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What away to spend #BlackHistoryMonth with #POTUS and Civil Rights legends.@Spelman2019 @SpelmanCollege
Quick question: outside of an actual DEI job with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the job description …. Why are we assuming other people are DEI hires?
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How did I get on the side of Twitter where we are encouraging a government shut down? Can someone please explain to me why it’s good to shut the government down? I can only think of why a gov shut down is the ABSOLUTE WORST thing to do….
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“It always felt like this was something I just needed to do,’’ said @MaryPatHector. “I knew that there was a sense of urgency, that we were like beating down the clock ‒ the same feeling that I feel right now.”
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@MaryPatHector, CEO of our 2019 grantee @RiseFreeOrg is featured in this @NYTimes article that examines the importance of debt relief on student loans, the election, and Black voters. Read more: l8r.it/szGe
Today we had a Rise University at ththe UNLV campus and were informed that an active shooter was outside. All of the attendees and @RiseFreeOrg are safe. I have never experienced something like today and hope that no other student will ever have too!
They won’t acknowledge their wrong doing or actions - only your response after the circumstance. TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY!
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Students are hungry to learn everywhere.
National data now put food insecurity in college at 22% and that means just under 4 million people are affected.
#RealCollege
For 5 years I petitioned @EdNCES to collect basic needs data.
They finally did in Fall 2020.
Results are being released 7/26/23
National estimates of food & housing insecurity - for the first time ever.
Huge moment for the #RealCollege movement!
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NEW POLL: Black women identify top issues ahead of 2024, issue a call to action trib.al/WSW6VUF
Waited over 24 hours for @edfinancial to call me back… only for me to answer on the first ring and them hang up.
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🧵 “…The King Center joins the hundreds of community leaders & organizers in Atlanta — including students, community advocates & environmental scientists — to insist that construction of the Public Safety Training Center be put to a democratic vote by residents of Atlanta.”
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What major life decisions did you make based on cancellation?
We are pursuing multiple strategies to force cancellation. Fill out this survey to help us explore one of them
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The Supreme Court is launching a series of all-out attacks on youth. We must depoliticize the Court in order to advance equity and justice.
Read our full statement with @nn4youth, @RiseFreeOrg, @genratify, @genzforchange, @sunrisemvmt, and @VotersTomorrow.
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We are so grateful to be in community with exceptional leaders like @MaryPatHector! Kudos to her for stepping into this new role at @RiseFreeOrg! We look forward to the magic they’ll create together. 🥳
Learn more about her on our blog: 👇
hope.temple.edu/newsroom/hop…
Latinx people represent the largest minority group in Austin. The University of Texas at Austin, does consider race in admissions but already has the second biggest gap for Latino students in the country.
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