Photography Mark Peckmezian, Styling Emma WymanPoliticsNewsChelsea Manning shares her first message since being released from jailThe whistleblower and activist is practising social distancing and distributing equipment to those in need during coronavirusShareLink copied ✔️April 22, 2020PoliticsNewsTextThom Waite Chelsea Manning is back in New York city, according to a Twitter post shared April 21, the first since a judge ordered her release from a Virginia jail in March following a reported suicide attempt. In the social media post, the whistleblower and campaigner is seen wearing a facemask, and writes: “doing what i can to help collect & distribute PPE to some of those most in need.” Like pretty much everyone else, she has also “been staying safe inside a lot” during the coronavirus pandemic. “Thankful for all your wonderful love and support!” she adds. “We will get through this together.” Manning has previously thanked her supporters after being freed from a stint in prison back in 2019. “An incredible spring of solidarity and love has boiled over,” she wrote at the time, in response to messages of gratitude and encouragement from friends and allies. Manning’s release in March 2020 came despite her ongoing refusal to testify to a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks. Critics of grand juries claim that they are “open to dishonesty due their inherent secrecy” and often lead to unjust indictments. Read Manning’s message in the tweet below. hi all - been staying safe inside a lot 🏠 doing what i can to help collect & distribute PPE to some of those most in need 🚫🦠 thankful for all your wonderful love and support! we will get through this together 😷🌈💕 #WeGotThispic.twitter.com/GOQCya7BJ9— Chelsea E. Manning (@xychelsea) April 21, 2020Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE‘No more DOGE’: New York’s Tesla protesters send a message to MuskHow the US election is dividing young leftistsFashion is filthier than ever at the Barbican’s Dirty LooksThe best memes about Donald Trump’s guilty verdict The Tories are trying to stop young people from voting VanmoofWhat went down at Dazed and VanMoof’s joyride around BerlinClimate Crisis: Why migrant justice is now more important than everWhy this UAL grad wants her tuition fees refundedUK university students now can’t afford to eatWatch out, people who use drugs: Priti Patel wants to steal your passportWhat would happen if we all just stopped paying our bills?‘It’s apocalyptic’: young climate activists on the UK heatwave