Kathy Schultz
kathyschultz.bsky.social
Kathy Schultz
@kathyschultz.bsky.social
I teach, read novels and poetry, hike and look for beauty in the world. I am writing a book about the dignity of teaching and trying to stay away from the news while figuring out how to take action to prevent the impending disasters
Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.

Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵
March 3, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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EdWeek has the story: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

If you're worrying about trans kids in schools, CELEBRATE THE WIN.
February 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Thinking about Afrikaners (smh) but actually thinking about the white American insistence on framing the post-colonial white settler as perpetually imperiled in stark opposition to their material and political economic conditions/realities. The foundational anxiety of the settler international.
February 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Updated this list today. Please keep using and sharing it you find it helpful. Added the letter to principals/school leadership and district/state leadership against EOs and in support of Black and Brown, and Tran students, and those at the intersections.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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I've adapted @shaygabriel.bsky.social 's letter to principals supporting trans youth to add rejecting whitewashing history since Black & Brown communities are attacked in same EO.

& added a district/state leadership on 2nd page with excerpt from ESSA-Use & share! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Letter to School/District/State Leadership
Letter to School Leadership Date Dear Principal _______ My child, ____, is a _____ grader at ________ and we have loved our time here. I am deeply concerned about the January 29th Executive Order, "E...
docs.google.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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I've adapted @shaygabriel.bsky.social's letter to principals to include an objection to whitewashing history since Black & Brown communities are being attacked in the same EO.

I've added a district/state leadership on 2nd page with excerpt from ESSA. Use & share!

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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this is an illegal order. the president does not have the legal authority to discriminate against entire categories of americans on the basis of sex. this order is no different than if he had issued one reinstituting segregation.
January 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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“This episode lands at a crucial point of religiopolitical history, as we talk about all things New Apostolic Reformation… we talk about…heavy hitting topics - self-invisible LGBT Christians, sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts” — & much more.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
January 27, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Happy birthday Angela Davis! "I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept."
January 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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These are the good guys supporting DEI. Reward them with your business.

Costco
Meijer
Kroger
Giant Grocery
Ben & Jerry’s
Ulta, Macy’s
Old Navy
Nordstrom’s
TJ Maxx
GoTo Foods ( Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon…)
Dollar Tree
Walgreens
Wegmans
January 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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At least 11 librarians in LA lost their homes in the LA Fires. A thread of their gofundmes:
January 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
December 4, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Agreed. This is definitely worth reading and speaks truth.
November 20, 2024 at 3:35 AM
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Educators: if you need strategies to support your immigrant/refugee students, this book is a good place to start
Link: www.tcpress.com/humanizing-e...
[If this is a financial hardship & you work with newcomer youth, reach out & we will find a way to get you a book] @lesleybartlett.bsky.social
November 13, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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For those who live in the USA‼️📣

Trans Lifeline: (877) 565-8860
Crisis lifeline: text START to 741-741
The LGBT youth line: (800)246-7743
Mental health support in general: 988
Blackline hotline (black, black lgbtqia+, brown, native, and muslim communities): 1-800-604-5841 ⚠️
November 6, 2024 at 4:31 PM