Butch

Advising funders and nonprofits with @bridgespangroup... tweets represent personal thoughts only

[Butch @butchtrusty]

@mpolikoff Congrats to you and @EdDataCampaign!

[Butch @butchtrusty]

@TcWhite1 Thanks for your service and expertise- congrats!

[Butch @butchtrusty]

Congratulations, @matt_barnum!

[Matt Barnum @matt_barnum]

This is my last week at Chalkbeat — it's been a great run. But I'm thrilled to be joining the Wall Street Journal as a K-12 education reporter!

[Butch @butchtrusty]

@zra_research @JColey716 +1 to Virtue

[Butch @butchtrusty]

A perfect thing to watch at the end of a tough week

[Kevín @KevOnStage]

This is not a drill! Juvenile’s Tiny Desk is live. He did “Back that thang up” with the strings!

[Mayor Brandon Johnson @ChicagosMayor]

Happy Pride Month, Chicago! I will always stand in solidarity with our LGBTQ+ siblings & protect your rights, now more than ever as we face the wave of attacks against the LGBTQ+ community. You are valued, you are loved, & you will always have a safe & welcoming home in Chicago.

[Equality Illinois @EqualityILL]

JOIN US: Launch Pride Month at the Pride Brunch Kick-Off! We will bring together over 300 champions to celebrate our LGBTQ+ communities and support our critical advocacy work to build a better Illinois for all LGBTQ+ people.

Join us on June 4th! Tickets: https://t.co/LfNaOjIaVy

[Butch @butchtrusty]

@MichaelPetrilli @alexanderrusso @gtoppo @laurameckler @Dyrnwyn @EvieBlad Also we don’t have municipal primaries! So it was the general election

[Butch @butchtrusty]

@MichaelPetrilli @alexanderrusso @gtoppo @laurameckler @Dyrnwyn @EvieBlad The circumstances were very different- here the news was more that Johnson was believed to have almost no chance given polling, endorsements, money, ideology, crime rates, etc. Not sure the union was much of a story (locally), other than bank rolling the campaign

[Chad Aldeman @ChadAldeman]

Low-hanging fruit: Dallas shifted to an opt-out model for advanced math courses and saw take-up rates rise from 20% to 60%, with huge gains in diversity: https://t.co/TUxrqW9IqC

[Butch @butchtrusty]

Err… listen*

[Butch @butchtrusty]

This is long, but worth a read, especially for those of us who value the @nytimes, but are uncomfortable with the continued uniquely harmful anti-trans and transphobic coverage at the paper https://t.co/6g93chEp41

[Butch @butchtrusty]

Even this article acknowledging an issue with the “debate” is framed in the lens of anti-trans advocates

[@ijbailey @ijbailey]

It was just weeks ago that journalists who raised these types of issues were demeaned by other journalists as "emotional" "woke" "activists" who want to destroy journalistic standards, including at @nytimes. That's what's been so frustrating. 1/ https://t.co/k5Aovp4PAk

[Gregory Royal Pratt @royalpratt]

LGBTQ residents moving to Illinois from states with conservative agendas: "I don’t want to be ashamed of where I live." Story by @lizzie_kane17 https://t.co/eylSRA06c3

[Archived: Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot @mayorlightfoot]

On Transgender Day of Visibility, we celebrate trans and non-binary people everywhere who made the courageous decision to live authentically and proudly. With activism and visibility, this community has made significant progress to achieve the rights and protections they deserve.

[City of Chicago @chicago]

To the residents of trans experience across the City, whether you’re out and proud, or still navigating your transition, we stand with you, we see you and we support you.

[Butch @butchtrusty]

So honored to serve alongside @MaliyahLondyn. Definitely a #Chicago leader to watch #WomensHistoryMonth

[City of Chicago @chicago]

For #WomensHistoryMonth, we interviewed @MaliyahLondyn, a member of the LGBTQ Advisory Council, to learn about her experience as a trans-woman and what encouraged her to join the council.

[Butch @butchtrusty]

Had a great time spending time with the #AmexLeadershipAcademy fellow this week. These times call for strong and diverse leaders in the nonprofit sector

[Butch @butchtrusty]

It was such an honor to spend today in community with so many influential leaders at the first @BlkEconAlliance #BEASolutionsSummit. Congrats to @TweedySamantha and team for keeping the focus on increasing work, wages, and wealth for Black Americans!

[Eugene Scott @Eugene_Scott]

What happened: Jonathan Capehart, a Black and gay Pulitzer winner, left the board in early December after a disagreement over a Dec. 6. editorial about the runoff between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Herschel Walker. https://t.co/XLuta1d6dA