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Carol Haywood

@cehaywood.bsky.social
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Mom. Bike enthusiast. Disability and health services researcher.

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MagnoliaBouton @magnoliabouton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
NIH plans to block international researchers on visas from accessing key funding avenue: the K99/R00. Devastating news for the international research training community, who strongly contribute to US biomedical research. All will feel this great loss! www.statnews.com/2026/08/07/n...
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NIH plans to block international researchers on visas from accessing key funding avenue
The NIH plans to close the door on one of the few pathways available to international students on visas to forge a career in biomedical research in the U.S.
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aaronecarroll.bsky.social @aaronecarroll.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
AHRQ canceled studies on patient safety and antibiotic resistance. The reason it gave: to focus on new priorities, including "patient safety" & "preventing antibiotic resistance." That's not a typo. My @nytopinion.nytimes.com on the dismantling of delivery science: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/o...
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Opinion | Medical Breakthroughs Are a Thrill. Then Comes the Hard Part. (Gift Article)
The Trump administration has dismantled the agency that ensures that research makes its way into medical practice.
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Gil Penalosa @penalosag.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
It's not hard to notice the difference between e-MOTORCYCLES and e-BICYCLES. E-motorcycles are better than gas, and cars, BUT are too big, too fast, too heavy, to be mixed with bicycles. Get motorcycles out of BIKElanes, side WALKS.
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alex moore @notanotheralex.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Fund a Kitchen in Gaza is a free tool to locate food kitchens across Gaza that are providing and distributing urgently needed meals to hundreds of thousands of people. www.humantiproject.org/kitchens/?fb...
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Fund a Kitchen in Gaza - Humanti Project
Free tool to locate food kitchens across Gaza that are providing and distributing urgently needed meals to hundreds of thousands of people.
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Carol Haywood @cehaywood.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
We're indoctrinated to accept systemic failures as our own. Loss of direction is - by design - what slows down the power of the people. Thanks to @karenyao.bsky.social for vulnerability in this feature from @academyhealth.bsky.social, reminding scientists that we are stronger in community.
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Maternity Leave, Layoffs, and Life After | AcademyHealth
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Active Transportation Alliance @activetransportation.org · 22/06/2026
"Our estimate is that about 200 to 400 pedestrians a year would not have died if vehicles had remained approximately the same size over the past quarter-century. That represents about 10 percent of the recent increase in pedestrian deaths." Car bloat kills. @nytimes.com
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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s
The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
In August, Jay Bhattacharya said “Training future biomedical scientists” was the 1st priority for his version of NIH. But talk is cheap. Let’s see how JB’s doing. 🤔 NIH supports trainees mostly via fellowship (F), training (T), and career development (K) awards. Here are funding curves for each.🧵
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Carol Haywood @cehaywood.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
SSO:USA is now accepting applications for student research awards with budgets up to $2000. Find more information and submit your proposal here: sso-usa.net/Student-Rese... #OccupationalScience #StudentResearch #SSO
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Current NIH leadership want you to think they are using rigorous, consistent & scientific processes to screen studies to align them with agency priorities. But the process that they have put down on paper is a sham. It’s important to know NIH is not following its own guidance. Here’s why: 🧵1/
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs aren’t costs.
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One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. 

