2/when she decried a plan to eliminate state funding for the arts. “How stupid!” Alice declared, before she was gaveled down.
Sending my heartfelt sympathy to her beloved daughter Julie, Alice’s entire family & everyone lucky enough to know her. May her memory be for a blessing.
💔 1/Mourning my dear friend & colleague Alice Borodkin Brodsky, who died one week shy of her 90th birthday.
Alice brought courage & joy to her work, justice to victims of discrimination & human trafficking, and 🔥 to the House floor—earning a memorable rebuke from a GOP speaker
On this day in 1967, Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first African American Justice to serve on our nation's highest bench. Today, we honor his legacy and continue his fight for equal protection under the law.
Latest IPCC Report projects drought will displace 700 million in Africa— climate change is no longer a threat but a reality in Africa. #IPCCReport#ClimateReport
Gloria Travis Tanner, the first Black woman to serve in the Colorado Senate and a member of the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame, died on Monday in her Denver home. She was 86. https://t.co/17pM0VUDUS
Wow!
U.S. Supreme Court Justice #KetanjiBrownJackson
What a powerful moment in the history of this nation.
What a reminder that change can come.
Let’s embrace it and keep working for true peace.
Zelensky today: “You are asking me how’s the situation on the front line … there’s a front line everywhere. A few small towns just don’t exist anymore. And this is a tragedy. They are just gone. And people are also gone. They are gone forever. So we are all on the front line.“
“My life today is wonderful, I believe that I am needed… That’s the most important sense of life, that you are needed, that you are not just an emptiness that breathes and walks and eats something.”
— Pres. Zelenskyy, via translator, asked about his living conditions in Ukraine
To the world: what is the point of saying «never again» for 80 years, if the world stays silent when a bomb drops on the same site of Babyn Yar? At least 5 killed. History repeating…
New easy-to-find buttons for donating to the #MarshallFire or #MiddleforkFire funds and a place to request animal rescue. Find them at https://t.co/KYZwKCH6lc and navigate to the Emergency Status page. Right at the top!
🎯 Family Visitor Programs helps parents navigate pregnancy to preschool—reducing the risk of child abuse & neglect. But we can't do it without you.
Our Board will match every dollar we receive on CO Gives Day (12/7) up to $8k. Help us reach our target: https://t.co/p7Z9QoRhGr
⛰ Landed a new job in #GlenwoodSprings (got here just before the canyon closed).
Learn more about the work we’re doing thru @NFP_nursefamily, @HFAatPCA & other https://t.co/D6WWbRsebU programs to promote healthy families & prevent child abuse & neglect: https://t.co/wfLJEHNyW9