Annise Parker
@AnniseParker
Frmr Houston Mayor. President/CEO @VictoryFund/@VictoryInst. Wife of @denyf8. Mom of 4, MiL of 1, Nanna of 4. @RiceUniversity. Personal account.
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We are excited to announce the launch of the Public Service Practicum, starting in Fall 2024 under the Gateway Program. The course will be co-taught by Mayor Annise Parker '78 and Judge Official Ed Emmett '71: socialsciences.rice.edu/news/school-so… #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture
Fourteen years ago this year, Houston elected Annise Parker as its 61st Mayor. She became one of the first openly gay mayors in the United States, with Houston being the largest U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor until Chicago elected Lori Lightfoot in 2019.
This is 100% correct and Houston has gotten it right for a long time. It is 'the baseline,' as Annise Parker says in this piece that I (not the person in the byline) wrote about her back in 2012. governing.com/gov-institute/…
Representation matters. Honored I got to open the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund event last weekend, standing alongside Mayor Annise Parker and DC educators.
📸: Washington Blade
Celebrate Poetry Month in a whole new way by listening to and sharing with your class this video of #SpokenWordPoet , Sekou Andrews! Sekou shares an inspiring message about how reading can pull stars from skies and shine mirrors that help kids see themselves in a new light!
'There were no heroes inside the Trump administration. There were only survivors. And in a second term, it's not going to be heroes, it's not going to be survivors, it's going to be supplicants. And that's by design.'
— Miles Taylor warns of a second Trump presidency
“You couldn’t have higher stakes in a race like this [Wisconsin Senate race]. You elect [Eric Hovde], the Senate goes into Republican hands, they pass a national abortion ban. You reelect me, and we’re fighting to restore those rights” —Sen. Tammy Baldwin
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