Des⭐️
@desculpitt.bsky.social
Thinker with my head in the clouds, my feet on the ground (thanks, gravity). Dream big, aim high, and always leave room for cats—because every great idea needs a purring sidekick. Thoughts are my own and not professional. (She/her)
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Everyday gets bleaker but the fight for public media will keep moving forward.
Continue to raise your voice to protect public media!
protectmypublicmedia.org/why/
Continue to raise your voice to protect public media!
protectmypublicmedia.org/why/
May 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Everyday gets bleaker but the fight for public media will keep moving forward.
Continue to raise your voice to protect public media!
protectmypublicmedia.org/why/
Continue to raise your voice to protect public media!
protectmypublicmedia.org/why/
may 8th recognition event for NCCC members 💙
On April 14, 748 #AmeriCorpsNCCC members serving on projects across the nation were sent home.
#DOGE wants to erase their service - we will not let that happen.
Join us and recognize these young leaders for their accomplishments in service to our communities.
actionnetwork.org/events/recog...
#DOGE wants to erase their service - we will not let that happen.
Join us and recognize these young leaders for their accomplishments in service to our communities.
actionnetwork.org/events/recog...
Recognition of Service for AmeriCorps NCCC
On April 14, 748 AmeriCorps NCCC members serving on projects across the nation were demobilized and sent home. Their terms of service were cut short and they were denied a graduation and recognition o...
actionnetwork.org
May 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
may 8th recognition event for NCCC members 💙
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As the President, FCC and Congressional Republicans consider ending public funding for NPR and PBS, a media historian revisits why public media was founded in the first place and how it contributes to equal access to information today: buff.ly/jQ1WuLf
@joshshepperd.bsky.social @colorado.edu
@joshshepperd.bsky.social @colorado.edu
Trump and many GOP lawmakers want to end all funding for NPR and PBS − unraveling a US public media system that took a century to build
The precursors of today’s public media programs consisted of professors giving lectures about history and finance.
buff.ly
May 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
As the President, FCC and Congressional Republicans consider ending public funding for NPR and PBS, a media historian revisits why public media was founded in the first place and how it contributes to equal access to information today: buff.ly/jQ1WuLf
@joshshepperd.bsky.social @colorado.edu
@joshshepperd.bsky.social @colorado.edu
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This week (Wednesday) were the Friends of National Service awards. Does your state or district have an honoree? Call them, congratulate them and encourage them to keep supporting AmeriCorps
voicesforservice.org/news/press-r...
voicesforservice.org/news/press-r...
Bipartisan Group of Congressional Leaders to be Honored for Support of AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors - Voices for National Service
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com Washington, DC (April 24, 2025) – Voices for National Service announced today that it will honor 10 distinguished Congress...
voicesforservice.org
May 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
This week (Wednesday) were the Friends of National Service awards. Does your state or district have an honoree? Call them, congratulate them and encourage them to keep supporting AmeriCorps
voicesforservice.org/news/press-r...
voicesforservice.org/news/press-r...
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Introducing Alternative AmeriCorps: a growing movement of staff, volunteers, and supporters who stand united in defense of national service.
We're fighting back against unelected billionaires and modern-day robber barons as they attempt to dismantle AmeriCorps and erase three decades of progress.
We're fighting back against unelected billionaires and modern-day robber barons as they attempt to dismantle AmeriCorps and erase three decades of progress.
April 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Introducing Alternative AmeriCorps: a growing movement of staff, volunteers, and supporters who stand united in defense of national service.
We're fighting back against unelected billionaires and modern-day robber barons as they attempt to dismantle AmeriCorps and erase three decades of progress.
We're fighting back against unelected billionaires and modern-day robber barons as they attempt to dismantle AmeriCorps and erase three decades of progress.
Blergh. National volunteer week proclamation all while dismantling AmeriCorps. 🤦🏻♀️
Your 5calls.org today need to be fueled by white-hot rage? They did a proclamation for National Volunteer Week while dismantling AmeriCorps
We did "pledge to make service a part of [our] daily lives."
We also pledged to "fight all enemies foreign and domestic."
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
We did "pledge to make service a part of [our] daily lives."
We also pledged to "fight all enemies foreign and domestic."
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
National Volunteer Week, 2025
By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Every day, countless volunteers strengthen and enrich communities across the country
www.whitehouse.gov
April 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Blergh. National volunteer week proclamation all while dismantling AmeriCorps. 🤦🏻♀️
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Peace Corps is our big sibling! John F. Kennedy said: we'll do it abroad and then we'll do it at home. We're in this fight together as family
www.peacecorpsconnect.org/stand-up-for...
www.peacecorpsconnect.org/stand-up-for...
Stand Up for Service: Support AmeriCorps - National Peace Corps Association
The recent cuts to AmeriCorps have particularly impacted the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC)—a vital branch of the program that focuses on disaster relief. Although AmeriCorps offi...
www.peacecorpsconnect.org
April 24, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Peace Corps is our big sibling! John F. Kennedy said: we'll do it abroad and then we'll do it at home. We're in this fight together as family
www.peacecorpsconnect.org/stand-up-for...
www.peacecorpsconnect.org/stand-up-for...
