Kioshana🩷
@kioshana.bsky.social
Author. Activist. Mama. Scholar. Writer. Reader. Part time fairy. 🧚♀️
2025-2026 Mercatus Center Elinor Ostrom Fellow
2025-2026 ECMC Foundation CTE Research Fellow
2025-2026 Mercatus Center Elinor Ostrom Fellow
2025-2026 ECMC Foundation CTE Research Fellow
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🚨 HAPPENING NOW: PPAO Storytellers and Danielle Firsich, our Director of Public Policy, testify against HB 485—Ohio's Sex Ed Censorship Act. ⬇️
November 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🚨 HAPPENING NOW: PPAO Storytellers and Danielle Firsich, our Director of Public Policy, testify against HB 485—Ohio's Sex Ed Censorship Act. ⬇️
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Kio, Storyteller: “As a mom, I oppose mandating materials from *any* advocacy group, regardless of whether or not I agree with their position – this kind of political maneuvering simply does not belong in public schools.”
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Kio, Storyteller: “As a mom, I oppose mandating materials from *any* advocacy group, regardless of whether or not I agree with their position – this kind of political maneuvering simply does not belong in public schools.”
(That’s me, y’all 🥰)
Kio, Storyteller: “Ohio is the only state in the U.S. without state-mandated health education standards for K-12 schools… That's not just lazy policy - it's political indoctrination in education.”
November 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
(That’s me, y’all 🥰)
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I’m doing research for a project and found out about the “don’t buy where you can’t work” movement during the depression, where Black people boycotted and picketed places that wouldn’t hire us. Shout out to everyone who’s not going back to Target!
"Don't Buy Where You Can't Work" | National Museum of African American History & Culture.
<p>“Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work” campaigns of the 1930s used effective direct-action tactics, such as boycotts and picketing. </p>
www.searchablemuseum.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I’m doing research for a project and found out about the “don’t buy where you can’t work” movement during the depression, where Black people boycotted and picketed places that wouldn’t hire us. Shout out to everyone who’s not going back to Target!
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Something that jumped out to me about ProPublica's exposé on Paul Newby, chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, was not just the extremes Republicans go to in order to capture the courts but the extremes to *keep the media from talking about it!*
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
Republicans Really Don’t Want Journalists Talking About How They’ve Captured the Courts
Conservative judges love talking to friendly media outlets. They don’t like talking to anyone who might actually try and hold them accountable.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Something that jumped out to me about ProPublica's exposé on Paul Newby, chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, was not just the extremes Republicans go to in order to capture the courts but the extremes to *keep the media from talking about it!*
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
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In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
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#TheEDULedger is pleased to present this year’s class of Rising Graduate Scholars, calling attention to the stellar work of rising stars among the ranks of hard-working graduate students.
Learn more about these scholars: bit.ly/49lxQts
Learn more about these scholars: bit.ly/49lxQts
October 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Last call! | In our November 6 edition, we'll spotlight Native American History Month and the future of health sciences. We'll explore heritage, leadership, and access across #highered and healthcare.
Be a part of this edition: bit.ly/4nSs4UZ
Be a part of this edition: bit.ly/4nSs4UZ
October 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Last call! | In our November 6 edition, we'll spotlight Native American History Month and the future of health sciences. We'll explore heritage, leadership, and access across #highered and healthcare.
Be a part of this edition: bit.ly/4nSs4UZ
Be a part of this edition: bit.ly/4nSs4UZ
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Here's my full breakdown of yesterday's voting rights case, where the Supreme Court will likely say that overrepresntation of whites in Congress is constitutionally mandated.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Supreme Court Left No Doubt: It Will Gut the Voting Rights Act
The ruling, when it comes, will be disastrous for Black voters and for Democrats.
www.thenation.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Here's my full breakdown of yesterday's voting rights case, where the Supreme Court will likely say that overrepresntation of whites in Congress is constitutionally mandated.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Guaranteed basic income programs WORK - especially for mothers and their babies.
