Marlena Chertock (she/her)

poet 📖 disabled/chronic pain/mental health gal 💊 lesbian 🏳️‍🌈 Jewish ✡️ Writer/Editor at @UNCF 🎓 Freelance at @ECmagdotcom 📝

[Marlena Chertock (she/her) @Mchertock]

On these last few days of #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth I wanted to share why I report on #MentalHealth.

“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind.”

Read my latest newsletter: https://t.co/Fu5ePFvkuX

[Marlena Chertock (she/her) @Mchertock]

My book, On that one-way trip to Mars, was published 10 years ago! Can’t believe it’s been orbiting for a decade 🚀📖🪐 https://t.co/UGq1mgp4O3 #PoetryBook #PublishedAuthor #ChronicPain #DisLit #CripLit

[Marlena Chertock (she/her) @Mchertock]

The #suicide rate among U.S. #ConstructionWorkers is twice the national average. Important programs train employers & employees on the skills to help colleagues in crisis. My latest for @ECmagdotcom: https://t.co/AQbn8GVETY #SuicidePrevention #MentalHealth #MentalHealthSupport

[Marlena Chertock (she/her) @Mchertock]

U.S. support for #renewables has fallen to the lowest point in 13 years, according to recent Gallup poll. Meanwhile, support for #NuclearEnergy has grown to 46%.

My latest for @ECmagdotcom: https://t.co/oWlljrH1Zt #RenewableEnergy #SolarPower #WindPower

[Marlena Chertock (she/her) @Mchertock]

A federal appeals court blocks mailing of mifepristone prescriptions. Friday’s ruling from New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals requires abortion pill be distributed only in person & at clinics, overruling regulations set by FDA https://t.co/rzHiq6HJ5T via @APNews

[Marlena Chertock (she/her) @Mchertock]

Power demand from #DataCenters could triple by 2028, according to a report from the DOE @ENERGY. But there are many ways data centers can maximize their #EnergyEfficiency. My latest for @ECmagdotcom: https://t.co/nS49xaCt3r #EnergyDemand #EnergyEfficient #RenewableEnergy

[Marlena Chertock (she/her) @Mchertock]

On #YomHaShoah, sharing a reflection on visiting #Auschwitz last fall to pay respects to the Chertocks who were murdered there.

Appreciate anyone who reads this. https://t.co/wQhMOx3Snl

[Marlena Chertock (she/her) @Mchertock]

#DayOfNoSilence #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #SupremeCourtruling #conversiontherapy #queer #queerness #QueerJourney #homophobia #transphobia

[Marlena Chertock (she/her) @Mchertock]

On April 10, 2006, I went to school with a whiteboard and a sign around my neck, signaling to my teachers and peers that I was participating in the #DayOfSilence. It would be over a decade before I realized I’d been participating for myself, too https://t.co/2iorokyckv

[Marlena Chertock (she/her) @Mchertock]

Ensuring hearing protection fits properly is critical to limiting noise-induced #HearingLoss in the workplace, according to a February 2026 safety and health information bulletin from @OSHA_DOL. My latest for @ECmagdotcom: https://t.co/C507ALFkDu #NIHL #PPE #HearingProtection

[Marlena Chertock (she/her) @Mchertock]

Reflection on one year since my hip replacement surgery https://t.co/HXavkAM9l0 #HipReplacement #HipReplacementSurgery #TotalHipReplacement #JointReplacement #JointReplacementSurgery #RecoveryJourney #SkeletalDysplasia #SpondyloepiphysealDysplasia #dwarfism #ChronicPain

[Marlena Chertock (she/her) @Mchertock]

.@fairfieldoh's first renewable energy project is expected to start generating electricity by summer. My latest for @ECmagdotcom: https://t.co/0ShoQHcasS #SolarFarm #RenewableEnergy #Renewables #GreenEnergy

[Marlena Chertock (she/her) @Mchertock]

Salary growth for women has slowed in #CleanEnergy & #sustainability, but others have seen increased compensation. Learn more this #InternationalWomansDay https://t.co/9dAAMiz9Td via @ECmagdotcom @WRISEnergy #GreenEnergy #GreenEnergyJobs #RenewableEnergy #RenewableEnergyJobs

[Marlena Chertock (she/her) @Mchertock]

This first-generation nontraditional student returned after a 20-year hiatus. "I'm creating legacy for my children,” said Beloved Dillard. “There's a transformation that happens at college that you will not get anyplace else." https://t.co/TOmU2BRI9J @ITCAtlanta @UNCF

[Marlena Chertock (she/her) @Mchertock]

Kembriah Parker was the first woman to receive her pilot license through @UNCF-member institution @TuskegeeUniv's relaunched aviation science program — decades after the Tuskegee Airmen, the country's first Black military pilots, were trained there https://t.co/Ofr9Hdm8Wk

[Marlena Chertock (she/her) @Mchertock]

While women have experienced increased compensation in #CleanEnergy & sustainability sectors, overall salary growth has slowed & market uncertainty is encouraging some to leave the industry, according to report from @WRISEnergy. My latest for @ECmagdotcom: https://t.co/FSmpd8Vra8

[Marlena Chertock (she/her) @Mchertock]

A #SolarFarm built on the former site of a landfill in Brooklyn, Ohio, is expanding. Meanwhile, nearby Cleveland is facing setbacks with its Harvard Road Landfill solar project. My latest for @ECmagdotcom
https://t.co/TrKWwihyMg #RenewableEnergy #LandfillSolar #SolarPower

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

BREAKING: Another victim of the Sydney Chanukah party attack has been identified as Holocaust survivor Alex Kleytman.

Alex died saving his wife of five decades, Larissa. The elderly couple was celebrating with friends and family when the massacre began.

That is who the terrorists murdered: Holocaust survivors and children.

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE BONDI BEACH MASSACRE IN SYDNEY:

- Around 2,000 people were celebrating the first night of Chanukah at a family event organized by Chabad in Bondi Beach.

- Two shooters opened fire, firing approximately 60 rounds over about 10 minutes before police intervened.

- So far, reports indicate 11 people killed and dozens injured.

- Among the victims identified are Chabad rabbi Eli Schlanger, Holocaust survivor Alex Kleytman, and a child.

- A heroic unarmed civilian, Ahmed Al Ahmad, stopped one of the shooters and seized his rifle, saving many lives. He was shot twice during the attack but is expected to make a full recovery.

- One shooter was killed, and the other was arrested.

- An explosive device was found near the scene in the terrorist’s car.

- One of the shooters has been identified as Naveed Akram, a Pakistani national.

- Israel is investigating whether the Iranian regime was involved in the attack.

This is what “globalize the intifada” means: innocent civilians murdered thousands of miles away from Gaza while celebrating Chanukah.

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

In 1931 in Kiel, Germany, Rachel Posner, the wife of a rabbi, took this picture.

On the back of the photograph she wrote:

“‘Death to Judah,’ so the flag says.

‘Judah lives forever,’ so the light answers.”

The light will continue to answer the darkness. Happy Hanukkah.