Standing for Justice

Award-winning math teacher. Tutor. 30+ year rare disease caregiving Mom. Writer/Editor. Whole Life Advocate. JD. Justice is my thing.

[Mental Health America @MentalHealthAm]

Speak to yourself the way you’d speak to a friend - gently, kindly, and with love.

[Bob Woodson @BobWoodson]

We spent $22 trillion to “fight poverty.” But 70% of that money $15.4 trillion, never touched the poor. It went to the people who serve the poor, not the ones who are poor! That’s not liberation. That’s a business model. They don’t ask, “How do we solve it?” They ask, “How do we fund it?

[The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center @TheKingCenter]

“Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually moribund religion awaiting burial” #MLK #SundayWithKing

[Standing for Justice @ChandraWC]

Stop whatever you're doing and watch Abducted From an HBCU: A Black Girl Missing Movie on @lifetimetv 🔥

[Pew States @PewStates]

When states and cities allow enough homes to be built for everyone, it improves housing affordability overall.

But the evidence shows it benefits renters in low-income neighborhoods most. https://t.co/HSEqokMqyC

[Standing for Justice @ChandraWC]

Caregiving touches every part of life. It might be *the* issue of the future.
https://t.co/Z3sJzjH4i6

[Standing for Justice @ChandraWC]

@LisaBritton No.

[Standing for Justice @ChandraWC]

✅️Depending on your particular assignment, be prepared to live in danger almost every day of your life. Learn how to chokehold your fear. It might still be there, but keep your death grip on it.
✅️If it hasn't consumed you, you might not be ready for it.

[Standing for Justice @ChandraWC]

To those who feel 'called':
✅️calling is not a glossy smear over the hard, ugly, painful things of your life. Consider how they will affect your mission.
✅️if you are called into darkness to bring light (justice, exposure), you'll need to do deeper work than reading Do Hard

[Standing for Justice @ChandraWC]

Things. You'll need an anchor for your soul. Fire in your eyes, steel in your mind, velvet in your heart.
✅️Stop following and listening to the shiny, glamorous folks in the spotlight. Find the dusty, disheveled, scarred ones underground and listen carefully to them.

[Standing for Justice @ChandraWC]

I read a newsletter this morning in which the ques was asked why isn't there more of an uprising about the issues surrounding childcare. The statement was made that parents are basically left to fend for themselves. Black women and families have known and felt this for decades.

[Woodson Center @WoodsonCenter]

New #Americanheroes animated story🎥
Learn about the trailblazing Opera impresario Mary Cardwell Dawson, whose leadership skills and passion for opera paved the way for hundreds of Black performers to launch or expand their musical careers.
https://t.co/myWSz3aWkZ

Special thanks to Denyce Graves for narrating this story, and the #DenyceGravesFoundation: https://t.co/Gy4FijK0AB

Animation studio: AB Positive

#marycardwelldawson #opera #finearts

[Standing for Justice @ChandraWC]

@teacher2teacher I've gotten to level 20 in solitaire :)

[Word In Black @WordInBlack]

"Black voters still matter, and we will never erase our identities. So if Democratic funders want our support, we’ll need theirs back."

https://t.co/KAgaC38xJq

[Standing for Justice @ChandraWC]

@Phil_Lewis_ Your statement isn't procedurally correct. A tie vote means they declined to overturn the lower court decision.

[Standing for Justice @ChandraWC]

One of the best pieces on education I've ever read.

[Education Next @EducationNext]

"The result is that students matriculate from one grade to the next without a full understanding of all they should know. Those gaps make it harder for them to learn the next year’s concepts, which then make the subsequent years even more difficult." https://t.co/PdLZJeubA6

[Standing for Justice @ChandraWC]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[COMMISSION ON THE SOCIAL STATUS OF BLACK MEN+BOYS @CSSBMB_]

April is #StressAwarenessMonth. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Black men are disproportionately affected by mental health challenges and substance use — often linked to environmental stress and systemic factors.

[The Institute for Family Studies @FamStudies]

Of Note: Parental device use significantly impacts kids—even if those kids don’t have their own screens.
https://t.co/9q6aRUvmTw

[Standing for Justice @ChandraWC]

How dare they.