Midwestern extrovert, social policy-wonk, and mom. Advocating for people to get what they need to live healthy & good lives. Everlasting gobstoppers 4eva.
Minneapolis
Joined April 2011
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For 2 years @SenRonLatz has been the barrier between low-income Minnesotans being able to access housing vouchers - leaving federal money on the table and MN's unhoused. I'm angry at the short-sided, unethical and fiscal irresponsibility of it all, and I want change. #mnleg
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Show your school spirit. Vote for your favorite District 196 Schools during the School Spirit Blitz April 22 – May 3! Winning schools will be “flocked” with “We Love our District 196 Teachers” signs at the start of Teacher Appreciation Week. Vote today! district196foundation.org/fl…
Vote for your FAVORITE @ISD196schools during the School Spirit Blitz happening from April 22nd – May 3rd. Winning schools will be “flocked” with “We Love our District 196 Teachers” signs at the start of Teacher Appreciation Week. Vote Today at @196Foundation!
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Single game MN Vikings tickets are available for 2 preseason games at U.S. Bank Stadium in August for $20; $5 of which is donated to The 196 Foundation.
Vikings vs Titans, Aug 19, 7pm
Vikings vs Cardinals, Aug 26, 12pm
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A simple solution to end poverty is now a nationwide movement for #guaranteedincome. Tonight “It’s Basic” kicked off a 50-city tour. Our story is a living testament to how direct cash payments to low-income families unlocks a world of potential. (1/2)
Nick and I got to see the Documentary Film “It’s Basic” tonight showcasing how providing families with no-strings-attached money positively impacts generations and communities. Thank you @MayorCarter @AthenaHollins @OmarFatehMN @moonearkr @laurazabel for your leadership!
We’re bringing Tribeca to Saint Paul tonight. Let’s roll tape! #guaranteedincomeworks
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We did it! Historic $1B investment in housing heads to the Governor for his signature! There are no words sufficient to describe my gratitude to my Senate partner @Lindsey_Port and our amazing housing advocates who relentlessly pushed for a solution as big as the problem. #mnleg
INCREDIBLE work everyone!
Huge thank you to chairs @Lindsey_Port & @mikehowardmn for making this historic investment housing possible!
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Good summary of our historic housing bill:
👨👩👦 innovative housing vouchers to stabilize families/blunt children’s homelessness
🔨 massive influx in resources to build new homes
🏡 new pathways to homeownership for first generation buyers
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The #mnleg approved a $1B housing bill this week that is headed to Gov. Tim Walz's desk. The deal falls short of some DFL legislators' and advocates' early spending goals, but many called it an important step toward meeting Minnesota's dire housing needs. startribune.com/rent-aid-hom…
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Other countries don’t experience gun violence at a rate anywhere close to what we are forced to endure.
This is not freedom. We are being held hostage by the gun industry and the lawmakers who cower to it.
Join the work in your community to #EndGunViolence: Text ACT to 644-33.
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Drag Shows don’t kill kids.
Books don’t kill kids.
Green m&m’s don’t kill kids.
Big Bird doesn’t kill kids.
AP courses, don’t kill kids.
Learning history, doesn’t kill kids.
Dolly Parton’s & Miley Cyrus rainbow song, doesn’t kill kids.
Fucking guns are the #1 killer of kids.
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Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond says if the top 1% of Americans paid the taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion each year.
"That is just about enough to pull everyone out of poverty," the author says. n.pr/42I9bK8
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"When we censor out most of the world in order to protect our own little version of it, we are creating a kind of hell." Penguins and Golden Calves
I've had the honor of helping lead a coalition of incredible people who have put forward a bill for a state Basic Income Program. We are THRILLED that Representative Hollins is our chief author in the House. Excited for next steps!
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The U.S. used generations of Native children as the tip of the spear in attacking tribal sovereignty. Will we learn from our past? Or—while we are still recovering the bodies of previous gens of Native children—betray the next?
My latest @TheAtlantic
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Native leaders, advocates and citizens traveled from across the US to attend oral arguments in Brackeen. Samantha Maltais (Aquinnah Wampanoag) is a law student at Harvard who wanted to attend bc tribal sovereignty is one the line.
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Every Native child the plaintiffs fought to adopt had a blood relative that wanted to raise them. Every Native relative got push back—from a social worker, foster parent, family court judge or all three. Only one grandma was able to adopt her grand baby—after fighting for 6 YEARS