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Proudly serving the people of #FortBendCounty #Texas since 2023. Follow this page to keep up with my work and advocacy on behalf of Precinct 4.
Mar 31, 2023 4 tweets 3 min read
📣CALL TO ACTION: TELL YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS TO SUPPORT #HB9!📶

Today, internet access is an essential utility for work, education, and our daily lives. But not everyone in #Texas has reliable internet access—there's a 'digital divide'. This must change. #txlege

(🧵, 1/4) Graphic encouraging constit... According to the recent #FortBendCounty Broadband Feasibility Study, only 50% of homes are serviceable by fiber internet (industry standard!) + most rural areas are underserved. Despite 90% of residents using the internet daily, only 25% are satisfied with their service.

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Feb 28, 2023 13 tweets 8 min read
Today is the last day of #BlackHistoryMonth.

#FortBendCounty #Texas is home to a breadth of important Black history—and underrecognized history-makers.

Today, I rise to recognize #BenjaminFranklinWilliams, one of Fort Bend's first Black civic leaders.

(thread) Portrait of State Represent... Williams (1819–1886) was born into slavery. As part of the slave trade, he was repeatedly uprooted and relocated across the southern United States, until reaching the Texas gulf coast region in 1859.