Melissa Marini Švigelj, Ph.D.

Educator Artist Assistant Professor

[Melissa Marini Švigelj, Ph.D. @svme]

#YJAM2024 #youthareworthit @WeAreNYJN @4juvjustice @coalitionforjuvjustice

[Nancy E. Bailey @NancyEBailey1]

To improve the mental health of America's young people, put the arts back into ALL K-12 public schools. Not piecemeal art with volunteers but actual art instruction with degreed art teachers as part of the curriculum. https://t.co/PYeadaCHfx

[Melissa Marini Švigelj, Ph.D. @svme]

@SenLouiseLucas @CreighDeeds. @SenatorLocke. @JenniferBoysko. @ryanmcdougle. @ToddPillionVA. @MarkSicklesVA. @DavidBulova. @DelBetsyCarr. @TerryAustin4HOD @RobBloxom @DelegateTorian @GovernorVA NO to excluding those who have EARNED their ESCs! Exclude Budget Amendment 390(R)(2)

[The Debt Collective 🟥 @StrikeDebt]

One of the best things to happen to our economy over the past 3+ years was the pause on student debt payments—keeping an average of $400 a month in the pockets of nearly 50 million Americans.

One of the worst things to happen to our economy will be resuming these payments.

[Melissa Marini Švigelj, Ph.D. @svme]

I just took action with @theactionnet: Add Your Name: Endorse the Fair Work Campaign. Take action here: https://t.co/0KdwYFcHto

[Daily Caller @DailyCaller]

WATCH: AOC reacts to Rep. Omar being booted from House Foreign Affairs Committee

AOC: "This is about targeting women of color in the United States of America!!"

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

Capitalism saw Black people as capital, not human. Never forget.

[Melissa Marini Švigelj, Ph.D. @svme]

@santacruzskate @thrashermag @nyjah @RyanSheckler @tonyhawk How is the skateboarding world showing solidarity with #TyreNichols and his family?

[Melissa Marini Švigelj, Ph.D. @svme]

Sea foam at Bean Hollow State Beach, San Mateo January 7th, 2023

[Melissa Marini Švigelj, Ph.D. @svme]

😍 https://t.co/zQZ1KL3eQ5

[Melissa Marini Švigelj, Ph.D. @svme]

👨🏽‍🎓 https://t.co/KgmyYFmbz4

[Melissa Marini Švigelj, Ph.D. @svme]

Yyyeeeessss https://t.co/q6tLP0syRe

[Melissa Marini Švigelj, Ph.D. @svme]

Click Here to support the Santa Cruz Cardinals Boys Basketball Fundraiser 2022
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[Melissa Marini Švigelj, Ph.D. @svme]

A former student of mine wrote a book. 🙂 https://t.co/NPrM95gfoj https://t.co/QcM7zwPgk7

[Melissa Marini Švigelj, Ph.D. @svme]

The western monarchs (which humans have put at risk for extinction) are at Lighthouse Field. @ Lighthouse Field Park https://t.co/yxuxdj9b4x

[Melissa Marini Švigelj, Ph.D. @svme]

❣️❣️❣️ Shame on us for allowing Cuyahoga County to deny education to detained juveniles https://t.co/SlAuaOqZrN

[Melissa Marini Švigelj, Ph.D. @svme]

@TheCityClub (part 2) Could this lack of educational services in adult jails and these federal educational civil rights violations be used as leverage to slow or stop youth transfers? How can we hold county and CMSD officials accountable for denying educational access?

[Melissa Marini Švigelj, Ph.D. @svme]

@TheCityClub A significant amount of young people transferred or held in county jails qualify for educational services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act through age 21. Cuyahoga County continues to violate these young people’s educational civil rights (part 1)

[Melissa Marini Švigelj, Ph.D. @svme]

Cuyahoga County fails to meet educational needs for children in juvenile detention: Melissa Marini Švigelj and Meryl Johnson https://t.co/7kK9PgxL3z

[Melissa Marini Švigelj, Ph.D. @svme]

@soundofideas I used to collect milkweed leaves from the fields on Quincy near the Detention Center and raise the larvae and then release the monarchs with students in the school there. Does the protection designation mean we can’t do this anymore?