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
They murdered him in cold blood, and then they lied and called him a terrorist for trying to help his neighbours. They’ll do it to anyone.
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just Dave @justdave.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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Carol Haywood @cehaywood.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
This family was seeking emergency medical care for their 7-year-old daughter, but ICE detained them outside of the hospital. The family is now detained in TX. No one knows whether the child ever got the care she needed. The family has applied for asylum and has no criminal record. #AbolishICE
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Little Lobbyists @littlelobbyists.com · 23/01/2026
MnNEAT created these communication tools to help nonspeakers—and people who may lose speech under stress—assert their rights if stopped by ICE. PLEASE SHARE: bit.ly/mnneat
Graphic with a purple background featuring the title “MnNEAT RAPID ICE-RELATED COMMUNITY RESOURCES.” Below the title are three close-up photos of communication cards on keyrings, including ones labeled “READ ME” and “I am invoking my right to remain silent.” Text beneath the images explains that MnNEAT created tools to help nonspeakers or those who lose speech under stress communicate their rights if stopped by ICE. The MnNEAT logo and a link, https://bit.ly/mnneat
, appear at the bottom.A grid of 12 visual communication cards designed for adults during protests or high-stress situations. Each card uses bold symbols and phrases such as “I DO NOT CONSENT to a search,” “I need a TRANSLATOR,” “I am invoking my right to speak to a LAWYER,” and “Are you ICE?” Cards are color-coded with icons for quick reference. A caption at the bottom explains these are protest-focused tools, including one card with profanity for realistic self-expression.A full-page visual communication board with multiple illustrated icons and phrases for nonspeakers. Includes messages like “Am I free to go?”, “I need HELP,” “I need to use the Bathroom,” “DO NOT TOUCH ME,” and “I do not feel safe.” Text at the top says “I CAN NOT SPEAK VERBALLY” and encourages pointing to needed messages. The footer explains this board bridges the gap between communication access and real-time needs but is not a replacement for individualized tools.A layout of several foldable “READ ME” cards designed to be carried in a wallet. Each card includes personal info and tailored statements like “I AM AUTISTIC,” “I AM DEAF,” “I AM DISABLED,” or “MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION,” with instructions for how to communicate effectively and warnings such as “DO NOT TOUCH ME – I MAY BE IN DISTRESS.” A section allows for emergency contact and medication information. Text at the bottom notes these low-stimulation tools are useful when larger materials aren’t accessible.
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Maureen Barr @barrlab.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
In my capacity as AAAS Section (G) Officer: @aaas.org offers a sponsored membership program to UG & grad students and postdocs who are not current/past members. If accepted, you receive a complimentary one-year membership to AAAS & digital subscription to @science.org Pls DM for application link
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a woman in a red dress is holding a microphone in her hand and raising her fist in the air .
ALT: a woman in a red dress is holding a microphone in her hand and raising her fist in the air .
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 23/01/2026
Every Senate Democrat should unite against this bill, and Senate leadership should make sure they do. Now our job is to flood the Senate with calls demanding ICE Out For Good. Or you can send an email to your senators: act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
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Tell the Senate: Not a penny more for ICE brutality | Indivisible
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The reason rank and file Dems are pissed at their party is because their party doesn't lead in key moments. The good news is it's primary season, and now's when we get to demand better leadership. I recommend everybody adopt 1 or 2 DINOs and dedicate yourself to replacing them with Dems who fight.
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Alder Andre Vasquez, Political Account @andrefor40th.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
This goes out to the public. Ask every elected official that represents you if they support ABOLISHING ICE. Report back publicly. If they can’t say that they want to ELIMINATE the fascist secret police that is kidnapping people? Get a new elected. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
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ocadchicago.bsky.social @ocadchicago.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
✨ NEW ✨ Mutual aid fund to support immigrant families ✨ NUEVO ✨ Fondo de ayuda mutua para apoyo a familias inmigrantes donorbox.org/mutualaid2025
NEW: MUTUAL AID FUND SUPPORTING IMMIGRANT FAMILIES
All donations support families in Chicago IL who have been directly impacted by detention, deportation, and ICE raids.NUEVO: FONDO DE AYUDA MUTUA PARA APOYO A FAMILIAS INMIGRANTES
Todas las donaciones apoyan a las familias en Chicago IL que se han visto directamente afectadas por la detención, deportación y redadas de ICE.
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Carol Haywood @cehaywood.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Not sure what to do when you're stuck inside tomorrow? Call your senator to demand they defund ICE! indivisible.org/actions/ice-... @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social
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Tell the Senate: Not a penny more for ICE brutality | Indivisible
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Carol Haywood @cehaywood.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Abolish ICE now.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 22/01/2026
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Never forget, car dependency isn’t freedom. Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?” Choices. Choices are more free than car dependency. It’s not a hard concept. I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport. I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
