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Debra Styer Illustration

@debrastyer.bsky.social

Artist and Illustrator with a love of history, literature and a good ghost story. https://bio.site/debrastyer

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Debra Styer Illustration@debrastyer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Here's my portrait of Anti-fascist activist writer and Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel. "There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest " Elie Wiesel Just a reminder to find our voices and not be silent. #eliewiesel

My Illustrated portrait of Anti-fascist writer and Activist Elie Wiesel. Portrait by Debra Styer.
Debra Styer Illustration@debrastyer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In my attempt to understand the world today, I have been inspired by the voices of the past. Here's my portrait of French Philosopher, Mystic and Political Activist, Simone Weil (1909-1943). "Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling."

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Debra Styer Illustration@debrastyer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

New Writers Portrait...activist and philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906-1975). "The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions but to destroy the capacity to form any." I've decided to create a series of portraits that may help me understand the insanity of the world today.

Portrait of philosopher and activist, Hannah Arendt.
Mike Sakasegawa@sakeriver.com · 7mo ago

84 years ago today, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, ordering the removal and incarceration of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans, about two-thirds of whom were US citizens. The Day of Remembrance this year comes as we see DHS buying land and warehouses for more camps now.

February 19, 2026 INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL PERSONS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY As survivors and descendants of the mass removals, detention, deportation, and family separation targeting our community during WWII, we refuse to stand by idly while our friends and neighbors are violently disappeared, forcibly removed, mass incarcerated, and separated from family members. We decry the murders of community members and at least 37 people in ICE custody and enforcement in 2025. We reject false narratives that state violence is "unavoidable," a "justifiable military action," necessary for "national security"—the same arguments used as they forced our parents, grandparents, aunties, and uncles into U.S. concentration camps in 1942. On this Day of Remembrance, we call on Japanese Americans and all people who believe in "Never Again" to demand justice for those we have lost—on the streets and hidden away in ICE detention centers. To break this cycle of state violence. To rise up and resist, together. We bravely commit to being the allies our familes needed during WWII. STOP REPEATING HISTORY. #TsuruForSolidarity #FreeFamilies #FreeThemAll