Cindy Blain

Environmentalist & urban tree advocate for ALL neighborhoods. Jazzed to work @CalReLeaf. Views = my own.

[Secretary Deb Haaland @SecDebHaaland]

One year ago, @POTUS signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Since then, @Interior invested in...
✅good-paying jobs
✅clean air & water
✅drought & wildfire management
✅climate resilience
✅Native communities

...and we're just getting started.

[Cindy Blain @CinBlain]

Thank you, Twitter.

Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/hdqVNth8Db

[California ReLeaf @CalReLeaf]

Thanks to Stockton Mayor @MichaelDTubbs for connecting urban forests to community resilience on #CAClimateDay! 🌳🌳🌳

[California ReLeaf @CalReLeaf]

It has been a hard year so far and made even worse by this wildfire season. We want to thank @CAL_FIRE for everything they are doing to fight fires during a pandemic and keep people safe. THANK YOU ALL! 👏

[Cindy Blain @CinBlain]

Super story in The Atlantic on L.A.’s Green New Deal & the plan to plant & maintain 90,000 trees by 2021 w/great quotes by LA City Forest Officer Rachel Malarich & City Plants Director Rachel O’Leary! https://t.co/TWQbTFeoaZ…
@CalReLeaf @R5_Fire_News @CALFIRE_PIO @CityPlants

[Rue Mapp @RueMapp]

“We must also counter the narratives that have suggested for generations that the benefits of time spent outdoors are only gained in national parks or on ocean shores—and only happen for white people.”

[Cindy Blain @CinBlain]

So glad Asm. Weber is correcting California’s incredible mistake of ending Affirmative Action in 1996.

[Shirley Weber, PhD @DrWeber4CA]

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. On this historic day I am incredibly grateful to all my colleagues and overwhelming support on #ACA5
We have a long way to go to achieve equality, but we are one step closer today #OpportunityforAll @OppForAllCA

[Cindy Blain @CinBlain]

@NPR Only 1 serving per week! Mais non... more like one or two per day!

[Cindy Blain @CinBlain]

Which also plays into why we now have the massive income gap between CEO pay and median workers wages. https://t.co/dAAkBgs3PG

[Anthony Rendon @RendonAnthony]

The decline of union membership in America has directly correlated with the decline of working class wages.

The Supreme Court must recognize #JanusvAFSCME for what it is — a sham that will damage the right of Americans to have a voice in the workplace.

[Cindy Blain @CinBlain]

Yes! https://t.co/kGnxGYaSYb

[Cindy Blain @CinBlain]

Wonderful meeting! Thank you! https://t.co/jqNU2YfBXa

[California ReLeaf @CalReLeaf]

ReLeaf had a full day of #treechat at our board meeting. We talked about #advocacy, #Education, #greenjobs, & #funding for #urbanforestry.

[Zen Moments @Zen_Moments]

Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the questions. ~ Earl Gray Stevens

[Cindy Blain @CinBlain]

Univision’s Urgent Sense of Purpose: Reporters saw "fake news" threats before by South American tyrants ... @nytimes https://t.co/l4bApRSuj1

[Cindy Blain @CinBlain]

Berkeley author George Lakoff says, ‘Don’t underestimate Trump’ https://t.co/1Af91LPNyM

[Alan Watts @AlanWattsDaily]

One of these days I will explore this forest. But then again I may not, for there are places which people should leave alone.

[Cindy Blain @CinBlain]

@BizSpeechwriter P.S. Good quote from a 1989 book called 'Families Writing': "Writing is thinking"

[Cindy Blain @CinBlain]

@BizSpeechwriter You're welcome! Poets & philosophers = ideas, imagery, beauty, reason/right thinking which must be written/communicated to be at all helpful

[Cindy Blain @CinBlain]

"Aziza Jones challenged us to identify strategies to increase opportunities for women of color to lead & ways we can support them as allies https://t.co/qn242YYgbm

[ElaineWrites (at) the blue place 🏳️‍🌈 @BizSpeechwriter]

“YOU’RE a professional?” Unconscious bias, it’s still here https://t.co/rm2dO2vJc3

[Cindy Blain @CinBlain]

Rep Waters: "To women everywhere, don't let these talking heads intimidate you: be who you are, do what you do..." Right on! https://t.co/AQXhqGZ3ve

[All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris]

.@MaxineWaters on Bill O'Reilly comments: "I am a strong black woman and I cannot be intimidated" #inners https://t.co/B1vRE4nelt