Complex highway interchange from the air
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Better Streets Chicago @betterstreetschicago.org · 02/12/2025
Join us on Sunday, December 7th at the West Loop branch for a community meeting to go over what happened to #PlowTheSidewalks and discuss where we go next. 📍West Loop Branch (122 N Aberdeen) 🗓️ December 7th ⏰ 2-4pm RSVP ➡️ mobilize.us/s/qqb6u8
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Carol Haywood @cehaywood.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Protected bike lanes are shit if not cleared after snow. Five days after our most recent Chicago snowstorm, I couldn't even ride in the Kinzie bike lane. In some cases, snow has been pushed *into* the bike lanes. Meanwhile, #PlowTheSidewalks was killed by @mayorofchicago.bsky.social.
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Carol Haywood @cehaywood.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Northwestern leaders capitulated and have trampled on their own people in the process.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 20/11/2025
A world without transgender people has never existed and never will. To all transgender people out there: You are not alone.
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Carol Haywood @cehaywood.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
"I’m not interested in pressuring women to carry their babies with Down syndrome to term. I am interested in providing a counter-narrative about Down syndrome."
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 14/11/2025
Car Size xkcd.com/3167/
4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 15/11/2025
Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
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Carol Haywood @cehaywood.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
This is a disgusting lie and an unacceptable use of official capacity.
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Carol Haywood @cehaywood.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
TIL: Women were commonly relied upon to hand color the images of early medical texts. Their work is rarely credited, and yet, we can appreciate the immense impact coloration had on training physicians before color printers were available. #BEDMED2025 @galterlibrary.bsky.social
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Carol Haywood @cehaywood.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Day 2 of #BEDMED2025 began with grounding remarks from Abraham Verghese: "Story is as inherent in medicine as it is in raising our children." @bedsidemednu.bsky.social
Photo shows Verghese standing in front of a slide projected on the wall in a large lecture hall. The slide reads: "We as physicians: are always engaged in story; are catalysts, major characters in the drama, or have walk on parts; are often the spokesperson for the illness. Story is inherent in medicine.
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Carol Haywood @cehaywood.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
The scale of Alice Wong's @sfdirewolf.bsky.social legacy is one we can't yet measure, but it's already immense. Her force exceeded every expectation set out for her, and she shared so many gifts with the world - not least of which was her unapologetic pride in disability.
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Graciela Guzmán @gracielaforsenate.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
This is a victory for our organizers, our lawyers, our activists, our documentarians. It’s nowhere near enough, and, devastatingly, it’s too late for some, who chose to leave the U.S. rather than face the inhumane conditions at Broadview or elsewhere. www.nbcchicago.com/investigatio...
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Hundreds of individuals detained by ICE, CBP in Chicago to be released after judge's ruling
‘Independence Day’ will be any time before Friday for hundreds of Chicago and Midwestern immigrants who were arrested and detained by U.S. law enforcement.
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Carol Haywood @cehaywood.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
From Brian Garibaldi #BEDMED2025: The most common mistake in a physical exam is failure to do the exam.
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Carol Haywood @cehaywood.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
It's a breath of fresh air to spend the day with a medical community dedicated to humanity and humility in medicine. #BEDMED2025 @bedsidemednu.bsky.social
Prof Andy Elder is speaking at a podium in a large lecture hall. There's a slide projected on the wall beside him that reads: "I don't know" is not an admission of ignorance. It's an expression of intellectual humility. "I was wrong" is not a confession of failure. It's a display of intellectual integrity. "I don't understand" is not a sign of stupidity. It's a catalyst for intellectual curiosity.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Stephen Colbert tonight is also a must-watch on Kimmel’s firing (and the gutless corporations and people who did it, and why) as part of Trump’s blatant slashing of Freedom Of Speech (and any criticism or dissent) in the United States. Please watch and share. #Kimmel #Colbert #Trump
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We Are All Jimmy Kimmel | The Easy Way Or The Hard Way | Trump Urges NBC To Cancel Fallon And Mey…
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
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Chicago Transport Association @chitransportassoc.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Still can’t believe the city removed the profitable pedestrian street in River North to allow for 3 lanes of unprofitable traffic instead
Photo of River North street
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Collective for Racial and Disability Justice @crdjustice.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Next Friday, May 16, join us at Access Living for the Disability Reproductive Equity Day Celebration! 🎉✨ The event will feature panels, stories of lived experience, & shared health resources—all centering disabled voices. 🕐 1–4PM | 📍115 W. Chicago Ave #DisabilityJustice #ReproductiveEquity
Flyer with bright, cheerful design in pink, purple, and yellow. At the top are the logos for Access Living and the Center for Racial & Disability Justice. Large bold text in the center reads: “Join Us for Disability Reproductive Equity Day Celebration.” Event details listed below:

