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Georgia Heard

@georgiaheard.bsky.social
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Poet, writer, educator, inventor of Heart Maps, truth seeker.

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Florida Freedom to Read Project @flfreedomread.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Imagine a world where the Florida Legislature spent yesterday talking about how to keep students safe from guns instead of debating how to get rid of more books. www.wmnf.org/florida-bill...
wmnf.org
Florida bill could give the state more control over book bans
House Bill 1539 would give the state more control over determining what is considered obscene material in schools.
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Georgia Heard @georgiaheard.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
LIVE NOW: Sen. Booker’s Senate speech protesting Trump administration www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Nf...
youtube.com
LIVE NOW: Sen. Booker will go as long as he can in marathon Senate speech to protest Trump
YouTube video by MSNBC
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Georgia Heard @georgiaheard.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’
Governor Ron DeSantis leads push to loosen child labor laws as immigration crackdown leads to workforce shortage
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Florida Freedom to Read Project @flfreedomread.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Please call or email the Florida Senators in the PreK-12 Education Committee ahead of their 4pm meeting on 3/31/25. Tell them to vote “NO” on SB 1692! www.flsenate.gov/Committees/S...
CALL TO ACTION:
SB 1692 IS HEADING TO COMMITTEE CONTACT SENATORS ON THE PREK-12 EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1. GO TO FLSENATE.GOV.
2. FIND THE PREK-12 EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
3. CLICK ON A COMMITTEE MEMBER'S NAME.
4. CLICK "EMAIL THE SENATOR" OR CALL THE OFFICE.
5. TELL THEM TO OPPOSE SB 1692. EXPLAIN IT WOULD FORCE THE CENSORSHIP OF PROTECTED SPEECH IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO CONSIDER WORKS AS A WHOLE FOR LITERARY, ARTISTIC, SCIENTIFIC, OR POLITICAL VALUE.
6. REPEAT FOR ALL MEMBERS.
7. SHARE THIS CALL TO PROTECT THE FREEDOM TO READ WITH FELLOW FLORIDIANS BEFORE 3/31/25.
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Georgia Heard @georgiaheard.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Thank you, Lady Gaga for speaking up for the Trans community.❤️
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Georgia Heard @georgiaheard.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
Project 2025's plan to dismantle public education—and screw over disabled kids
Nearly nine million students rely on DOE-backed disability accommodations.
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Georgia Heard @georgiaheard.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Sorry Canada. 💔
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Georgia Heard @georgiaheard.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I’m usually pretty hopeful but this poem, this truth by Clint Smith really hit me today.
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Georgia Heard @georgiaheard.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Frank Cottrell-Boyce: Children's happiness at risk due to decline in reading for pleasure
The children's laureate says a "recession in children's happiness" is caused by a decline in reading.
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Georgia Heard @georgiaheard.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Hey Bluesky, I’m excited to be here. I’ll be posting poems, musings, art, awe and heart maps. Looking forward to connecting.❤️
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