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[Ceri McGuire @Shapesister]

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[Ceri McGuire @Shapesister]

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[Wales-Women’s Rights Network 💜🤍💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @WRNWales]

History made today at Rhondda Heritage Park 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
The unveiling of a statue honouring Elizabeth Andrews, Welsh suffragette and tireless campaigner for women's and children's rights.

This marks the fifth and final monument in the amazing @women_welsh project.

Elizabeth fought for better maternity and childcare provision, helped establish one of Wales' earliest nursery schools, and penned her memoir A Woman's Work is Never Done. To the women she organised, she was simply "our Elizabeth."

A permanent reminder that Welsh women's history deserves its own space - as does every woman, today and in the future. 👏

[George Michael Official @GeorgeMOfficial]

Today we celebrate the birthday of the original 'Young Gun' and the extraordinary music he gifted us, which continues to bring joy, love and inspiration to millions around the world. Turn the music up and 'Go For It'!
Happy Birthday, George. ❤️

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

July 3, 2022. Moss Point, Mississippi. A car carrying 3 teenage girls drives down the I-10 boat launch and plunges straight into the Pascagoula River.

The driver later tells police she was following her GPS. She had no idea it was leading her off the edge and into the water. By the time she realizes what's happening, the car is already floating. Then sinking.

The vehicle drifts 20 feet from shore. Then more. The girls climb onto the roof of the car as it goes under. The water is black. It is the middle of the night. And the Pascagoula River is known for one other thing most people don't think about until it's too late.

Alligators.

Corion Evans, age 16, a student at Pascagoula High School, is nearby when it happens. He hears the girls screaming for help.

He doesn't hesitate for a single second.

He throws down his phone. Pulls off his shoes. Strips off his shirt. And jumps in.

He later says: I was just like, I can't let none of these folks die. They need to get out the water. So I just started getting them. I wasn't even thinking about nothing else.

The car is nearly submerged. The girls are panicking. The water is deep and dark and moving. Corion swims out — 25 yards from shore — and reaches them.

His friend Karon Bradley, known as KJ, jumps in right behind him. Together they help get the girls onto the surface of the sinking car.

But here is what most people miss: Corion doesn't just help them float. He swims them back. 1 at a time. Into shore. Through the dark water. With legs that are burning and lungs that are working as hard as they ever have.

2 girls make it to shore. The 3rd can't swim. She is still on the roof when a responding officer arrives.

Moss Point Police Officer Gary Mercer swims out to help. He reaches the remaining girl and begins pulling her toward shore. Then the girl panics. She grabs him. She pulls him under. Officer Mercer begins to drown.

Corion turns around.

He sees the officer going under. He hears him calling for help. He is already exhausted. His legs are already spent. He has already pulled 2 people through 25 yards of alligator-infested river in the dead of night.

He swims back out.

He grabs Officer Mercer. He says later: I went and I grabbed the police officer and I'm like swimming him back until I feel myself I can walk.

All 4 people make it to shore alive.

Officer Mercer and all 3 girls are taken to the hospital. All of them recover. Chief Brandon Ashley of the Moss Point Police Department later says publicly: If Mr. Evans had not assisted, it could have possibly turned out tragically instead of all occupants rescued safely.

Moss Point Mayor Billy Knight presents Corion with a certificate of commendation from the city. He says: We are proud of the young man for having the courage to forget about himself and jump into the water. It's not often enough that you see people put others above themselves.

The recognition doesn't stop there. The Mississippi Senate formally commends Corion Evans by name in Senate Resolution 32 of the 2023 legislative session — a rare honor for a teenager from a small town.

His mother, Marquita Evans, speaks to reporters afterward. She says: I was really proud of Corion because he wasn't just thinking about himself. He was trying to really get all those people out the water. I'm glad nothing happened to him while he was trying to save other people's lives.

Corion tells reporters he has been swimming since he was 3 years old.

He is asked if he was scared. He says: Anything could've been in that water. But I wasn't thinking about it.

That is the part that stays with you. He knew the risks. The darkness. The distance. The wildlife beneath the surface. The weight of another person pulling you under. He knew all of it and he swam out anyway. Not once. Not twice. Three times.

4 people are alive today because a 16-year-old boy decided, without hesitating for even a moment, that strangers were worth saving.

[Ceri McGuire @Shapesister]

@fesshole

[lemn sissay OBE FRSL @lemnsissay]

Happy father's day

Below is a screenshot of George's entry to https://t.co/G3ONLk6w82 . May you please help me by sharing this post? You can view all 1,800 entries from around the world and contribute a story of your own if you like.

There is a £500 prize for best entry with a photo. The winner will be announced on July 17th .

Over to you George from Aldershot

#TellMeSomethingFamily #FamilyStories #ShareYourStory #WorldMap #Storytelling #Connection #Belonging #bradfordliteraturefestival

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Known as 'The Bag Ladies', a group of elder women from British Columbia, Canada, are using single-use plastic bags that would have otherwise been thrown away to crochet tight, water-proof sleeping mats to aid homeless people #WomensArt #CanadianArtistsWeek 🇨🇦

[For Women Scotland @ForWomenScot]

Kayleigh, love, you can't "overturn" the EHRC guidance. You can't overturn the Equality Act either because that is reserved legislation.

Maybe the Greens need to give their dim-witted MSPs some basic legislation lessons?

[Ceri McGuire @Shapesister]

@John_Dabell @MikeSaunders14 👏👏

[Ceri McGuire @Shapesister]

@John_Dabell 🤬🤬🤬

[Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry]

Do please post something today on your X page, in honour of our Allied heroes.

They deserve to be remembered on the 82nd anniversary of D-Day.

[Ceri McGuire @Shapesister]

@DLNY911 @ThatEricAlper 😱

[Ceri McGuire @Shapesister]

Enhertu is a drug that could give people with metastatic breast cancer more time to live, but right now, it’s not available on the NHS. Help change that.

Sign the petition to @ASTRAZENECAUK, @DaiichiSankyoUK, @NICEComms and @NHSEngland #EnhertuNow
https://t.co/QM8rrtEfwK

[Ceri McGuire @Shapesister]

@salltweets @mattjcan @BillboardChris 👊🏽👏

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

VERY URGENT!

Almost 40,000 have already signed the #EnhertuNow petition. Please help us make it 50,000 this week🙏

Enhertu is a drug that could extend thousands of lives. But it was rejected for use on the NHS in 2024 for being too expensive. Since then, thousands of people have missed out on the drug.

We have a chance to stop anybody else missing out. But we need to act quickly, because the people who need this drug don’t have time to wait. They need Enhertu. Now.

@jamesmurray_ldn @BreastCancerNow @sophieRblake

https://t.co/LrS3Rymnug

[Dennis Noel Kavanagh @Jebadoo2]

Australia House now

[Ceri McGuire @Shapesister]

@autcareandshare Good choice 😂

[Ceri McGuire @Shapesister]

@centreWJ @HWistrich Highly recommend this book 💁‍♀️

[Centre for Women's Justice @centreWJ]

ICYMI: Our CEO Harriet Wistrich appeared on @GMB earlier this week to discuss how the Human Rights Act helped the victim-survivors in ITV’s Believe Me hold the Met Police to account.

Watch the full interview from 1h56: https://t.co/INgjMkgLhg

#ECHRProtectsWomen