@NewsHour Miss Michele’s Kinder classroom in Pasadena California asking how the moxie will convert CO2 to O2. Follow up - does that mean it can make water? H2O? Thank you!
many believe Dolly Parton's song 9 to 5 was titled after the movie or the standard workday, but the song and the movie were actually named after and inspired by the 9 to 5 movement which was the first mass women organisation for womens rights in the workplace.
Thank you, @HillaryClinton. We are against a lot of the decisions the Netanyahu government is making and we are for @Israel. Why do so many have trouble separating the two? They do it all the time as to other countries, including our own.
Dolly actually has a song she recorded and has it locked in a “dream box” which is not to be opened until her 100th birthday in 2046.
The song is called ‘My Place In History.’
Idk, it’s kind of a comfort that we still have music to come from her.
“I didn’t have children because I believed that God didn’t mean for me to have kids so everybody’s kids could be mine, so I could do things like Imagination Library, because if I hadn’t had the freedom to work, I wouldn’t have done all the things I’ve done."
It’s hard to imagine many people having a bigger impact than Dolly Parton. Born in a one-room cabin, she earned 11 Grammys and an Emmy, built a business empire, helped millions of kids learn to read, and — as if that wasn’t enough — helped accelerate the research that led to the Moderna COVID vaccine. What a life. Michelle and I are thinking of Dolly’s family and her many, many fans.
One of the all-time great Rock Hall moments: Dolly’s “Jolene” with Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Pat Benatar, Annie Lennox, Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran), Pink, and Sheryl Crow. Zac Brown Band held it down as the house band.
Rest easy, Dolly 🤘
It's bizarre to me people think Black people in the US should be more supportive of Palestinians in Gaza, than Jewish people in America, who have always stood by us.
Simply put, Dolly Parton was an American original. She was an inspiration to millions. She was a relentless advocate for women and for equality. Through her Imagination Library, she placed the gift of reading into the hands of millions of children because she understood literacy is the foundation of opportunity.
But perhaps most importantly, Dolly treated everyone with kindness and respect. She lived her values with a flair and vitality for life that was uniquely her own. She was a trailblazer in every sense of the word, and she will be missed by millions around the world.
Jill and I are keeping her family, her friends, and her millions of fans in our prayers.
God bless Dolly Parton.
things you might not have known about dolly parton, but you definitely should know:
she started the Imagination Library because her dad couldn't read or write. it has now gifted more than 300 million books to children.
in the 90s, she told every 7th and 8th grader in her home county she'd give them $500 if they graduated high school AND their chosen “buddy” graduated too. the dropout rate for those classes fell to 6%.
after wildfires devastated her hometown, she created a fund that gave families who lost their homes $1,000 every month for six months. then she surprised them by making the final check $5,000.
she donated $1 million to COVID research at Vanderbilt.
she later gave Vanderbilt $1 million for pediatric infectious disease research.
she helped raise $1 million to build a better birthing center at the hospital in her home county.
every year, five kids from her home county receive $15,000 Dolly Parton Scholarships to pursue their dreams.
an extraordinary person in every aspect of life💙
The malicious claim that American Jews are inviting violence against themselves is dangerous and antisemitic.
There is zero justification for threats against the safety of our Jewish brothers and sisters at a moment of rising hate.
We will fight the cancer of antisemitism with the fierce urgency of now.
Despite being the literal face of the company she was paid extremely little for this and has never received any residuals or royalties. Columbia continues to use her face for their logo yet refuses to pay her.
There is something deeply meaningful about this kind of allyship.
The Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal publicly called on City Council to reject the August 24 motion, warning against importing an international conflict into our municipal institutions and making Jewish Montrealers bear responsibility for the actions of a foreign government.
Today, the National Congress of Italian Canadians and the Canadian-Italian Community Foundation joined them and endorsed that statement unanimously.
Greek and Italian Montrealers standing beside their Jewish neighbours, not by demanding agreement on the Middle East, but by defending something much more fundamental: our right to belong here, equally and without being collectively held responsible for a conflict thousands of kilometres away.
This is what solidarity between communities looks like.
Thank you. 🇬🇷🇮🇹🇨🇦