“People conflate diversity, inclusivity, and equity all the time. They’re not the same. Let’s say you want to get a group of people together to play a baseball game on Saturday. Diversity is inviting people of all races, genders, orientations, disabled, and religions to play 🧵
Inclusivity is making sure that everyone gets to share what position they want to play, what they want to name the team, what should be on the uniform, and so on. They all have a voice in that conversation and everyone listens to each other. 👇🏻
Oct 23, 2021 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
@calgarysun According to this we should take our time removing Chu so he has another opportunity to use his power to molest a child.
Rushed? Tell that to the 16 year old victim Chu molested when he was a police officer.
Chu must resign immediately and that’s not fast enough. #MeToo#Yyc@calgarysun When I was 17 in high school I worked PT as a hostess at Kingsway Smittys in #Yeg
A police officer named Mark Handly use to come for coffee every Saturday with his partner. He was definitely older than me. He asked me to go on a dinner date. I accepted. 1/ thread
Mar 21, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
I use a lot of acronyms. I’m gonna explain what some of the acronyms mean and what services each provides to many not all #disabled and chronically ill Albertans.
PUF FUNDING - Program Unit Funding for young children (preschool) Early Intervention (EI).
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FSCD - Family Support for Children w/ Disabilities
Provides funding/specialized services supports for families of children w/disabilities from birth until age 17 at midnight......
Mar 19, 2021 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
@AlbertaParty It’s unfortunate Ableist folks in #Yyc Bow w/ #AbNDP couldn’t be bothered to apologize to deaf people they chose to excluded from their AGM. However it’s good to know one of the persons responsible for making deaf folks feel excluded is leaving. Let them blame me.
I am including an email from a deaf advocate that was sent to every NDP MLA. They ignored it. 1.....
