Thread by @stacydavisgates

#Thread What type of bottom feeding media attacks educators during a pandemic? The same one that wished a #HurricaneKatrina on #CPS. I’m guessing their goal is to remain on brand? #Trash #Covid19 chicagotribune.com/opinion/editor…

#NewFlash : Educators are real ppl. We’re experiencing #Covid19 like the rest of the world. Some of our immune systems are compromised. Some hv contracted it. Some are awaiting results. Many are taking care of family who’ve contracted it. Some have died. #InRealLife #Covid_19

3/ We are watching the body count increase daily. Some of us are making masks for 1st responders. Others hv cleared out their teacher cabinets & given sanitizer & soap to 1st responders. #Service #Covid_19 #InRealLife

4/ Educators are still working. We’re giving instruction daily. We’re communicating w/ our students’ families daily. We are teaching parents how to teach & manage during a pandemic. #ThankATeacher #Covid_19

5/ We’re parenting our own children & teaching them, too. We’re explaining the inexplicable to them. We’re crying in the bathroom when we get a moment by ourselves. We’re mourning the loss of our normal, too. #Humanity #InRealLife #Covid_19

6/ Ironically enuff, we’re the same ppl who said our city’s safety net is torn to shreds. We went on strike for 11 days for a nurse in every school—for increased support for homeless students—to secure protections for our immigrant families. #WeBeenToldYall #Covid_19

7/ I cannot help but emphasize the irony of this editorial. For generations this tabloid has advocated aggressively for cuts, closures & consolidations. This page abhors the social safety net. #SelfReflection #Covid_19 #TakeResponsibility

8/ The austerity preached on this page has only added to the absence of support & safety for poor & working class ppl. The inhumanity of not having healthcare for all is impacting even those with healthcare. #MedicareForAll #SocialSafetyNet #coronavirus #TakeResponsibility

9/ We’re the ppl who will re-build this city. We’re the ppl who’ll CONTINUE to support #Chicago youth & their families. We will be the ppl helping communities to rebuild once this nightmare is over. We will be the ones fighting for the a real #TIF program for the hood. #Covid19

10/ Even by #Tribune’s standards this editorial is complete & utter trash. And, once you finish dumpster diving join us in calling for a six month freeze on rent and mortgage payments. The entire city should be done w/ waitlists & lotteries—they’re inhumane and unsafe. #Covid_19

11/ Join us in calling for #RightToRecovery for #CottageGrove #Pulaski #KingDr #Austin #ExchangeAve #Hermosa Recovery isn’t just for #LasalleStreet and #WallStreet #Covid_19

12/ Join us in calling for protections for all workers, all the time not just when you’re feeling sentimental and mournful. #GigWorkers #InstaCart #Solidarity ✊🏿

13/ Join us by practicing empathy—gratitude—grace. It is needed in this moment and required for every single moment going forward. #BeBetter #DoBetter #Covid_19

14/ And, for posterity, figure out how to advocate for the incarcerated. Being locked up doesn’t erase your humanity. #CookCountyJail