Sarah Shepherd

Public Health and Social Work Professional. Making the world a better place through understanding core issues and strengthening relationships.

[Sarah Shepherd @sshepherd2682]

$4 million went to 12 organizations to support technology that will help #olderadults and people with #disabilities connect with home and community-based #services and #socialisolation. Find them here!
@MinnesotaDHS
https://t.co/FAkPh3wMAP

[Sarah Shepherd @sshepherd2682]

Language is important! "Preferred usage include 'older persons living with dementia/mental illness/depression.'" https://t.co/zfi5afmFI6

[Nicolas Cole 🚢👻 @Nicolascole77]

Over the past 10 years, I have read over 500 business books.

99% were 1 idea stretched across 300 pages.

They should have been blog posts.

Save yourself the time and just read these 10 👇

[Sarah Shepherd @sshepherd2682]

The #SeniorLinkageLine has a presentation in Spanish on services available for #olderadults and their #familycaregivers! Just in time for #Medicare #OpenEnrollment!
https://t.co/kzPU445biu

[Sarah Shepherd @sshepherd2682]

A helpful article on actions employers can take to advance #equity. Thank you, @jjmillard for sharing your knowledge!

[larsleafblad @larsleafblad]

I've been sharing about importance of salary transparency & want to note the leaders who prompted my own behavior changes --> @jjmillard @prncssmononoko @laurazabel @SmartNonprofits @PollenMidwest @SpringboardArts. Read the case they made last summer --> https://t.co/KyvCFLny4P

[Sarah Shepherd @sshepherd2682]

There is no "Equity" without dismantling structural racism. - Dr. Nathan Chomilo. Thank you for this important distinction @ChomiloMD!

[Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging @metroaging]

Would you like to provide input on Trellis' plan to the @Minnesota Board on Aging for administering funding under the Older Americans Act? Join us for a public hearing July 1, 12:00 PM on Zoom. Learn more and RSVP. https://t.co/RG9wbxbiOs

[Sarah Shepherd @sshepherd2682]

Try @yourjuniper's Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better #Balance program to see if it is a right fit for you and/or your patients.

July 2, 2021!
https://t.co/685aU4w9at

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

From a young age, we are taught to view the world as black and white.

But many of life’s most important truths appear contradictory on the surface.

THREAD: 15 powerful paradoxes (on growth, business, careers, and life):

[Sarah Shepherd @sshepherd2682]

Contact your #Minnesota state #representative to oppose #votersuppression. #Minnesotans need to do better. #equityinallpolicies.

[Tom Hauser @thauserkstp]

JUST IN: After more than two hours of debate, the Minnesota Senate passes a voter ID bill 34-32. It would require photo ID’s to register to vote and to vote on Election Day. It faced strong opposition from Senate Democrats and would not likely pass the DFL-controlled House.

[Sarah Shepherd @sshepherd2682]

Challenge 2: Overcoming #Vaccinehesitancy and understanding reasons for hesitancy.= Using trusted sources such as #barbershops in Maryland. https://t.co/q0Rbjqxmrt #COVID19 #MGS45

[Sarah Shepherd @sshepherd2682]

Challenge 1: #Vaccines from manufacturers to providers distributing vaccines #MGS45 #COVID19

[Sarah Shepherd @sshepherd2682]

"I know less about the #COVID19 virus now than I did 6 months ago." - @mtosterholm #MGS45

[Sarah Shepherd @sshepherd2682]

Honored to share @yourjuniper's experience on our #COVID19 response. Lessons learned: Staying grounded in mission; Cut through the "red tape"; Plan, don't react; Listen to the needs of the community. #fallprevention #socialconnection https://t.co/WWflEWZJ1i

[Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging @metroaging]

At the 45th MGS conference with @sshepherd2682 presenting about how @yourjuniper responded to COVID-19 and made evidence-based health promotion classes available online and by phone. https://t.co/IvWt6y7556

[Kermit the Frog @KermitTheFrog]

If you believe in yourself, you can accomplish anything. And if you beileve in your friends they can be right there with you! So take the time today to let them know you think they're amazing!

[Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging @metroaging]

Right on! OPINION EXCHANGE | Growing older is not awful; ageism is https://t.co/yqVYxuzkmX

[Sarah Shepherd @sshepherd2682]

Read the Christians Against #ChristianNationalism statement https://t.co/pJLVoYXrsw

[rf images @adiaphora]

"Christianity has been held hostage...and we must reclaim it." BishopCurry posits Bishop Tutu and Fannie Lou Hamer as positive examples. "You cannot be what you cannot see." #ChristianNationalism

[Sarah Shepherd @sshepherd2682]

Christians talk about #grace, but we don't live it. It is now time to start living it! Amen! #christiannationalism

[Sam Wineburg @samwineburg]

Take this in: Never once, in the years 1860-1865, was this flag ever paraded in the halls of the American capitol.