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Joined March 2010
#teamtanisha I'm proud to support Tanisha Sullivan for Secretary of State. Tanisha fans, I recommend taking your yard sign with you. This morning in Stockbridge. @tanisha4MA
Way to go NJ. One way to support #DrivingMAForward, spread the word about Songs for the Open Road: A Concert to Drive Immigration Reform. tinyurl.com/3zm6h7d2
I am also feeling grateful! One way to show it and support #driverslicenses, spread the word about Songs for the Open Road: A Concert to Drive Immigration Reform.tinyurl.com/3zm6h7d2
Bless the immigrants who moved to MA in the past 10 years. No seat lost in the #2020Census. #mapoli, thank the immigrants who have come to call MA home by passing the #SafeCommunitiesAct & #DriversLicenses for undocumented residents. #apportionment
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bostonglobe.com/2020/10/25/o… via @BostonGlobe So much to agree with: if we were to change our notion of intelligence, we might see a day when we value human qualities other than analytical intelligence — qualities like compassion, honesty, courage, and common sense.
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deBoer says the “... the stakes of not doing well are so high ... In the US, if you fail at school, you’re going to struggle to find stability and security in adulthood. The system has created many more ways to be a loser than to be a winner.” We new ways to think about "smart".
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No surprise, wildlife deaths from pandemic disinfectant. Use alarm scientists via @natgeo nationalgeographic.com/anima… #parkscience, any ideas how to start conversations in parks about effects of disinfectants, including hand sanitizers and such, on wildlife?
Connecting issues--traffic stops have unreasonably high stakes for essential workers-- While tackling police reform, don’t ignore crucial bills on immigrant rights - CommonWealth Magazine commonwealthmagazine.org/cri…
Immigrants are camped at the State House, calling for legislation on police reform to include driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants. #licensesforall @TomJawetz @NikaElugardo remind @CharlieBakerMA and Safety Sec. Turco: essential workers need safe transit options.
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I am delighted--no leaf blowers or lawn mowers at the moment. I hear the leaves blowing in the wind and the low hum of neighbors' AC. In a Disney movie, we could hear the snails and slugs eating leaves & carpenter ants eating the deck. #WLD does anyone have such a recording?
Counting down to World Listening Day, Saturday July 18. Share your plans and/or the sounds of your neighborhood. #WLD worldlisteningproject.org/
To defeat the coronavirus, America needs immigrants bostonglobe.com/2020/03/28/o… @charliebakerMA we need support for DACA workers and The Work and Family Mobility Act so immigrants and the rest of us on the road can navigate to and from jobs that deliver needed services safely.
This interview explores the connections between harmless-seeming personality quizzes on Facebook, manipulative disinformation campaigns by Bannon, & Russian oil CEOs that influenced the outcome of the 2016 election. It's not over. npr.org/2019/10/08/768216311…
#freecycle 22Roseway street Jamaica plain. Nice wood table.
‘This is about the preservation of our humanity.’ — Rep @AyannaPressley raised her voice for the detained ‘abuelas, madres, and tias’ while decrying protesters’ hate outside this immigrant detention center
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Who know what contributions asylum seekers and their offspring will make. Medicine, film, and community life have all be changed by those granted asylum. I feel the impact at so many levels: preventable misery, lost lives, and the cultural losses are incalculable.
My name is Regina Blumenstein. 80 years ago today I sought asylum at the US border and was turned away. I was murdered in Auschwitz.