Ryan Catalani

Executive Director, Family Promise of Hawaiʻi. Board member: @PacificGateway, @AFPHawaii. Mastodon:

[Ryan Catalani @ryancatalani]

“Migrant child workers … harvest coffee and build lava rock walls around vacation homes in Hawaii.”

[Hannah Dreier @hannahdreier]

The US is seeing an unprecedented wave of migrant child labor right now.

Thousands of kids are working overnight in dangerous factories for brands like Cheerios, Fruit of the Loom and Ford. They're here alone and they're being failed in the most basic way.https://t.co/5IlCNTjGdh

[Ryan Catalani @ryancatalani]

We had a great view of the lunar eclipse.

[Family Promise @fpnational]

“Share your story and establish your reputation in the community. People’s perception of homelessness doesn’t reflect the families we serve. Set yourselves up as the solution in the community.”

~@ryancatalani

[Family Promise @fpnational]

Our next panel is 👇

How to successfully & sustainably grow your nonprofit ⭐️

#FPVegasSymposium

[YPDA Hawaiʻi @YPDAhawaii]

Keep demanding action from your elected officials. It often takes longer than it should, but you CAN make change happen. We fought for years for a #MinimumWage increase and #TaxFairness and this year WE WON BIG on both. HB2510 is now Act 114.

[Ryan Catalani @ryancatalani]

@willcaronforHI Is the numerator the number of unique recipients that opened the email, rather than the total number of opens (which may include multiple opens per recipient)?

[Ryan Catalani @ryancatalani]

“Instead of helplessly witnessing division, we could seek prosperity and opportunity for all our fellow Americans. … But it is a rare elite that is willing to think in the long term.” https://t.co/dC4TjoM2ii

[Ryan Catalani @ryancatalani]

I would add a public education campaign to help people understand that COVID-19 is airborne & how to mitigate risks, ensuring paid sick leave in general (not just for vaccination), and improving ventilation in all high-risk places (in addition to schools). https://t.co/mBYuvSircg

[Ryan Catalani @ryancatalani]

Rep. @kaikahele calls on Hawaiʻi state leaders to “require and provide high-quality masks,” ensure “free access to at-home, rapid tests,” and define “fully vaccinated” to include a booster, among other key priorities to get the pandemic under control: https://t.co/mo0kiwfxjE

[Ryan Catalani @ryancatalani]

Currently, 19 Hawaiʻi public schools haven’t reported any COVID-19 cases in the past four weeks. With the latest update to my tracker, you can easily identify which schools haven’t reported any cases recently: https://t.co/FbhPVtCI0J

[Ed Yong is not here @edyong209]

"The government could fix the paid-leave issue—it showed in 2020 that it is capable of doing so. Instead, it issues “guidelines” and watches people spread COVID because they can’t afford not to."

🔥from @olgakhazan

https://t.co/aZASc7lRRf

[Ryan Catalani @ryancatalani]

@CaulfieldCM Wordle meets Tetris?

[Ryan Catalani @ryancatalani]

@ecotraveler I thought these resources were helpful too:
- From 3M: "Respirators can be worn until they are dirty, damaged or difficult to breathe through" https://t.co/bkARzDSlEA
- From the creator of the N95 material: "N95 Masks Can be Rotated, 1 Mask Every 3–4 Days" https://t.co/kx9SqF0Iky

[Ryan Catalani @ryancatalani]

And we should finally help the public understand that enclosed, poorly ventilated spaces are inherently riskier because of COVID-19’s airborne nature. With more accurate information, people can make better decisions. https://t.co/vAW7a8fdFU

[Ryan Catalani @ryancatalani]

“Personal responsibility” isn’t enough to end the pandemic. But since it is now the primary policy for most Hawaiʻi residents, our county and state governments should at least provide the necessary tools so people can take “personal responsibility.” https://t.co/mBYuvSircg

[Ryan Catalani @ryancatalani]

Salt Lake County will require people to wear N95 or KN95 masks indoors in public—and will provide free masks at senior centers and libraries.

In DC, residents can pick up 4 rapid tests per day at public libraries. There’s even a live inventory tracker.

[Ryan Catalani @ryancatalani]

@MBVD @kaikahele @RepEdCase @HASCDemocrats Looks like 10 am ET: https://t.co/UI6q3kgxQL

[Abraar Karan @AbraarKaran]

Salt Lake City's new mask mandate has raised the bar-- must be wearing a respirator. But they are also providing citizens w/ free KN95 and N95 respirators (cloth OK until you can get a respirator); for 1 month until surge passes

They got this right
https://t.co/BR5qts7rtc

[Ryan Catalani @ryancatalani]

2019 study: “Hawaii Financial Health Pulse: 2019 Survey Results” https://t.co/vEARG79pXs

[Ryan Catalani @ryancatalani]

Less than half of Hawaiʻi’s “leisure and hospitality” workers have paid sick days, per a 2019 study, and only 55% have paid time off at all. Nationally, “only 33% of workers whose wages are at the bottom 10% get paid sick leave,” the AP reported.

[The Associated Press @AP]

“I think many people now come to work sick ... because they feel they have no other choice,” Millions of U.S. workers who don't get paid sick days are having to choose between their health and their paycheck as the omicron variant rages. https://t.co/ktTD7GNhu8

[Ryan Catalani @ryancatalani]

As I wrote in September, the risk of spreading COVID-19 is highest in enclosed places that are poorly ventilated and crowded, especially if people aren’t wearing masks. These systemic risk factors are often out of the control of the people who work there. https://t.co/qWFlyfMYIX