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Yesterday, the @AZHouseGOP put on their best fire-proof pants to pull this stunt. We are so, so glad they brought up their concerns for the lives of children. We, too, have concerns. And a few receipts to discuss...
Yesterday, the @AZHouseGOP put on their best fire-proof pants to pull this stunt. We are so, so glad they brought up their concerns for the lives of children. We, too, have concerns. And a few receipts to discuss...
(2) of (buckle up)
Handmaids’ Resistance was present in the house gallery today as concerned citizens, worried about the treatment of children and families in Arizona. We were introduced as guests and each one got to highlight a specific concern..
Handmaids’ Resistance was present in the house gallery today as concerned citizens, worried about the treatment of children and families in Arizona. We were introduced as guests and each one got to highlight a specific concern..
(3) of (I know, they really are awful)
Handmaid#1 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by keeping 24% of the state’s children living in poverty.
azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
Handmaid#1 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by keeping 24% of the state’s children living in poverty.
azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
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Handmaid#2 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by underfunding education. AZ ranks 47th in the US for education while lawmakers like @FarnsworthEddie make millions funneling tax $$$ into charter schools they own...
Handmaid#2 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by underfunding education. AZ ranks 47th in the US for education while lawmakers like @FarnsworthEddie make millions funneling tax $$$ into charter schools they own...
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Handmaid#3 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by proposing no new state spending on early childhood programs. The $56mil proposed in Jan for childcare subsidies are not AZ dollars, but AZ’s share of fed. funding from ‘18
Handmaid#3 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by proposing no new state spending on early childhood programs. The $56mil proposed in Jan for childcare subsidies are not AZ dollars, but AZ’s share of fed. funding from ‘18
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Handmaid#4 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by blocking the bill to extend the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse survivors proposed by @BoyerAZ
azfamily.com/news/politics/…
Handmaid#4 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by blocking the bill to extend the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse survivors proposed by @BoyerAZ
azfamily.com/news/politics/…
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Handmaid#5 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by having one of the lowest availability of affordable rental housing for low- and extremely low-income individuals and families.
reports.nlihc.org/gap
Handmaid#5 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by having one of the lowest availability of affordable rental housing for low- and extremely low-income individuals and families.
reports.nlihc.org/gap
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Handmaid#6 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by lacking the strategies, inter-disciplinary training, community-based education, legislation, and public policy that could prevent >40% of deaths of children...
Handmaid#6 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by lacking the strategies, inter-disciplinary training, community-based education, legislation, and public policy that could prevent >40% of deaths of children...
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Handmaid#7 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by endangering AZ’s water quality by attempting to take over a Clean Water Act program regulating what gets dumped into canals, rivers, and wetlands.
phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-p…
Handmaid#7 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by endangering AZ’s water quality by attempting to take over a Clean Water Act program regulating what gets dumped into canals, rivers, and wetlands.
phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-p…
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Handmaid#8 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by advocating for employers to pay a lower minimum-wage, $7.25/hr, to full-time students under 22.
abc15.com/news/state/ari…
Handmaid#8 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by advocating for employers to pay a lower minimum-wage, $7.25/hr, to full-time students under 22.
abc15.com/news/state/ari…
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Handmaid#9 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by allowing an infant mortality rate in AZ that is 42% higher than the national rate, and rising.
ktar.com/story/2020472/…
Handmaid#9 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by allowing an infant mortality rate in AZ that is 42% higher than the national rate, and rising.
ktar.com/story/2020472/…
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Handmaid#10 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by allowing AZ to have one of the highest food insecurity rates in the nation. 14.6% of AZ households are unable to buy adequate food.
americashealthrankings.org/explore/health…
Handmaid#10 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by allowing AZ to have one of the highest food insecurity rates in the nation. 14.6% of AZ households are unable to buy adequate food.
americashealthrankings.org/explore/health…
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Handmaid#11 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by ignoring the fact that 50% (393,872) of children in low-income families live with a single-parent. AZ does not provide the needed support, healthcare, childcare...
Handmaid#11 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by ignoring the fact that 50% (393,872) of children in low-income families live with a single-parent. AZ does not provide the needed support, healthcare, childcare...
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...or community services to protect the well-being of these children.
nccp.org/profiles/AZ_pr…
...or community services to protect the well-being of these children.
nccp.org/profiles/AZ_pr…
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Handmaid#12 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by allowing 10 babies to die last year from a syphillus outbreak among women and newborns. These deaths, and the outbreak, could easily have been avoided by providing...
Handmaid#12 is here to raise awareness of how the state of Arizona fails to value and protect children by allowing 10 babies to die last year from a syphillus outbreak among women and newborns. These deaths, and the outbreak, could easily have been avoided by providing...
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...access to condoms and medically-accurate, comprehensive sex education in public schools. Pharmacists in AZ may legally refuse to sell birth control products to customers based on their “conscientious objection.” Additionally, AZ is one of the few remaining states...
...access to condoms and medically-accurate, comprehensive sex education in public schools. Pharmacists in AZ may legally refuse to sell birth control products to customers based on their “conscientious objection.” Additionally, AZ is one of the few remaining states...
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...still left in the US with limited sex education in public schools.
azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
...still left in the US with limited sex education in public schools.
azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
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So spare us the crocodile tears @azgop. Your treatment of children and families is fundamentally negligent, and willfully cruel. You don’t care about babies. You don’t care about children. You don’t care about families. And we all see it. We see you.
So spare us the crocodile tears @azgop. Your treatment of children and families is fundamentally negligent, and willfully cruel. You don’t care about babies. You don’t care about children. You don’t care about families. And we all see it. We see you.