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Big emotions today and yesterday in Vicksburg MS during the final demobilization of the AmeriCorps NCCC members. A lot of people don't know anything about this program. But the people here have done so much good for Americans, and would've done more if they hadn't been so cruelly forced home.
April 19, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Big emotions today and yesterday in Vicksburg MS during the final demobilization of the AmeriCorps NCCC members. A lot of people don't know anything about this program. But the people here have done so much good for Americans, and would've done more if they hadn't been so cruelly forced home.
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The future of the agency is threatened, which threatens the well-being of millions of Americans.
Without AmeriCorps Seniors, thousands of older Americans will be left alone and vulnerable. Tens of thousands of kids will lose mentors, tutors, and role models.
Without AmeriCorps Seniors, thousands of older Americans will be left alone and vulnerable. Tens of thousands of kids will lose mentors, tutors, and role models.
April 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The future of the agency is threatened, which threatens the well-being of millions of Americans.
Without AmeriCorps Seniors, thousands of older Americans will be left alone and vulnerable. Tens of thousands of kids will lose mentors, tutors, and role models.
Without AmeriCorps Seniors, thousands of older Americans will be left alone and vulnerable. Tens of thousands of kids will lose mentors, tutors, and role models.
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#AmeriCorps constitutes 0.02% of the federal budget and mobilizes over 200,000 AmeriCorps members and volunteers across the United States each year.
We run food pantries, we prevent forest fires, we teach children to read - and DOGE wants to shut us down.
How does this help America?
We run food pantries, we prevent forest fires, we teach children to read - and DOGE wants to shut us down.
How does this help America?
April 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
#AmeriCorps constitutes 0.02% of the federal budget and mobilizes over 200,000 AmeriCorps members and volunteers across the United States each year.
We run food pantries, we prevent forest fires, we teach children to read - and DOGE wants to shut us down.
How does this help America?
We run food pantries, we prevent forest fires, we teach children to read - and DOGE wants to shut us down.
How does this help America?
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NEW: The Trump administration has just placed the entire AmeriCorps agency (except a few senior leaders) on administrative leave
April 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
NEW: The Trump administration has just placed the entire AmeriCorps agency (except a few senior leaders) on administrative leave
The Mississippi River at Vicksburg, MS.
March 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
The Mississippi River at Vicksburg, MS.
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Bluesky-based Instagram alternative Flashes launches publicly
Bluesky-based Instagram alternative Flashes launches publicly
Instagram alternative Flashes publicly launched its Bluesky-based photo-sharing app on the App Store this week, gaining nearly 30,000 downloads in its first 24 hours. The app offers a classic Instagram-like experience, allowing users to upload up to four…
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February 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Bluesky-based Instagram alternative Flashes launches publicly
Proof we went skiing.⛷️
February 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Proof we went skiing.⛷️
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Economic Blackout Update
February 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Economic Blackout Update
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What Every Protestor Needs to Know Before Speaking
YouTube video by NowThis Impact
youtube.com
February 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.
February 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.
Make some calls folks! 5calls.org is an EXCELLENT resource. You enter your location, choose topics important to you and they provide the contact info for elected officials and a script related to chosen topics. “Stop the purge of the federal workforce” is the first topic on the websites list.
off.5calls.org
February 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Make some calls folks! 5calls.org is an EXCELLENT resource. You enter your location, choose topics important to you and they provide the contact info for elected officials and a script related to chosen topics. “Stop the purge of the federal workforce” is the first topic on the websites list.
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🚨 The House will vote on their extreme Trump-endorsed budget on Tues. We can block this! A budget that mandates $2 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and other vital programs to pay for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for the rich is NOT POPULAR.
🔥📞🔥 Demand your rep votes NO 👉 5calls.org/issue/budget...
🔥📞🔥 Demand your rep votes NO 👉 5calls.org/issue/budget...
Oppose Safety Net Cuts to Fund Billionaire Tax Breaks - Vote Tues 2/25 ⭑ 5 Calls
UPDATE (02/21/25): Early on Feb 21st, Senate Republicans passed their own slimmed down budget resolution. The Senate plan does not yet extend the 2017 …
5calls.org
February 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
🚨 The House will vote on their extreme Trump-endorsed budget on Tues. We can block this! A budget that mandates $2 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and other vital programs to pay for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for the rich is NOT POPULAR.
🔥📞🔥 Demand your rep votes NO 👉 5calls.org/issue/budget...
🔥📞🔥 Demand your rep votes NO 👉 5calls.org/issue/budget...
If you need to affirm your productivity in writing.
Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at HR@opm.gov.
February 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
If you need to affirm your productivity in writing.
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Please read and share. But especially share with folks that might not realize how critical Section 504 is to so many people. I tried to write a simple clear explanation at the break. I hope it reaches some people who aren't already on our side. Gift link: www.startribune.com/why-are-repu...
February 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Please read and share. But especially share with folks that might not realize how critical Section 504 is to so many people. I tried to write a simple clear explanation at the break. I hope it reaches some people who aren't already on our side. Gift link: www.startribune.com/why-are-repu...