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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

However you celebrate this festive season, may your heart be filled with light and hope.

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Happy Thanksgiving! Wherever you are in the world, may you have reasons to be grateful.

Image with black text on a textured beige background with a single red leaf. Text reads: It is not joy that makes us GRATEFUL, it is gratitude that makes us JOYFUL.

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Don’t forget to vote today if there’s an election in your area. All the cool cats are doing it.

Vintage photo of cats in dresses putting ballots in a ballot box.

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Only one week left -- contact your members of Congress ASAP to stop these harmful cuts. (via @familiesusa.bsky.social)

Graphic of the US Capitol with a hand holding a bullhorn. Text reads: Millions are already stretching every dollar. They can't afford higher premiums or more medical debt. Enhanced Premium Tax Credits (PTCs) help more than 20 million people get affordable health coverage. Tell members of congress to repeal the harmful cuts they passed and make PTCs permanent.

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Wishing all who celebrate Rosh Hashanah a sweet, peaceful and happy new year!

A photo of apples -- some whole and some sliced -- with jars of honey.

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Looks like a good church! I saw the same message on a sign at a No Kings rally. One of my faves of the day.

A hand holds up a handwritten sign that says: if empathy is a sin, sin boldly.

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

#Medicaid is under threat, and we’re taking a stand. On June 25 at 6 p.m., join us at the Michigan Capitol for a peaceful vigil to protect the health care that millions of Michiganders depend on. RSVP and make your voice heard: bit.ly/vigiltoprote...

Black and white image of a hand holds up a purple flower. Text reads: Vigil to Protect MI Care - JOIN US - Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 6-7:30 p.m., Michigan State Capitol, Lansing.

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

More #NoKings in Ferndale, MI. An estimated 3000 people were expected to show up today at this rally alone.

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Huge turnout today in Ferndale, MI. Totally peaceful rally packed with folks making their voices heard. #NoKings

A woman holds a sign with all the colors of the pride flag, and words in each one Super, callous, fascist, racist, sexist, Nazi, POTUS.

A woman with a small American flag in her hair whole design says “when cruelty becomes normal compassion seems radical.”

A woman holds a sign that says “No faux-king way.”

A woman called a sign with a quote attributed to Thomas Jefferson: “When injustice becomes law resistance becomes duty.”

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

#RFKjr will soon be the leading cause of death in America.

An epidemiologist at Columbia had to issue a statement saying the research article RFK
Jr. cited with her name is FAKE. The paper itself doesn't EXIST.
Y'all this is fascism. FAKE scientific articles used by the government to influence policy is FASCISM. This is horrifying.
@GeauxGabrielle

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Just a few weeks until #PIC2025! I’ll be co-presenting insights on Writing for Clarity: Translating Jargon and Improving Understanding at the Public Interest Communications Summer Institute. Register here: jou.ufl.edu/picsi25 #CommunicateForChange

A photo of a blonde woman in a business jacket with the following text: I'm speaking at the 2025 Public Interest Communications Summer Institute, "Rekindling Progress in a Polarized World" June 3-5, Atlanta, GA. Learn how to teach, study and apply communications for social change. Learn more at jou.ufl.edu/picsi25

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

I can’t wait to speak at the 2025 Public Interest Communications Summer Institute, June 3–5 at Georgia State University. I'm co-presenting a hands-on workshop on creating clear messages from complex information. Join us: jou.ufl.edu/picsi25 #CommunicateForChange #PIC2025

Photo of a woman with shoulder-length blonde hair wearing a black and gray jacket. She's smiling. Copy reads: I'm speaking at The 2025 Public Interest Communications Summer Institute, "Rekindling Progress in a Polarized World," June 3-5 | Atlanta, GA. Learn how to teach, study and apply communications for social change. Learn more at jou.ufl.edu/picsi25"

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Happy birthday to the Affordable Care Act! #ACA15 #Obamacare

A woman stands outside, arms outstretched, and smiling, wearing a T-shirt that says “Health Reform: Still a BFD.” Text underneath says “Happy birthday, ACA!”

