At the end of the day, YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT. Information is power in #mybmore!✊🏾 🎥 ., Maryland State Delegate, District 39 2021 Black Legislative Agenda Day hosted by LBS Baltimore.

Underfunded districts in particular face strong pressure for economic efficiency to maximize what funding they do have, and so that more/all students can learn in a high quality physical environment with a plethora of course options, but... 🧵

SHOUT-OUT to all the #communityschools advocates-national to local partners, coordinators, initiative leaders, & more-who helped fight for an increase to the Full-Service Community Schools fed program. We got $75 million for FY 22, a 150% ⬆️from FY 21!! Institute for Educational Leadership Eddie Koen 📢❤️

Just a reminder -- not listing salary ranges in job ads is a great way for companies, including nonprofits, to pay women and Black people less than their white male counterparts.

A community school strategy is not just about colocating services or providing wrap around programs, but recognizing many communities have natural assets and strong relationships that are often not part of the school fabric.

Thread by me and Emily Galvin-Almanza In 2016, time magazine did a photojournalism piece on the neighborhood Freddie Gray grew up in Baltimore. They photographed a number of people- 12-year-old Donnell Rochester was one of them. time.com/4288994/freddi…

:: Brandon M. Scott please! Bill Ferguson please!! This is a baby of our city—love & cared for in our city. We must ask @northbayadvntre #whathappenedtoAthu

Applications are now open for City orgs to ask for up to $50k to support abortion services, supportive services, and/or family planning services. baltimorecivicfund.org/abortion-prote…

You can't budget your way out of poverty. Financial literacy won't solve rising housing costs and stagnant wages because poverty is a policy choice.