I have been called a PollyAnna, sugar-coated idealist. I like to think of myself as more optimistic than that.

Brentwood, TN
Joined December 2008
Gosh it's nice to get some good news! Reducing the price of testing cartridges and cost transparency is definitely a step in the right direction. Together we can do great things. Onward! Grateful to @DanaherCorp @CepheidNews @MSFAccess @TAGTeam_Tweets @PIH @johngreen
Exciting news & important step on they path to $5. More to be done to lower cost—& price—of all @DanaherCorp & @CepheidNews cartridges. #timefor5, @MSFAccess, @TAGTeam_Tweets, @PIH , @johngreen, nerdfighteria: solidarity is power!
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You don't have to take my word for it, or even @johngreen's word @DanaherCorp & @CepheidNews. Harvard-smart people are doing the math and showing their work. #Timefor5 #PeopleOverProfits #TBFighters #TB
Real effects in real people. In 2024, Bangladesh, a high-TB burden country, needs ~3 million Xpert cartridges. Because of cost, they can only procure ~1.5 million. The math is simple ½ price=all needed cartridges. Save lives. #EndTB #Timefor5 #PeopleOverProfit
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L'shana Tova! Blessings for a sweet new year! 🍎🍯 And also hope that @DanaherCorp and @CepheidNews are busy planning the roll out of their $5 #TB tests because it's #Timefor5 #PeopleOverProfits #MSF
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Definitely Profiteering Purple Parody of the Pantone Color of the Year 2024 featuring Danaher Profiteering Purple on a background of purple flowers. #PeopleOverProfits #Timefor5 #TB #MSF #DoctorsWithoutBorders tbfighters.org/
What should be the @pantone color of the year if their parent company @DanaherCorp continues to price-gouge the world's poorest countries for tuberculosis tests? #PeopleOverProfits
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Are you familiar with the printer ink business model? Sell a printer for a modest profit because you'll make the real money from forcing people to buy your ink? IT's also known as the razor blade business model. Danaher sells its diagnostic machines at a small profit and then price gouges for tests--thus denying millions access to affordable, accurate tests for tuberculosis. And then THEY BRAG ABOUT IT TO THEIR SHAREHOLDERS. Just listen to @DanaherCorp CEO Rainer Blair. #PeopleOverProfits
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Here for it. 💙 Today 💙
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So proud of Brandon!
Congrats, @ampersandmafia, on your new role as ED at @APRIL4ruralIL starting 7/10! The Board has appointed @glynette as our Interim Executive Director. Congratulations, Gina! A search for a permanent ED is underway. For more details, please visit empowertn.org
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If this is the end of the road after 14 years, I suppose capping my account with a photo of my kittens is about the kindest thing I can do. #pollyanna
I've got my (zoom) seat! So grateful that @NashvilleEOC @NashSevereWx & @RedCross are taking time during Severe Wx Season to help us prepare for emergencies at #EmpowerCon.
It's Severe Wx Awareness Week & time to Register for the next Free, Virtual #EmpowerCon: Emergency Preparedness with @NashvilleEOC @NashSevereWx & @RedCross. Friday, March 11, 2022 | 1-4 pm CST Join us! Registration & more info: bit.ly/etempowercon
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This promises to be fabulous.
It's time to Register for the next Free, Virtual #EmpowerCon: Using Our Empowered Voices featuring Advocacy with @tndisability, Voting with @TNrights, What’s Next with @NedAndrew. Friday, Jan 14, 2022 | 1-4 pm CST Join us! Registration & more info: bit.ly/etempowercon
Sometimes our partners really come through for us. Our Technology & Access Program -- run by the amazing Evan Espey -- routinely changes peoples' lives for the better. We are over the moon about this $50,000 Amerigroup grant to increase digital equity for the folks! #amerigrouptn
Empower Tennessee is thankful for a generous grant of $50,000 from @Amerigroup which will help us enhance our Technology and Access Program. Together, we will support digital equity for people with disabilities! Read more: bit.ly/etagpr21521 #AmerigroupTN #AmerigroupCares
If you woke up to thunder and immediately looked up @NashSevereWx a great way to thank them is to join their Patreon. Andrew's been talking on YouTube for nearly two hours already today. 💙 patreon.com/NashSevereWx
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Remember.
January 6 should be an annual day of national remembrance from now on. Americans should never forget exactly how close our democracy came to being fractured and how zealously we must always work to protect it.
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I have my calendar!
Donate $10 to Empower Tennessee and we'll gift you 365 daily love nuggets of inspiration, hope, and joy in the new 2021 "I Stand for Love" calendar by Sarah Love bit.ly/ETGive #IStandForLove #EmpowerTN #GiftLove
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✅ I just checked my voter registration in Williamson County, Tenn. with @resistbot. You can too. It's quick: 📲 Text CHECK to 50409
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Empower Tennessee supports Black lives. We stand for inclusion. We stand against racism. We stand in solidarity with our black colleagues, board members, the people we serve, our partners, and our neighbors. You are seen. You are heard. We are with you.
Also ask yourself whether you want to throw $5 or $10 a month into the pot for dedicated, local severe weather coverage. Thanks guys. Life savers! #notkidding
When the sun comes up, ask yourself if you need to be in the damage path, or if you're just in the way of those recovering, rescuing, or coping. There will be ways to help, and the media will cover everything you might want to see.
Today's my 11 yr twitterversary & my hubby @nedandrew just retired from his job of 19 years. We're celebrating all this by hanging out and updating his blog together. As you do. bit.ly/nas191230
Hey @FlyFrontier that's no way to treat folks who are just trying to get where they've paid you to take them with their stuff! Just 'cause you're having a rough day doesn't mean it's okay to be less than kind to others.
I know I have like no followers but to whoever sees this never fly frontier. They’ll lose your bag, not care, yell at you, and you’ll be out hours of your time and also have to buy back whatever replaceable things you have @FlyFrontier
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