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Hurting for subscribers, @washingtonpost.com? Self-inflicted damage. I’m not re-subscribing.

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Subscribers make this work possible

The Washington post
Your support matters.
From navigating the evolving political landscape to tracking extreme weather events, our journalists bring the world's stories to light. This work is only possible with the support of our subscribers. To continue sustaining our newsroom's deeply sourced, rigorous reporting, resubscribe today.
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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Keep after ‘em, but I’m done with Visa.

Photo of a Visa credit card cut into pieces.

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Excited to be at the Families USA Health Action conference to learn how my years of experience in healthcare advocacy can help do more good. If you're here, let's chat! #HAC2025

On the left is a black and white photo of hands typing on a vintage typewriter. On the right, against a white background, it says "Amy Lynn Smith - Writer + Strategist: Great content for the greater good." Below that it reads, "In the right hands, communication can change minds."

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Whatever you're celebrating, may the season -- and the year ahead -- be filled with peace and light.

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Happy Winter Solstice! From the darkness of the longest night, light begins to emerge as we move forward into wondrous futures, even if we can't see them yet.

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Holy cow! Even with all the hype I was not prepared for just how phenomenal ‘Wicked’ is, in every possible way. It’s the best movie adaptation of a musical I’ve ever seen and I was totally immersed in the energy of friendship and finding your power. 💚🩷

A blonde woman smiles, wearing a black T-shirt that says ‘Defy Gravity’ in shiny green and silver. She is standing in front of a backdrop that says ‘Wicked’ in pink and green against black.

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I looked pretty far down your list. Didn’t see this one.

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Now more than ever, communications need to make an impact that drives positive action. I'm a public interest communicator specializing in strategic storytelling and content strategy who advocates for systems and social change on a variety of issues. How can I help you do more good? alswrite.com

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Music is my healing go-to. Had a fantastic jam session with my guy and some of his peeps. Learned some new tunes and got to belt out some Linda Ronstadt and Alanis Morissette. Truly cathartic and big fun!

A blonde woman sits at an electronic keyboard with a huge smile on her face.

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 10/10/2024

It was such a pleasure delivering a #storytelling workshop at the American Foundation for the Blind Leadership Conference. I love helping people learn how to tell their own stories, whether on stage or on the printed page.

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 27/09/2024

Michigan: Early voting has started and absentee ballots will arrive soon. Bolden and Thomas are the MI Supreme Court candidates endorsed by the Democratic Party, but that isn't listed in the non-partisan section where you'll cast your votes. Learn more at www.misupremecourtrocks.com.

Cartoon images featuring a patriotic eagle and a Black woman with a service dog dropping her ballot in a drop box. Copy reads: Don't forget to complete your ballot. Vote for the Michigan Supreme Court in the non-partisan section of your ballot. Learn more at misupremecourtrocks.com.

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 27/09/2024

This week, I had the honor and pleasure of presenting an interactive storytelling workshop at the American Foundation for the Blind Leadership Conference. People sharing their lived experience with blindness/low vision is central to AFB's goal of changing the narrative on blindness.

A conference tag with a blue lanyard. A border at the top with a blue background says: AFBLC 2024 - American Foundation for the Blind Leadership Conference. Below on a white background it reads: Amy Lynn Smith - Writer + Strategist / Speaker.

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 14/03/2024

Someone should invent snack packaging for theatres that doesn’t crinkle. Crinkling and crunching practically drowned out a pivotal scene. (Still loved every minute, though.)

A hand holds up a program in a theatre that says “Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.’

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 12/03/2024

Keyboards figure largely in my life, as a writer and formerly lapsed pianist. Happy to be jamming again #music #writing

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Amy Lynn Smith @alswrite.bsky.social · 11/03/2024

Hi Bluesky-ites! How's the weather up here? Just getting started here so I'd love to connect with people interested in #storytelling, #socialchange, #advocacy and #writing. Also #music, #theatre and #popculture.

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