#Advocate

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Serving a wake up calls to everyone today, because this is so much more than numbers. Once you willingly take on that role of an advocate, once you commit to

IAmSciComm - Hosted this week by Matt Carter

What is science advocacy? I know when most people think of the word “advocate,” they usually think of lobbyists walking through the halls of Capitol Hill and advocating on behalf

Tessa Vikander (she/her)

I really want to hear from Elizabeth May and whether she continues to stand by her statement that dismisses young candidates across the aisle on the basis of gender. The

The most heartwarming thing on Netflix right now is a documentary about an old Jewish couple with three kids that ran a massive gay porn business.No, I'm not kidding. Circus

Rebecca Faith Quinn

I did a little experiment this week. I went onto the lives and PM’ed a few activists who say they stand up for marginalized groups, and I asked them all

Scott Studebaker

One of the most disheartening things is seeing people who associate themselves with my profession, or any part of the medical community rebelling against the public health measures being taken.

Fifss uses Hala

This whole thing reminds me of the guy in my secondary school who butchered his father and put him in the trash. When they asked him why he did it,

1/ Yesterday I told more of my colleagues that I am hard of hearing than I have in the past 4 yrs that we have worked together. I have always

Chad Felix Greene

Why do I speak out against transgender activism in children?Because I was a child with gender dysphoria and I am grateful I was allowed to grow up and have my

shira! (she/they)

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Hot take!!! Students with disabilities should not have to ‘be our own advocates’ in order to get accommodations!!! We should just get them!!! And teachers should just honor them!!!!!!! Like,,,

Embrace Your Unknown

I've been thinking deeply about mental health "literacy" as it relates to the Black community. Mostly what it means to approach and engage with language surrounding mental health. What I've

Qaali “Hurricane” Hussein, MD, FACS

Dear #MedTwitter, As physicians, we have a vested interest in public health. When we identify issues which directly affect our patients and increase morbidity and mortality, we speak up. We

Goutham Shivshankar

1/7 This is a short thread to list out small truths I have learnt about #advocacy over the last 11 years. I hope this is of some use to law

ViewFromTheNorth (JHQC) 🐝

If the Cummings story pans out the way it appears to be doing, you have witnessed a near perfect piece of advocacy. There are moments in cross examination when you

RIP BREONNA TAYLOR

people call me a purist, a militant vegan, whatever. they block me, hate me, whatever, but reality is, i gotta believe that it is radically possible to change the world

This award comes with a $10,000 prize, which will be split between the journalists on the project. I bring this up bc over the past two weeks I've received enough