On #WorldAIDSDay, we remember the 1980s pandemic & honor the memory of promising lives cut short by an insidious, opportunistic #virus. We also honor the sacrifices made by international teams of scientists whose tireless work led to today's progress, successfully applied beyond HIV. #ScienceSaves

#ReclaimDemocracy #Learn #Organize #Vote #Resist

This month, learn about the prevalence and impacts of domestic violence. Victims and survivors need our support to amplify their voices during #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth and beyond. Learn more at the Domestic Violence Awareness Project. #DVAM2025 www.dvawareness.org/WithSurvivors

Top 10 Rally Reminders for #NoKingsDayOct18th

October 11 is #LetFreedomReadDay. Help defend against censorship. Check out a banned book at your local library. Buy a banned book to donate it to your library. Contact your representative to implore them to reject all book banning. #BannedBooksWeek bannedbooksweek.org/let-freedom-...

At PEN America, check out the eye-opening report on the escalation in school book banning in the U.S. "During the 2024-2025 school year, PEN America recorded 6,870 instances of book bans across 23 states and 87 public school districts." #BannedBooksWeek #UniteAgainstBookBans pen.org/report/the-n...

This month, while honoring the 4 million U.S. breast cancer survivors, we face the realities that, in 2025, an estimated 379,000 new breast cancer cases are expected (>80% invasive). Visit nationalbreastcancer.org for helpful information. #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth

Consider hosting a "Right to Read" night with event-planning resources from the National Coalition Against Censorship. #NCAC provides a step-by-step guide to hosting a one-night book club during #BannedBooksWeek. #UniteAgainstBookBans bannedbooksweek.org/host-a-right...

This month, the World Health Organization highlights the 2025 theme of #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth: "Every Story is Unique, Every Journey Matters." Highlighting the disparity in survival rates worldwide, #WHO promotes a global commitment to equitable access to care. www.who.int/news-room/ev...

Help fight censorship by participating in this year's #BannedBooksWeek (5-11 Oct). The 2025 theme is "Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.” At the American Library Association's site, check out the list of 2024's most challenged books. #GeorgeOrwell #1984 www.ala.org/bbooks/banned

During #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth , learn about the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Founded in 1991, the mission of #NBCF includes helping those affected by breast cancer through early detection, education, and support services. Early detection is vital. www.nationalbreastcancer.org

. Unfortunately, America doesn't listen to its women . . . 💠 🫣 💠

As current events have proven.

I want our young people to know that there is a path forward, that a better world is possible. I don't want them to give up, to become cynical. They deserve to be young and full of optimism. They are owed a world that supports and sustains optimism.

#July17 #Project50501 #GoodTroubleLivesOn

"...I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC..." #UpholdTheConstitution #RestoreDueProcess #RegainTheRuleOfLaw

#ReclaimDemocracy #RejectFascism #RejectAuthoritarianism #ProtectTheVulnerable #ProtectTheMarginalized

✌️ Peace and Love! ✌️Happy 85th Sir Richard! #RingoStarr #TheBeatles #Beatles #SirRichardStarkey

What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? - Frederick Douglass, 5 July 1852 - "The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. ...This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn."

#ProtectTheMarginalized #ReclaimDemocracy

In July, we celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the historic civil rights law that was signed on 26 July 1990. The ADA works to ensure all people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. #ADA35 #ThanksToTheADA adaanniversary.org

This is a really important point. Most Medicaid recipients likely have NO idea that they’re about to lose their coverage.

Happy Canada Day! Bonne fête du Canada! #CanadaDay2025

#BlueCrew #ProudBlue #Thisiswhywefight #Resist #TruthWarriors #StrongerTogether #NoKings #DemocracyMatters #DefendDemocracy #StayWoke #NoMoreAuthoritarians #ProtectOurRights

Consider donating to the ALA's campaign, #UniteAgainstBookBans. With partner organizations & individual supporters, Unite Against Book Bans works to connect, equip, and mobilize the public to defeat attempts, at every level of government, to censor reading material #ALAAC25 uniteagainstbookbans.org

Dr. Carla Hayden, an outstanding American, champion of civil liberties and freedom of information. First woman & first PoC to hold the position of Librarian of Congress; targeted & fired before the end of her 10-year term by the current U.S. regime #FreePeopleReadFreely #ALAAC25 #LibrariansWillLead

My thanks to the American Chemical Society, C&EN for this timely piece on the importance of cultivating societal trust in science and scientists. Direct link to the audio lnkd.in/gRqKYCit Link to the full piece lnkd.in/gahwChnx

Recently, I drove by four armed men (police? sheriff? ICE? DHS? bounty hunters?), wearing badges & bulletproof vests, stealthily approaching a house through its tall hedge. As responsible citizens, how are we to differentiate legitimate policing from politically driven kidnapping? #ReclaimDemocracy

In celebration of the #AmericanLibraryAssociation annual conference in Philadelphia (26-30 Jun 2025), check out Elizabeth Webster's article in Smithsonian about Ben Franklin's foundational contributions to the U.S. library system #ALA2025 #ForOurLibraries www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...

Choose wisely. 👌😏

The celebration of #Juneteenth serves to remind us how vital it is to teach U.S. history as it was - undistorted, undiluted, and unedited. #FreedomDay

Genuine Question because I Do not understand… so if these men roll up in plain clothes and masks, grab a human being… even a child, and throw them in an unmarked vehicle I am just supposed to look the other way and say nothing ?? Ask Nothing ?

🧪 Defunding science has consequences. Federal funding cuts are threatening critical research. Programs focused on public health, medical innovation, climate science, and humanities scholarship are being stalled or eliminated. 📉 Science fuels progress. Let’s protect it.

Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine. If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.

#NoKings #ObamaAppreciationDay

#ObamaAppreciationDay #NoKings #ReclaimDemocracy #FightAuthoritarianism

🤔 Peaceful Protests can Succeed‼️ ... Just Sayin' 😉

#NoKingsDay #June14th #NonviolentAction #StandAgainstCorruption #FightAuthoritarianism #ReclaimDemocracy

Founded in 1973, #PFLAG is the nation's largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them. PFLAG’s network of chapters and members & supporters are helping to create an equitable and inclusive world #PrideMonth pflag.org

This is the struggle (e.g., laptop & limited data sets) that scientists in developing countries have bravely faced every day. How can the U.S. government possibly justify self-sabotaging the shining light that was U.S. science? #StandUpForScience

Founded in 1990, the nonprofit #GLSEN believes that every student has the right to a safe, supportive, and LGBTQ-inclusive K-12 education. GLSEN is a national network of educators, students, and local GLSEN Chapters working to make this right a reality #PrideMonth www.glsen.org/glsen-with-p...

Through litigation, education & public policy work, #LambdaLegal works to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of LGBTQ+ people & everyone living with HIV. They never charge clients for legal representation or advocacy, nor do they receive any government funding #PrideMonth lambdalegal.org