#Advocacy

A crucial aspect of knowing how to get better is knowing what worked previously and why it worked. A paper I recently read on policy engagement highlighted 7 elements of
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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (@taxpayerDOTcom) is a sham organization - fake grassroots - in my opinion. Here's my evidence: (thread)#ableg#abpoli#cdnpoli In '89, notes AB conservative Link Byfield founded the “Resolution
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Thread on what @SarahWhitesk & I learned while reporting out this investigation into recent widespread felon disenfranchisement in Alabama that had previously gone unreported. 1/Xhttps://www.al.com/news/2020/10/in-alabama-some-felons-ar
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Why no #library is an island, a thread.The phrase "local libraries for local people" keeps coming up in my discussions about a better future for public libraries. It describes a
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Tara Ramos with @T4SJ http://www.yourcallradio.org/ Thread-1/ "If students are a year behind, a year behind in what? School standards are all based on and are all couched on white supremacy
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FIRE FUEL Don’t confuse the 2 due to their usually close proximity to each other; when you mistakenly switch their purposes you run into conflicts primarily due to false
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I can't believe I'm sitting in an ADA compliance webinar where this was just given as an example of compliant and accessible design. We need to have a LOT more
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Just had a Christian friend (@pegidacanada) who is big supporter of Israel ask me what I thought about Israeli 'annexation': 1. Dumb move...world isn't ready for it. Israel hasn't destroyed
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This is a dangerous work of misinformation. The medical community is NOT divided on #chloroquine. Some may be giving it to patients, but this is Hail Mary compassionate use. Repeat.
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Stay home . Just like 108,600,000 of you did in 2016. While I have your attention, #PlannedParenthood is an essential provider during #COVID2019! Donate today to make sure women have
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Stonewall is being sued by @BluskyeAllison of LGB Alliance. Stonewall and staff at her former Chambers victimised Allison for the thought-crime of believing that lesbians are women, and doesn’t include
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I am really grateful for the advocacy of @drvyom, Catherine Bennett and others for advocating strongly that cluster management policy (not the tracing, but the policies around isolating household/secondary contacts)
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Question: What do the following three scenarios have in common? (Warning: a long tweet thread about #orgtheory and #econsociology ahead…) Scenario A. Congrats, you’re turning 65 years old, and you
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If you grew up in fundamentalist or evangelical Christianity, you probably heard “love everyone” and “love the sinner, hate the sin” and possibly “love covers a multitude of sins.” As
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a thread on pronouns:earlier tweeted this screenshot of an email. some folx asked about how to ask kids about pronouns.here’s what I think:1. don’t ask kids for their pronouns publicly
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I'm regularly struck by how every day the Financial Times features advocacy for ideas that aren't stereotypically pro-business. Often the FT seems as concerned about climate change, wealth inequality, bad
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