Onya_WCA

Communications Manager for Westchester Children's Association @wca4kids. Proud Mom. Sun Child. Pun enthusiast.

[Raising New York @Raising_NY]

What we're reading: "Until #childcare becomes a well-compensated and well-respected job, all efforts to give parents more affordable choices will fall short." via @ehaspel / @TheAtlantic https://t.co/U6Mp0kfvbA

[End Homelessness @naehomelessness]

"Inflation is affecting my everyday needs: gas prices, food prices, hotels–these are all what we need to survive. Everything has gone up. I understand it's that situation for everybody, but it's hitting people at the bottom, like my family, the worst."
https://t.co/0Lq72jIBe1

[Raising New York @Raising_NY]

#HomeVisiting is a proven prevention strategy & impacts life outcomes. But New York only has the capacity to serve 6% of babies from low-income families in programs & 3% of babies overall. Learn how #NYS can improve home visiting and #childcare supports: https://t.co/iZrWYUSi56

[CLASP @CLASP_DC]

Mental health crises shouldn't be met with law enforcement. Instead, mental health professionals should be the first to respond to a crises (go figure).

We need to end the criminalization of mental health.https://t.co/6wgIAhx9lF

[Office of New York City Comptroller Mark Levine @NYCComptroller]

The extraordinary surge in median asking rents continued last month.

Over the last 12 months median asking rents in New York City have risen by *29%*.

This is a housing crisis.

[End Homelessness @naehomelessness]

"Homelessness is a systemic, collective challenge that needs a commensurate response. We can only truly understand how its underlying systems work by following those who are reckoning with it themselves."
https://t.co/t2cMAvR3pL

[Onya_WCA @Onya_WCA]

I hope this works.

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

This Court has made it clear it will not protect the rights of women.

I will. That’s why today I'm signing an Executive Order to protect access to reproductive health care.

[Raising New York @Raising_NY]

Investments to include #childcare in the reconciliation budget would expand child care access to 1 million children & triple the existing Child Care & Development Block Grant to increase funds to states. Read more in a letter #ECE advocates signed on to: https://t.co/9EXh2zRx6j

[Vroom @joinvroom]

"Reading together can be one of the most memorable parts of childhood—and it supports healthy brain development." Absolutely!

Check out these "Monster Moments" reading tips and activities from our friends @sesamecommunity, catered to kids age 1-5: https://t.co/gyTquWkj6M

[Onya_WCA @Onya_WCA]

This should be the standard

[CNBC Make It @CNBCMakeIt]

High schools, scrambling to prep Gen Z for the real world, are teaching students to make and manage money https://t.co/YCk60hLFf9

[Public Citizen @Public_Citizen]

Explain why canceling student debt is a “handout” but forgiving $714 BILLION in PPP loans is a “stimulus”.

[NVCF @NVCF]

Meet the woman who made it her mission to make June 19 a federally recognized holiday, Opal Lee, the grandmother of Juneteenth. Was she there when it was signed into action? You bet. OpalLee #Juneteenth #OpalLee

[Bill Nye @BillNye]

The United States we know today was built with the labor of enslaved Black Americans. The last were not freed (officially) until 19 June 1865. Let us celebrate— and never forget.

[EMBRace @EMBRaceProgram]

✊🏿 Happy #Juneteenth! ✊🏿 Today we’re celebrating Black history and culture while reflecting on the deep injustices of slavery and racism. Here is an infographic made by the EMBRace Lab that explains the history of this public holiday.

[Vet Voice Foundation @VetVoiceFound]

On June 19, 1865, U.S. Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived with more that 2000 Union troops in Galveston, Texas to announce, that by executive decree, all enslaved Black people were to be free. #Juneteenth

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

#OnThisDay in 1865, General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, TX to read Order No. 3, which affirmed the end of slavery in the states of the former Confederacy. This momentous occasion has been celebrated as #Juneteenth — a combination of “June” & “19th” — for over 150 years.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

On this #Juneteenth, we remember the “shining promise of emancipation” for African Americans, albeit delayed. Let us never forget the bloody path America took in achieving it as we continue to this day to fight for the ideals encompassed in that promise of equality and freedom.

[Jordan Rice @JordanLRice]

For anyone talking about #Juneteenth this weekend-- it's always preferable to say "enslaved people" instead of "the slaves". Calling people "slaves" minimizes the actions of the people and systems that enslaved them. Liberation first starts with retelling history more truthfully.

[The 1st Lady of Love @The1stLadyLove]

#StandupFreedmen
Happy #Juneteenth
#Freedomfighters
Fannie-Lou Hamer ♥️ Ella Baker

[Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams]

This #Juneteenth, we celebrate the emancipation of Black Americans and honor those who fought for this nation to live up to its founding ideals of liberty and equality for all.

May we honor their legacies through action — building a world fueled by justice and steeped in equity.