke out in 1967 against an unjustifiable war. His words apply to the #Ethiopia|n civil war against #Oromos & #Tigrayans & others.#MLKJrspeaks4me @TheBlackCaucus @AsstSecStateAF @HouseForeign @SFRCdems @AP_Africa @CNNAfrica… Click To Tweet Oromo people seek justice & know what justice looks like. Dr.MLKJr. stated “there can be no peace without justice & no justice, without peace.” Oromo voices must be heard. #MLKJrspeaks4me @TheBlackCaucus @AsstSecStateAF @HouseForeign @SFRCdems @AP_Africa @CNNAfrica Click To Tweet #Oromos are resisting the same kind of hatred & disenfranchisement Dr.MLKJr. & Civil Rights Movement fought. His words apply equally to the Oromo struggle for human rights. #MLKJrspeaks4me @TheBlackCaucus @AsstSecStateAF @HouseForeign @SFRCdems @AP_Africa @CNNAfrica Click To Tweet