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Leghorn21

(13,524 posts) Thu Jul 5, 2018, 04:14 PM Jul 2018

Video, Therese Okoumou, "I went as high as I could"

Michelle Obama, our beloved First Lady who I care so much
about said, 'When they go low, we go high,' and I went as high as I could,"
Therese Okoumou, woman who scaled the base of the Statue of Liberty
on July 4th, after pleading not guilty.

Link to tweet

Therese Okoumou just after being released on her own recognition a bit ago

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Video, Therese Okoumou, "I went as high as I could" (Original Post) Leghorn21 Jul 2018 OP

Another woman hero! lunatica Jul 2018 #1

Love it malaise Jul 2018 #2

she is going to be on TV... a lot. lapfog_1 Jul 2018 #3

I love this young lady Gothmog Jul 2018 #4

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

1. Another woman hero!

Reply to Leghorn21 (Original post)

Thu Jul 5, 2018, 04:20 PM

Jul 2018

Good for her. And another in a long line of Black women to add to our pantheon of brave women activists. Always stepping forward to do what most people fear doing!