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For 2021: Can we all agree that racism NOT race, is a risk factor to poor physical and mental health outcomes?
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Air Fryers have a grip on my people the same way George Forman Grills did in the mid 2000s 😭
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We need to talk a lot less about red and blue.
We need to talk a lot more about whiteness.
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There are no absentee ballots and “election day” ballots. There are no mail-in ballots and early ballots. There are only ballots. – at Lincoln, RI
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ONE in FOUR children in the U.S. has at least one foreign-born parent. So for World Mental Health Day, I want to highlight the unique mental health struggles that immigrant children & bicultural folks, like me, can experience at the intersection of our two differing cultures >>
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For the record @Mike_Pence, it’s Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez to you.
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The constant Thank you’s are really grating to my ears. Why is she thanking him for breaking the rules of the debate? #VPDebate
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“How do I reckon with the record of a judge who was a feminist pioneer in many ways, but whose views and decisions often excluded nonwhite women?” (via @ittybittyny)
bit.ly/2GyVTdf
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we talk about giving and allowing people the space, having empathy and grace, but we don’t talk enough about the hierarchy of space—who has the power and privilege to allow or disallow space; and who can afford to have the emotional capacity to do so.
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LIFE HACK: The reason so many of you think Cinco de Mayo is a thing...actually happens tomorrow.
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For 10+ years, people have offered (usually unsolicited) advice to:
- be calmer
- be dispassionate
- be less emotional
- don’t show your cards
- don’t wear your heart on your sleeve
After this week, I can’t help but wonder: what if that verve, passion, focus is part of my power?
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“Every young person in Baltimore City deserves somebody who knows them deeply, who knows their promise and potential, who knows what makes them special.” @SonjaSantelises simultaneously making me cry and inspiring me to keep going on this Monday morning❤️ @BaltCitySchools