When: Friday, May 16, 2025

Resource Fair: 1PM – 2PM

Program: 2PM – 4PM

Where: Access Living – 115 W. Chicago Avenue

Description notes an early celebration of Disability Reproductive Equity Day, featuring lived experiences, panels on reproductive health policy, and health resources.
Bottom left includes a heart and hands graphic, and contact info for Sebastian Nalls (snalls@accessliving.org). Bottom right has a circular badge reading: “Friday, May 16, 2025.”
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Canadian Voter: I think who I voted for would be the best to take care of Trump, because Trump is, I’m sorry to say, an asshole.
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Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · 31/03/2025
Thank you to the new President of Cornell: “Cornell is not a business. We are a university. And universities, despite rapidly escalating political, legal and financial risks, cannot afford to cede the space of public discourse and the free exchange of ideas.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/o...
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Opinion | Universities Should Not be Afraid of Contentious Ideas
Higher education cannot cede the space of public discourse and the free exchange of ideas.
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up. If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes. Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
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Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
You cannot negotiate with terrorists. If the Ivies give in to any regime demands, the goal posts will move. If the massive ivy endowments aren’t deployed to preserve institutional integrity and academic freedom, what on earth are they for?
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
They went after the Civil Rights branch of the Department of Education first. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo
The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, effectively gutting an office that already faced a backlog of thousands of complai...
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National Disability Rights Network @ndrnadvocates.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
We already told you all these names are just ways to hide Medicaid cuts that we KNOW are unpopular. Want to learn more about why each of these terms will negatively impact beneficiaries? Keep reading. Tell Congress: NO CUTS by any name. secure.everyaction.com/tZYmQsJTmUCS...
The text of this image reads: "Per Capita Caps would limit the amount of federal funding states receive for Medicaid on a per-beneficiary basis. States would need to cut services, reduce eligibility or limit access to care for beneficiaries to remain within these caps, especially considering the increasing costs of healthcare."
The text of this image reads: "Block grants would give states a fixed amount of money for Medicaid, which would be insufficient to meet the rising costs of healthcare or to address unforeseen health crises. States would be forced to cut eligibility, reduce services, or limit provider payments, negatively affecting beneficiaries' access to necessary care and services.The text of this image reads: "Eligibility requirements: tightening eligibility for Medicaid will cause many individuals to lose access to critical health services. This will particularly impact children, pregnant women, elderly individuals and people with disabilities, who rely heavily on Medicaid for routine and emergency care."This image reads: "Imposing work requirements on Medicaid recipients would strip coverage from thousands of Americans, including those with chronic illnesses, disabilities and caregiving responsibilities. Many will face challenges with meeting these requirements due to health limitations, lack of accommodation(s) and other barriers which would result in ineffective work evaluations, terminations and ultimately unjust loss of Medicaid benefits leaving them without the vital resources they need.
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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Let's gather & organize for health justice! ARCC Community Research Learning Exchange: 3/20 👀 topics/presenters below & at bit.ly/Mar20arcc Connect w/ARCC grantees & '25 Award Winner: PrEP4Teens Learn more abt Community Organizing w/ SWOrganizing Project Palenque LSNA @christiandiaz.bsky.social
Let's gather & organize for health justice! 
ARCC Community Research Learning Exchange: 3/20
👀 topics/presenters below & at bit.ly/Mar20arcc 

Connect w/ARCC grantees & '25 Award Winner: PrEP4Teens Learn more abt Community Organizing w/ 
SWOrganizing Project Palenque LSNA @christiandiaz.bsky.social Let's gather & organize for health justice! 
ARCC Community Research Learning Exchange: 3/20
👀 topics/presenters below & at bit.ly/Mar20arcc 

Connect w/ARCC grantees & '25 Award Winner: PrEP4Teens Learn more abt Community Organizing w/ 
SWOrganizing Project Palenque LSNA @christiandiaz.bsky.social Let's gather & organize for health justice! 
ARCC Community Research Learning Exchange: 3/20
👀 topics/presenters below & at bit.ly/Mar20arcc 

Connect w/ARCC grantees & '25 Award Winner: PrEP4Teens Learn more abt Community Organizing w/ 
SWOrganizing Project Palenque LSNA @christiandiaz.bsky.social ARCC Community Research Grant Funding Learn more at bit.ly/ARCCgrants
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