Rogue Best Buddies Staff

Supporting Best Buddies staff pushing for a change in leadership to heal the org and protect the mission #BestBuddiesSpeaksOut

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5. “All of you who are listening to this video, your lives matter” = All Lives Matter. This is NOT helpful to the movement—google it!!! Despite 130 staff members asking, you still won’t say #BlackLivesMatter and that is a disgrace.

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3. Pointing to hiring black people, women, and gay people as proof that you are committed to diversity and inclusion is a TEXTBOOK example of White fragility. Google it.

[Rogue Best Buddies Staff @RogueBBStaff]

Watch part 1 and read this thread #bestbuddiesspeaksout

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And for those who would defend @AnthonyKShriver at any cost, and who don’t understand why these videos are offensive, let me spell it out for you. Pt 2. #BestBuddiesSpeaksOut

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Hey, @AnthonyKShriver. I'm back. Just want to fill our friends in on the fact that @bestbuddies staff is ANGRY. They demanded that you say #BlackLivesMatter and you responded with this. Total. Flaming. Garbage. Pt 1. #BestBuddiesSpeaksOut

[DoBetter_BestBuddies @DoBetterBestBu1]

@RogueBBStaff @BbLayoffs @SaveBBStaff @formerbbemploy1 @BBUNemployed They were afraid. Best Buddies has a lot of intimidation techniques. That account was targeted by someone in the Miami office.

[Rogue Best Buddies Staff @RogueBBStaff]

Yiiiiikes. Literally the ONLY company/org I’ve seen selling masks to benefit themselves and not COVID relief efforts...

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Hi @AnthonyKShriver 🖐️We're still here. We're still angry. Every day more people reach out to us with words of support. We all want transparency, we want equitable practices, we want our work to be valued. We need a change in leadership to make that happen. #BestBuddiesSpeaksOut

[Rogue Best Buddies Staff @RogueBBStaff]

@formerbbemploy1 @bestbuddies Not surprising, it always feels like they care more about the money than the mission. It’s a frequent complaint among staff #BestBuddiesSpeaksOut

[Rogue Best Buddies Staff @RogueBBStaff]

Guess that’s why they included the staff list, although they probably should have warned followers to cross check it for their contact now that more than half the staff is gone. #BestBuddiesSpeaksOut

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While @bestbuddies was tweeting this, @AnthonyKShriver was compiling a list of staff to lay off. Unfortunately, if you reach out to your #BestBuddies staff contact, there is no guarantee that they're still here. #BestBuddiesSpeaksOut

[Rogue Best Buddies Staff @RogueBBStaff]

Where is the #BestBuddies Board in all of this? Aren’t they responsible for oversight and accountability? Shouldn’t they be asking WHY #BestBuddies was in such a vulnerable financial position?

[Save Best Buddies @SaveBBStaff]

Well, tomorrow’s the last day of this week because if #GoodFriday, which for some reason @bestbuddies gets off. Hundreds of staff sitting home tonight, wondering if they’re on “the list” of layoffs/furloughs tomorrow.

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https://t.co/9vzhKpLa4e @AnthonyKShriver, this says you sold your house this year for $8.5M. When added to your $370K annual salary, I can't help but wonder, again, why you refuse to take a cut in your salary during this public health emergency to help staff keep their jobs?

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We are so disappointed that our new friend #BestBuddiesBeBetter was chased away for trying to support the cause. And we are tired of having to convince @AnthonyKShriver that his staff are worth saving. Because the thing is that #BestBuddies CAN be better. #BestBuddiesSpeaksOut

[Save Best Buddies @SaveBBStaff]

I see that you made your account private, @DavidQuilleon. Feel free to block me and the others, it is 0% shocking that you want to block us out & pretend we aren't talking about this & that you aren't involved. Use your power to stop this! #bestbuddiespseaksout

[Rogue Best Buddies Staff @RogueBBStaff]

@SaveBBStaff @BbLayoffs @formerbbemploy1 @BBUNemployed what happened to our new friend? 🤔#BestBuddiesSpeaksOut

[Rogue Best Buddies Staff @RogueBBStaff]

#bestbuddiesspeaksout

[Rogue Best Buddies Staff @RogueBBStaff]

✊ and for every one person tweeting, there are at least 20 more who agree, silently cheering on

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Julie Torres had to ask what a microaggression was during a staff training at Staff Leadership Conference this past January. While I'm all for learning and growth, the VP of HR at #BestBuddies is not equipped to deal with actual human resources.

[Save Best Buddies @SaveBBStaff]

Hey everyone, if you want to share your own @bestbuddies story, especially relating to anything during COVID19, please share with #bestbuddiesspeaksout and lets use our collective voice!

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.@AnthonyKShriver -- board members want to know how you’ll respond to #BestBuddiesSpeaksOut. Will you tell them you’re laying off more staff this week? #BestBuddies

[Save Best Buddies @SaveBBStaff]

@RogueBBStaff I was talked out of going to HR when I had a complaint about a coworker. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[Rogue Best Buddies Staff @RogueBBStaff]

In that environment, HR becomes a vehicle to protect the perpetrators (the powerful at the top) further enabling toxic behavior ranging from bullying and shaming to sexual harassment and racism

[Rogue Best Buddies Staff @RogueBBStaff]

That’s horrible, I’m so sorry to your friend. No one should have to work in conditions like that. This is exactly why a toxic/vindictive culture is so problematic

[InclusionLivesWhere @BBUNemployed]

@SaveBBStaff @RogueBBStaff A coworker/friend experienced sexual harassment and didn’t go to HR because they knew nothing would be done.