Amanda Rivas

Mother, Wife, Sister, Educator. I love History, Comedy, Music, Dance, Drama- I am a fan of all that makes life beautiful. Especially books and stories!

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

'All they have known for their entire lives has been the cruelty ... of Israel's policies and the complete indifference of the world to their suffering' — Human rights lawyer @huwaidaarraf on Palestinian children's trauma & Israel's harmful policies (warning: distressing) #Reacts

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture.

The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.

But no.

Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die.

You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. You are meat for prowling beasts. No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal.

A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery.

Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, Mead said."
We are at our best when we serve others.

Be civilized.

Credit: Ira Byock.

[Amanda Rivas @MrsARivas]

@NoLieWithBTC @Acyn Idiot

[Amanda Rivas @MrsARivas]

@lmrcnow @CobbSchools Shameful.

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

I’ve lived during ten different decades in America. The economy comes and goes, is up, is down.

But our fundamental freedoms? When those slip, it leads to very dark places. To Jim Crow. To internment.

Vote to protect your freedoms. Or they will be taken from you.

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

Why are we so bound to an “originalist” reading of the Constitution when women and minorities had no part in writing it? If they had been there at the table with an equal voice, don’t you think it would have been “originally” very different?

[Amanda Rivas @MrsARivas]

@jasonselvig The self-victimizing in his tweet makes me want to vomit. He's really trying to convince others as if he didn't steal and rob others of their futures. Disgusting.

[Steven Beschloss @StevenBeschloss]

Sign of a broken society: They think it’s necessary to ban books, but not AR-15 rifles.

[American Museum of Natural History @AMNH]

Today is both #EndangeredSpeciesDay & #WorldBeeDay! So we’re bringing you the story of an endangered bee, the giant Patagonian bumblebee. It’s one of the world's largest bumblebee species and is the only one native to southern South America.🥏(1/4)

[Amanda Rivas @MrsARivas]

@DanWuori

[The Daily Show @TheDailyShow]

As we celebrate Ukrainians finding refuge in neighboring countries, it's impossible not to see the racial disparity in how European nations treat refugees

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

‘Shame on all of you and pray for them soldiers up there in the Capitol’ — Army veteran Jose Belen made a powerful plea for peace after seeing armed soldiers deployed to the U.S. Capitol

[Amanda Rivas @MrsARivas]

Happy Born Day King!

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

Kings. Happy birthday, #MLK. 🖤🖤

[Amanda Rivas @MrsARivas]

🙏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[Dr. Jill Biden @DrBiden]

We are going to fight for educators and students.

That means hiring more counselors and school nurses.

That means paying educators what they're worth.

That means protecting the right to organize.

[Amanda Rivas @MrsARivas]

First of many 🙏🏽

[CNN @CNN]

Kamala Harris is the first woman, the first woman of color, the first Black person and the first South Asian to be elected vice president of the United States https://t.co/rKv8HtdlFL

[Michele Campisi @mfloriocampisi]

#MorningJoe
two words
Stacey. Abrams.
one word
EPIC
#StaceyAbrams has an election literally stolen from her, doesn't whine, goes to work and delivers #geogia for #Biden and maybe 2 senate seats as a bonus

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It might be Labor Day weekend, but let’s all remember that we're still in the middle of a pandemic. Wear a mask, practice social distancing, and follow the experts. It’ll save lives.

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

NEW: More than two dozen missing children have been rescued in an operation carried out by U.S. Marshals and Georgia investigators -- the agencies called it “operation not forgotten.”

Investigators arrested nine people on charges that include sex trafficking and kidnapping.

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

His last tweet