Proud to be part of the team at Mothers Trust Alliance, working to bring a GBI program to life in central Ohio for Black parenting and pregnant people. 💚
Proud to be part of the team at Mothers Trust Alliance, working to bring a GBI program to life in central Ohio for Black parenting and pregnant people. 💚
Cash Transfers Improve Maternal, Infant, and Child Health Outcomes Memo - 2Oct2025 [PUBLIC]
Cash Transfers Improve Maternal, Infant, and Child Health Outcomes in the U.S. The United States has among the worst maternal and infant health outcomes of all high-income countries. Moreover, these o...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Guaranteed basic income programs WORK - especially for mothers and their babies.
Proud to be part of the team at Mothers Trust Alliance, working to bring a GBI program to life in central Ohio for Black parenting and pregnant people. 💚
Proud to be part of the team at Mothers Trust Alliance, working to bring a GBI program to life in central Ohio for Black parenting and pregnant people. 💚
Glad to be in the number 🥰❤️
#ECMCFFellow #DoctoralScholar #CTEResearcher #InclusionStillMatters #EquityStillMatters
#ECMCFFellow #DoctoralScholar #CTEResearcher #InclusionStillMatters #EquityStillMatters
The Ohio State University's Kioshana LaCount Burrell (@kioshana.bsky.social) has traveled the country and encountered the same troubling pattern: programs inadequately modified for neurodivergent participants.
This frustration led her to pursue a Ph.D. #RisingGraduateScholars
This frustration led her to pursue a Ph.D. #RisingGraduateScholars
Championing Equity in Workforce Development
Over her 15 years in workforce development, Kioshana LaCount Burrell has traveled the country and encountered the same troubling pattern: programs inadequately modified for neurodivergent participants...
www.theeduledger.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Glad to be in the number 🥰❤️
#ECMCFFellow #DoctoralScholar #CTEResearcher #InclusionStillMatters #EquityStillMatters
#ECMCFFellow #DoctoralScholar #CTEResearcher #InclusionStillMatters #EquityStillMatters
This is the bright spot for the week, for sure. 💚
There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯
I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨
youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU
I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨
youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU
October 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is the bright spot for the week, for sure. 💚
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Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
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WATCH: "They are underwater across the board, and they know it. And that is causing them to double down in public. But it is backfiring. That is why—whether it's a shutdown, whether it's all of this—they want us to blink first. And we have too much to save," says AOC.
October 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
WATCH: "They are underwater across the board, and they know it. And that is causing them to double down in public. But it is backfiring. That is why—whether it's a shutdown, whether it's all of this—they want us to blink first. And we have too much to save," says AOC.
I hope the Congressional Dems know that no one outside of the MAGA-sphere blames them for not agreeing to gut Medicaid to keep the government open.
But if any cave to the pressure without securing concessions, they should probably go ahead and pack it in because they’re 100% gonna be primaried.
But if any cave to the pressure without securing concessions, they should probably go ahead and pack it in because they’re 100% gonna be primaried.
October 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I hope the Congressional Dems know that no one outside of the MAGA-sphere blames them for not agreeing to gut Medicaid to keep the government open.
But if any cave to the pressure without securing concessions, they should probably go ahead and pack it in because they’re 100% gonna be primaried.
But if any cave to the pressure without securing concessions, they should probably go ahead and pack it in because they’re 100% gonna be primaried.
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IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
September 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
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I want our young people to know that there is a path forward, that a better world is possible. I don't want them to give up, to become cynical. They deserve to be young and full of optimism. They are owed a world that supports and sustains optimism.
September 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I want our young people to know that there is a path forward, that a better world is possible. I don't want them to give up, to become cynical. They deserve to be young and full of optimism. They are owed a world that supports and sustains optimism.
