Dr. Amy Chase Martin,EdD

Entrepreneur, #facdev, #edtech, #learningspaces advocate. Director of Faculty Dev & Instructional Media @ Community College.Tweets = my thoughts alone.

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@SpiritAirlines Sending love to @SpiritAirlines Always had positive experiences on each flight.

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@BWI_Airport Happy spring weather! Is the TSA app or BWI website for the security line wait times accurate currently?

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@MSNBC Typos in your headline is truly disappointing and fuels criticism of the integrity of your media.

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@dylanmatt This seems like an inaccurate email based on this individual’s LinkedIn post from months ago.

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@davidhogg111 David - There are no words to soften your pain but know that you gave your father the greatest gift with your presence, love, support and by becoming an incredible young man. God bless.

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@davidhogg111 Wishing you peace David. I am certain your dad has been blessed by your love and the chance to see you become an incredible man. God bless ❤️

[Eric Columbus @EricColumbus]

Happy 70th Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools.

She’s younger than 36 senators and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.

The past isn’t past.

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What an incredible evening! Generous people who want to see an end to #Alzheimers raised over $1 million. @AlzMaryland

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@AustnNchols Hi. Yes, I worked with him about a decade ago.

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True intelligence is inextricably linked to kindness. https://t.co/riDbbJppR6

[Kristin Song @kristinsong3]

My name is Kristin Song.

On January 31, 2018, my son Ethan was shot in the head in his best friend's house. The father/gun owner stored 3 handguns and ammunition in a shoebox. Ethan's friend had been accessing the guns for over 6 months.

At the hospital, the ER doctor slid down the wall, put his head in his hands, and whispered, "Your son is gone." At that instant, all I knew, loved and trusted was imploded into a million tiny pieces.

I begged to say goodbye to my beautiful boy. I wanted to kiss his forehead, tell him how cherished he was, and tuck him in one last time. But the doctor begged me to remember Ethan as he was, you see, he was unrecognizable even to my eyes.

The day before Thanksgiving in 2018, the prosecutor told me she would not charge the negligent gun owner, and if I wanted negligent gun owners to be held accountable, I would have to change the law.

So I did.

6 months later, Connecticut passed Ethan's Law, which requires gun owners to secure their weapons if children can gain access.

Then, I learned that so many states stood silent on this issue, so in 2019, I turned my attention to passing Ethan's Law nationally. I met with over 400 congressional offices, 130 of them Republican.

In 2022, Ethan's Law was passed in the House of Representatives as part of the Safer Communities Act. Sadly, it was not picked up in the final package.

When the Democrats lost the House of Representatives in 2023, I pivoted to passing safe gun storage laws in the States. As a result, Michigan, New Mexico, and Maryland passed safe storage laws.

Currently, I am working with 5 states to pass Ethan's Law.

I am emotionally and mentally exhausted, but I will not stop until there is a cultural shift in this country where it becomes second nature to secure your weapons around unsupervised children.

If you believe in protecting children from gun violence, please follow and repost.

[Andrew Weinstein @Weinsteinlaw]

You need to complete 1,200 hours of education to get a cosmetology license in Florida but starting tomorrow there will no longer be a training requirement to carry a concealed weapon. It’s lunacy.

[Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum]

RIP Treat Williams, whose insane charisma in Hair bent my brain as a 13 yo: https://t.co/lR4DaEAFAa

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Miami schools removed this tremendous work of art by @TheAmandaGorman https://t.co/VDhuxpqkYE

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@davidhogg111 Congratulations! I commend your resilience and your commitment. Attended first March in DC and will continue to speak up on sane gun laws.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

Wonderful people should get to hear and read the wonderful things about themselves while they're still with us.

President Jimmy Carter was the first President I cared about when I was a kid, and he's been an incredible human being ever since.

Thank you, President Carter, for living an exemplary life in service of others. 🇺🇲

[Dr. Amy Chase Martin,EdD @LearnSpaces]

#Calm also supports clarity of thought. Fear is not required.

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Ready to #escape to Gamicon48? Join me there for #digitalEscapeRooms. https://t.co/q3p2ByM3iA

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Just watched the film #RRR. Extraordinary. A giant film with a heart. Not many epics made anymore but loved this one.

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I was born in Buffalo. Never saw a winter storm that residents couldn’t handle but this is extraordinary and so dangerous. Prayers for the city and thanks to the crews and first responders. #BuffaloBlizzard2022