Sydney Chaffee

Grade 9 Humanities teacher at @codmanacademy, NBCT, 2017 National Teacher of the Year - views are my own - she/her

[March For Our Lives @AMarch4OurLives]

What you wear can carry a message the cameras simply cannot edit out. That is why, on fashion’s biggest night, we wore this dress and hacked the #MetGala without even attending.

Kids in this country are being killed by gun violence, and safety has been treated as something only some people get to have. Our priority is keeping attention on the cause.

[Sydney Chaffee @SydneyChaffee]

Join me at a Teachers Unify Community Meeting on January 28th at 7pm EST! Register here: https://t.co/MMwDQ3evCz
Hope to see you there!
#BooksNotBullets
#EndGunViolence
#SafeSchoolsSafeCommunities

[Kurt Russell @kurtsenior_]

Congratulations to the incredible finalists for National Teacher of the Year! Your passion and dedication to education are truly inspiring. I look forward to learning from you and celebrating your impact. ⁦@CCSSO⁩

[BostonTeachersUnion @BTU66]

In light of the Trump Administration's decision to authorize ICE raids at schools, churches, hospitals and courthouses, the BTU and @AFTMass have issued this joint statement:

https://t.co/3w8zrzeba7

[Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸 🖇️👩‍🎓📚 @rweingarten]

Our @aftunion members have a responsibility to all children. We don’t question the immigration status of our students or patients. We're respectfully asking President Trump to restrict ICE arrests at sensitive locations such as hospitals and schools. https://t.co/jOqIj0olPk

[Sydney Chaffee @SydneyChaffee]

So excited to share this! Thank you, @hippocampusmag!

[Silence the Violence and Shun the Guns @STVASTG]

Are more cops the answer to gun violence? It didn’t work in Parkland. And it didn’t work in Uvalde. We’ve tried just adding more guns and more cops. It hasn’t worked and it won’t wait until we address how easy it is to get guns.

[Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières @MSF_canada]

Doctors Without Borders denounces in the strongest possible terms the killing of our colleague in #Gaza

This is our 8th colleague killed in #Gaza and the second in two weeks.

[Moms Demand Action @MomsDemand]

Guns are the leading killer of children and teens in this country, but @KamalaHarris and @Tim_Walz know it doesn't have to be this way. Both have championed historic actions to reduce gun violence. Meanwhile, Trump and Vance have vowed to weaken gun safety laws.

Vote like your kids' lives depend on it. They do.

[Christopher Martell @chriscmartell]

Anti-Q2 folks: Stop saying Question 2 "gets rid of MCAS." Opponents of Question 2 are lying to you to try and win through deception. IT DOES NOT GET RID OF MCAS. PERIOD. We will still have MCAS as an "evaluative tool." Please vote hard for #YesOn2!
https://t.co/Om9JVYWNuo

[AFT @AFTunion]

ICYMI: @abbeyclements @TeachersUnify shared a powerful story at the Democratic National Convention this summer. @KamalaHarris @Tim_Walz are serious about keeping kids safe from gun violence.

[Everytown @Everytown]

🚨🚨🚨 Election day is just ONE month away. Are you 100% sure you’re registered and ready to vote for Gun Sense Candidates?

Take two minutes to make sure: https://t.co/NPfUyMXz6X

[Everytown @Everytown]

Our kids should not have to live in fear of being shot. They should be able to just be kids.

@Tim_Walz and @KamalaHarris are fighting for a future free from gun violence. Donald Trump and JD Vance want to force more guns into our schools, and have vowed to undo the historic progress we’ve made on gun safety.

Make sure you’re ready to vote for Gun Sense Candidates on November 5: Text REGISTER to 644-33.

[March For Our Lives @AMarch4OurLives]

It’s a new school year! And politicians are dusting off their “thoughts and prayers” tweets after the summer break.

We can break this cycle. Will you sign our petition demanding Congress ban AR-15s and end school shootings? We need 25,000 signatures TODAY:

[Everytown @Everytown]

When it came to gun safety last night, there was no debate. While JD Vance cowers to the gun lobby’s extremist agenda, @Tim_Walz will fight for a future free from gun violence for every American.

Election Day will be here before we know it. Help us get out the vote for Gun Sense Candidates up and down the ballot: https://t.co/NnADthAT7U

[March For Our Lives @AMarch4OurLives]

FACT CHECK: Between 2016 and 2021, NEARLY 70% OF GUNS recovered at crime scenes in Mexico were WERE TRACED BACK TO AMERICAN GUN MANUFACTURERS or importers.

[Everytown @Everytown]

JD Vance just blamed our gun violence crisis on mental health, claiming that we have "way higher rates of depression."

But compared to peer nations, the US has similar rates of mental health issues and a 26x higher gun homicide rate. Not to mention: Donald Trump attempted to gut mental healthcare funding while in office. #VPDebate

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Gov. Walz: I am a hunter. I own firearms. The Vice President does. We understand the Second Amendment is there, but our first responsibility is to our kids to figure this out. In Minnesota, we enacted enhanced red flag laws and background checks. There are countries around the world where their children aren't practicing these types of drills. We owe it to our kids to get a fix

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

The reason America has a 25 times higher gun homicide rate than any peer nation is easy access to guns. We don't have higher rates of mental illness. It's not divorce or video games or medications. It's the guns.

[Everytown @Everytown]

People with mental illnesses are more likely to be victims of violent crime than perpetrators—so when politicians like JD Vance & Donald Trump stigmatize people with mental health issues, they only cause more harm. #VPDebate