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18 Aug, 28 tweets, 6 min read
Over 50 Texas school districts are taking action to keep children from getting sick and dying from COVID.

Thanks to all the parents, teachers and organizers who are pushing their school district to do the right thing.
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27 Aug
1/ I'm proud of every Texan who has marched, rallied, called their state legislators & spent hours upon hours at the state capitol trying to stop this anti-voter bill from passing.

Today’s vote on SB 1 may have you doubting whether all that effort made a difference. But it did.
2/ You forced Republican lawmakers to walk back on some of SB 1's worst provisions, brought national attention to the fight for democracy in Texas, and lit a fire under Congress to make progress on legislation that can give us a fighting chance to save democracy in America.
3/ Now isn't the time to give up or give in. If we push President Biden to do everything in his power to reform the filibuster, we can pass the For the People Act & John Lewis Voting Rights Act—and roll back anti-voter laws in Texas and across the country. whitehouse.gov/contact/
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17 Aug
Let’s keep working together to get Texas school districts to protect kids by requiring masks in schools.

More school boards meeting soon: bit.ly/3AMU431
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14 Aug
I’m so proud of the @PxPAmbassadors who are putting in the work every day to bring more Texans into our democracy.

They were out in eight counties today registering new voters.

Here’s Abbey and Gregg, who brought in new voters in Longview:
Rocio, Stephanie and Felicia brought in new voters in Dallas — even in the rain!
These and other ambassadors led by @Brendajurgens3 knocked on doors and registered voters in Parker, Wise, and Ellis counties:
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12 Aug
We’re registering voters today in El Paso’s Lower Valley.

Other @poweredxpeople volunteers in nine other cities are registering folks to vote in their communities.

Follow here for updates on our newly registered voters!
Here are Brandon and Michael — our newest El Paso voters.
Our Powered by People Ambassador Paul de la Peña just registered Sol, here in El Paso.
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12 Aug
Thanks to everyone who has responded! Let's keep this up.

Let us know what your Texas school district is doing to keep students & teachers safe during COVID.

We'll respond in this thread with contact info for your school board trustees & details about upcoming board meetings.
***ROCKWALL ISD***

NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING:
8/16, 6pm, 1050 Williams Street, Rockwall, TX (Info: bit.ly/2Xnshbh)

SUPERINTENDENT:
Dr. John Villareal, john.villarreal@rockwallisd.org, 972-771-0605

BOARD OF TRUSTEES (continued):
Sherry Packer (Place 1): Sherry.Packer@rockwallisd.org

Frank Conselman (Place 2): Frank.Conselman@rockwallisd.org

Linda Mitchell Duran (Place 3): Linda.Mitchell.Duran@rockwallisd.org

Jon Bailey (Place 4): Jon.Bailey@rockwallisd.org

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6 Aug
56 years ago today, President Johnson signed the 1965 Voting Rights Act into law.

It happened because people protested, marched & put their lives on the line to engage the conscience of the nation — and because LBJ used the full force of his office to ensure the law would pass.
Today, as we face a weakened Voting Rights Act, and as state legislatures across the country erect new barriers to the ballot box, it’s going to take another historic movement and strong leadership from President Biden to pass new federal voting rights legislation.
Here in Texas, Governor Abbott just called a second special session yesterday to again try to force through voter suppression legislation that would effectively disenfranchise tens of thousands of Texans.

We are running out of time. We need Congress and President Biden to act.
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