Here in Ohio, our local public schools are paying millions to bus kids to charter or private schools, while being forced to cut services to their own students because “school choice”.
Here’s my take on why American individualism is ruining education in our country, and what we can do to stop it.
Here’s my take on why American individualism is ruining education in our country, and what we can do to stop it.
The Real Cost of "School Choice": How Ohio is Bankrupting Public Education
This is what "school choice" really looks like.
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Here in Ohio, our local public schools are paying millions to bus kids to charter or private schools, while being forced to cut services to their own students because “school choice”.
Here’s my take on why American individualism is ruining education in our country, and what we can do to stop it.
Here’s my take on why American individualism is ruining education in our country, and what we can do to stop it.
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Vaccines don't cause autism. What does? Mostly genes.
The number of people diagnosed with autism as screening has improved and the definition of autism has been expanded.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
The number of people diagnosed with autism as screening has improved and the definition of autism has been expanded.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Vaccines don't cause autism. What does?
Scientists say most brain changes that contribute to autistic traits occur before birth.
www.nbcnews.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Vaccines don't cause autism. What does? Mostly genes.
The number of people diagnosed with autism as screening has improved and the definition of autism has been expanded.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
The number of people diagnosed with autism as screening has improved and the definition of autism has been expanded.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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I love this for them. I’m sad I don’t live there.
In response to the dismantling of the CDC, California, Oregon, and Washington have launched the West Coast Health Alliance, which will make their own science-based vaccine guidelines, and make sure vaccines are accessible to everyone.
September 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I love this for them. I’m sad I don’t live there.
Another one for your lunchtime reading pleasure: on *Pedagogy of the Oppressed* and what it means for us as educators and freedom dreamers in the current moment.
#ECMCFFellow #doctoralscholar #criticalhope
#FreedomDreaming
#ECMCFFellow #doctoralscholar #criticalhope
#FreedomDreaming
The Past as Prologue: What Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed Can Teach About the Current Moment in American Politics and Education
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end - Semisonic (1998)
open.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Another one for your lunchtime reading pleasure: on *Pedagogy of the Oppressed* and what it means for us as educators and freedom dreamers in the current moment.
#ECMCFFellow #doctoralscholar #criticalhope
#FreedomDreaming
#ECMCFFellow #doctoralscholar #criticalhope
#FreedomDreaming
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No, President Trump.
Forcing seniors with traditional Medicare to get prior approval from AI companies before they can receive the health care they need won’t make America healthy again.
It will make AI companies even richer by denying care to seniors.
DON’T CUT MEDICARE.
Forcing seniors with traditional Medicare to get prior approval from AI companies before they can receive the health care they need won’t make America healthy again.
It will make AI companies even richer by denying care to seniors.
DON’T CUT MEDICARE.
Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
No, President Trump.
Forcing seniors with traditional Medicare to get prior approval from AI companies before they can receive the health care they need won’t make America healthy again.
It will make AI companies even richer by denying care to seniors.
DON’T CUT MEDICARE.
Forcing seniors with traditional Medicare to get prior approval from AI companies before they can receive the health care they need won’t make America healthy again.
It will make AI companies even richer by denying care to seniors.
DON’T CUT MEDICARE.
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For 12 months, America had a limited proof of concept for universal healthcare, and it was so uniformly successful we had no choice but to obliterate our society
I keep thinking about how the COVID vaccine was rolled out for free for all Americans in 2021 by the federal & state governments with support from local health departments & universities. Since, we have seen the privatization of delivery thru commercial pharmacies & the need for insurance coverage.
NEWS: CVS, the largest pharmacy chain in the country, is currently not offering Covid vaccines in 16 states and DC — even to people who meet the new FDA criteria — because the CDC hasn't signed off and isn't expected to do so (if it does so) for at least three weeks.
August 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
For 12 months, America had a limited proof of concept for universal healthcare, and it was so uniformly successful we had no choice but to obliterate our society