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Markey just went from the homework gap and the Internet gap to structural racism and that is Getting. It. #StickingWithEd #mapoli
1. I don't even like telephones.
2. I'm going to be super irked if this goes the other way.
3. So: Phone bank. Wednesday. Sign up.
4. #StickingWithEd because of the #HomeworkGap is now the #SchoolingGap, and our kids can't afford that. #mapoli #MAedu
2. I'm going to be super irked if this goes the other way.
3. So: Phone bank. Wednesday. Sign up.
4. #StickingWithEd because of the #HomeworkGap is now the #SchoolingGap, and our kids can't afford that. #mapoli #MAedu
I’m going to tag in @OMortner to A. show him that I can follow directions and B. give him a shout-out, because trying to get this on my schedule took the patience of a saint. #mapoli #StickingWithEd
And the link to sign up is here: mobilize.us/edmarkey/event…
Hearing @EdMarkey speak on the Senate floor about the need to put #PeopleOverPentagon reminded me why I joined this fight. On every piece of #genprev related legislation I lobbied him on over the past 5 years he said yes, I'm already on it, or I wrote it. Here they all are 🧵
The first piece of legislation I ever lobbied on was the Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2016 - @EdMarkey was an Original Co-Sponsor. As a part of @standnow I spent years lobbying on this piece of legislation - Ed was on it from the get-go.
This bill became the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018, @EdMarkey was again an Original Co-Sponsor. It was a monumental victory for the atrocities prevention community when this bill was signed into law. Kennedy was not a co-sponsor for the House version
I’ve been a longtime fan of Senator Markey and his work — nuclear non-proliferation, net neutrality, environmentalism — but I’m realizing there are a number of issues/legislation he has led and delivered on in a BIG way that I never really knew about until I joined Team Markey.
For decades, @EdMarkey has been quietly and effectively making a *transformational* difference for people with disabilities as well as Alzheimer’s, two communities that too often live in the edges of society:
Ever used closed captioning? You can thank Senator Markey for mandating its use online.
Same thing with screen readers.
And many, many other products/services/features we now get to take for granted that allow people with disabilities to access modern telecom.
Same thing with screen readers.
And many, many other products/services/features we now get to take for granted that allow people with disabilities to access modern telecom.
