Kara Porter

#CLE enthusiast; feminist; mom; coffee devotee. Striving for social change & greater equity. Executive VP @StartingPointOH, opinions mine.

[Kara Porter @KaraJPorter]

@clhubes @realgirl_fieri Does she….live in/near Cleveland? I watch your mutual adventures on this site and….live in an inner ring suburb of Cleveland.

[Kara Porter @KaraJPorter]

Enjoying #odalightson with @ODA_CLE! So grateful for our partners that support our community’s young people through after school programs!

[Kara Porter @KaraJPorter]

@ELStockhausen @SIHSCleveland I'm so sorry, Ed. Thinking of you.

[Kara Porter @KaraJPorter]

@chrisronayne My deep condolences on your family’s loss.

[Kara Porter @KaraJPorter]

@StephenKing Two of my faves, love this

[Kara Porter @KaraJPorter]

@timjhogan I was a freshman in college and I distinctly remember watching this.

[Kara Porter @KaraJPorter]

Availability of quality child care impacts our whole community! @StartingPointOH is proud to be working on solutions to Greater Cleveland’s child care crisis. https://t.co/QqwGc0BvQA via @signalcleveland

[LeVar Burton @levarburton]

All that you touch
You change.

All that you Change
Changes you.

The only lasting truth
Is Change

God
Is Change
-Octavia Butler
from her novel Parable of the Sower

[Kara Porter @KaraJPorter]

@john_litten Was there last May and I noticed the same thing!

[Kara Porter @KaraJPorter]

Proud to see @StartingPointOH CEO Nancy Mendez on the @GroundworkOhio Listening Tour panel today!

[Groundwork Ohio @GroundworkOhio]

"Often, child care is one of the first things to be removed from a family's budget." --Nancy Mendez @StartingPointOH

[Kara Porter @KaraJPorter]

@sewistwrites You can’t actually control how kids eat, sleep, or toilet train. People who think you can are just lucky. Hang in there.

[Kara Porter @KaraJPorter]

@olgakhazan I had two kids in child care from 14 wks old and now do work that supports the industry. Babies have always been cared for by people other than their parents. There are decades of evidence that high-quality child care benefits kids. It's an adjustment but hang in there!

[Kara Porter @KaraJPorter]

@chrisronayne Congratulations to Morgan and her mom!

[Kara Porter @KaraJPorter]

@dioscuri Stamps that are stickers vs. stamps that must be licked to stick.

[Kara Porter @KaraJPorter]

@realgirl_fieri Watching my kids gain their own interests, preferences, and opinions. You know your kids so deeply but it’s amazing watching them become themselves.

[Kara Porter @KaraJPorter]

@emilyorating It was part of my 4th grade curriculum in West Boylston, Massachusetts in the late ‘90’s. Still a favorite!

[Kara Porter @KaraJPorter]

Thank you @chrisronayne for @CuyahogaCounty’s commitment to quality child care for our community!

[Chris Ronayne @chrisronayne]

We have a shortage of both mental health workers & day care access here. This afternoon @CuyahogaCounty & @CityofCleveland met with the Workforce Investment Board to address mental health workforce development & with @StartingPointOH to address childcare capacity. TY Partners!

[Kara Porter @KaraJPorter]

@realgirl_fieri My kids are 4.5 years apart. We do “brother sleepovers.” Still works when they are almost 13 and 8.

[Kara Porter @KaraJPorter]

The most beautiful and heartbreaking piece I have read recently

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

When our daughter died suddenly, @davidfrum writes, she left us with grief, memories—and Ringo. https://t.co/RuikiHJnQr

[Kara Porter @KaraJPorter]

@MegStEsprit They had my favorite pair of ballet flats in many different colors. Those ballet flats have no equal.