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Emily Schettler Boyden retweeted
The parents of two boys killed in AR-15 school shootings—one in Newtown, one in Parkland—gave The Post permission to visually reconstruct what the bullets did to their young bodies.
Please spend time w this powerful — and difficult — piece of journalism. washingtonpost.com/nation/in…
Emily Schettler Boyden retweeted
There are leaders and there are once-in-a-lifetime social warriors that truly change the world. Judy would say it's about the collective and she'd be right, but today we lost a giant. She was my hero and my friend. @judithheumann, I will miss you. #beingheumann
Emily Schettler Boyden retweeted
Read this sweet story on how close Damar is with family, including his 7-year-old brother. 🙏🙏🙏
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Emily Schettler Boyden retweeted
The #WHConfHungerHealth is today! This is the 2nd time ever that the @WhiteHouse has hosted a conference on food.
Follow along with us and many hunger fighters today to learn about the new national strategy to address hunger, malnutrition and health inequities in the U.S.
Emily Schettler Boyden retweeted
More than one-third of U.S. families that work full-time year-round do not earn enough to cover a basic family budget, according to a recent report.
desmoinesregister.com/story/…
Emily Schettler Boyden retweeted
Layoffs start today in Gannett. If you want to stand in solidarity with the journalists and newsrooms who are working through them and suffering from them, please subscribe to your local newspaper and support local news.
Emily Schettler Boyden retweeted
Today marks 32 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act! #ADA32 #ThanksToTheADA
View our ADA Anniversary page for our latest news in Disability Policy, along with more ADA photos and resources harkininstitute.drake.edu/20…
ALT Older photo of Senator Tom Harkin (retired) standing in front of a large banner that says "Americans with Disabilities Act" and a small banner that says "Celebrate ADA".
ALT Senator Tom Harkin (retired) sits at a desk with a pen in hand in from of ADA amendments.
ALT U.S. Senators John McCain, Orrin Hatch, Tom Harkin and Ted Kennedy smile as they hold up t-shirts that say "Year of the ADA, 1990." Justin Dart sits in front of the Senators smiling and wearing an ADA button. Other people are present in the background.
ALT Senator Tom Harkin (retired) stands at a podium pointing at the audience as he speaks. Sign on the podium says "ADA: Advancing Equal Rights for All Americans".
Emily Schettler Boyden retweeted
ICYMI: We launched our first digital ad!
I’m Iowa State Senator Sarah Trone Garriott. Redistricting put me up against the GOP Senate President who called teachers “sinister” & proposed bills to throw them in jail.
Can you follow & RT to help me get to 11k followers?
Emily Schettler Boyden retweeted
Spotted this sign over the weekend in Brooklyn 👇🏼
“Dear entertainment industry,
There’s no diversity, equity & inclusion without disability.”
ALT A yellow ad next to a bus stop on the sidewalk that says: “Dear entertainment industry, there’s no diversity, equity & inclusion without disability.”
Emily Schettler Boyden retweeted
A pleasure to host some of the @HarkinAtDrake delegates this morning from Iowa Business Network. We're looking forward to @HarkinSummit over the next few days. Fantastic speakers and agenda!! #HarkinBelfast
Emily Schettler Boyden retweeted
"So Dermot, will you give a speech to a US Senator, the woman who lead the US Disabled People's protest demonstrations and MLAs?"
"Me? OK, I'd love to"
I'm looking forward to an exciting week with @HarkinSummit in Belfast. #harkinbelfast
Emily Schettler Boyden retweeted
As the former Commanding General of the Infantry Center at Fort Benning and Chief of Infantry, I know a bit about weapons. Let me state unequivocally — For all intents and purposes, the AR-15 and rifles like it are weapons of war. A thread:
Emily Schettler Boyden retweeted
Three are dead after a shooting outside of Cornerstone Church in Ames. kcci.com/article/cornerstone…
Emily Schettler Boyden retweeted
“To lose a child is like having a piece of your soul ripped out. There’s a hollowness in your chest that you fell like you’re being sucked into it, you’re never going to get out,” Biden, who’s lost two children, says of the families of victims of the shooting
Emily Schettler Boyden retweeted
An elementary school. Nearly a decade after Sandy Hook. Which means the souls murdered today were likely babies or not even born yet then.
Emily Schettler Boyden retweeted
House Speaker Pat Grassley says the Iowa Legislature won't pass Gov. Kim Reynolds' private education bill this year.
"It doesn't look like we're going to be able to put the votes together in the House this year to pass that," he said this morning. desmoinesregister.com/story/…
Emily Schettler Boyden retweeted
Here’s what you need to know about early voting in Iowa’s 2022 primary election, from who can vote to where to go. bit.ly/3low4O4
Emily Schettler Boyden retweeted
Amazing!! Kudos @krliu_advocate @andraealavant @AAPD and everyone else who played a role in this fitting tribute to Stacey Park Milbern. Happy heavenly birthday Stacey! #GoneButNotForgotten #HerLegacyLivesOn #LeadOn
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