Lessie Branch

Optimism At All Costs | Chief Rhetorical Critic | | Race Ethnicity Religion, Politics, Fulbright Specialist

[Lessie Branch @LessieBBranch]

@ConEdison what are you all doing? Qualified enrollee in your energy help program (disabled vet). How is it that my electric bill has gone from averaging $160 monthly to you now asking for over $800 by May 2? I do not use that much electricity!

[Lessie Branch @LessieBBranch]

Initially posted this to @LinkedIn. Decided to share here. #Justification #Justice #RootWords

[The EDU Ledger @TheEDULedger]

Views | As we navigate the intricate challenges before us, it is vital to understand that embracing diversity does not necessitate the abandonment of unity. (by @LessieBBranch) https://t.co/ugUKjLAdyz

[Lessie Branch @LessieBBranch]

Even in death, #JimmyCarter speaks!

[Sophia A. Nelson @IAmSophiaNelson]

We told the truth.
We obeyed the law.
We kept the peace.

#JimmyCarter

[Sophia A. Nelson @IAmSophiaNelson]

We told the truth.
We obeyed the law.
We kept the peace.

#JimmyCarter

[Lessie Branch @LessieBBranch]

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[Lessie Branch @LessieBBranch]

@RossKneeDeep #tariffs show importance of being educated; fundamental understanding of micro/macroecon & understanding political econ, how it works! Producer surplus (workers) in labor mkt decrease = or > consumer surplus (company). Cost passed to customers and employees.

[Lessie Branch @LessieBBranch]

@AndraGillespie Sure can be interpreted to have multiple meanings. Talk about life imitating art. It remains to be seen.

[Lessie Branch @LessieBBranch]

Happy to see @nytimes
update its article correcting the reference from Ms. to Dr. for Dorothy Jean Tillman, Ph.D.

Call her #DrDorothyJeanTillmanII

https://t.co/O4ZWaJAMiy

[Lessie Branch @LessieBBranch]

Correction @nytimes @aepetri1. Your article references graduate as Ms. Tillman who should be referenced as Dr. Tillman. Dr. Tillman has an earned Ph.D. degree. Ms. is used for adult women 18 or older. This is how #microaggressions look. #SheIsDrTillman https://t.co/hH7qBhBxQC

[Lessie Branch @LessieBBranch]

@BlackWomenPhDs 3.A #wiseadvisor once told me to shop the market, not the institution. If you can, go where you're celebrated, not where you're tolerated.

[Lessie Branch @LessieBBranch]

@BlackWomenPhDs 2. ... support and champion you in word and deed. Don't be afraid or ashamed to ask your village for help. #Bootstrapping alone is a myth. There is room for both individual & collective action on the doctoral journey.

[Lessie Branch @LessieBBranch]

@saragoldrickrab Just seeing this. The thought bubble/questions in my head were "why would she have done this?" She left a program she started/founded someplace else!" "And didn't she move clear across the country or something like that?"

[Lessie Branch @LessieBBranch]

@mrsyoungmogul Back in the day was 40 years ago.

[Lessie Branch @LessieBBranch]

@mrsyoungmogul I remember back in the day in Norfolk, VA, Church's Fried Chicken was it! A four piece with a biscuit and a jalapeño pepper. A chicken is my emotional support animal. A four piece, with a biscuit!

[Scholars Strategy Network (bsky: @scholars.org) @SSNScholars]

In this 2018 brief, @LessieBBranch (@FisherNews) writes that Black communities are taught ideas that blame them for their struggles, arguing that reframing narratives is essential for meaningful change & social equality.#BlackHistoryMonth

Read more: https://t.co/5BErrApuAL

[Lessie Branch @LessieBBranch]

@SandyDarity Love this framing as it moves the group from an "infinitesimal" portion of the U.S. population.

[Lessie Branch @LessieBBranch]

@TrueBoots @iava So happy for you and incredibly proud to know you. @TrueBoots is a #TrueTrailblazer