“All Black lives matter. No matter what.” It’s as simple as that. No better way to celebrate #InternationalWomensDay than with the words of @TheAmandaGorman from @Ham4Progress’ “The Joy In Our Voices”.
Managed care is a bad investment for Oklahoma, but could be especially harmful for patients, providers, and Indigenous communities. #okleg#Medicaid https://t.co/Or7oQYzNba
Bye gag-rule! U.S. funding to nonprofits that provide or refer for abortions may now, again, receive funding. The policy discriminated against organization providing essential reproductive healthcare and we’re glad to see it go. https://t.co/Hq1gLAl5Ot
I have a message for all the little girls and boys out there who dream of growing up to be superheroes: Superheroes walk among us.
They’re teachers, doctors, scientists, vaccine researchers—and you can grow up to be like them too.
As I reflect on the past four years, I can't help but think of Congressman John Lewis' powerful words, "Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime.”
#WomensHistoryMonth Day 31: Dolly Rebecca Parton (born 1/19/46)American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, & philanthropist. Parton was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. #OKSIS
#WomensHistoryMonth Day 30: Patsy Takemoto Mink (12/6/27-9/28/02)American lawyer & politician from Hawaii. Made history when elected to the U.S. House of Reps, becoming the 1st woman of color elected to the national legislature & the 1st Asian-American congresswoman. #OKSIS
#WomensHistoryMonth Day 29: Bessie Smith (4/15/1894 – 9/26/1937) American blues singer, nicknamed the Empress of the Blues, she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s & 1930s. She was a major influence on fellow blues singers, as well as jazz vocalists. #OKSIS
#WomensHistoryMonth Day 28: Ethel Collins Dunham & Martha May Eliot (1910-1969) Met at Bryn Mawr, & decided to attend medical school together, become doctors together, & live together forever & ever. They accomplished many things making strides in medical field. #loveWins#OKSIS
#WomensHistoryMonth Day 27: Josephine Baker (6/3/06 – 4/12/75)American-born French entertainer, activist, & French Resistance agent, she identified as bisexual. She used her platform to advocate for desegregation. 1st African-American to star in a major motion picture. #OKSIS
#WomensHistoryMonth Day 26: Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin (born 2/11/62)American politician, in 1998,1st openly gay woman&1st openly LGBTQ non-incumbent to U.S. Congress, 1st woman to represent Wisconsin in Congress. 2012, 1st openly LGBTQ person elected to the U.S. Senate. #OKSIS