Diane Nilan
@diane-hearus.bsky.social
Compassionate contrarian, activist author, fanatic filmmaker, prolific photographer, dismazed driver
Not to pile on the FL sex abuse industry, well maybe. My post on a mostly unreported aspect. medium.com/fourth-wave/...
Sex Trafficking Kids — Florida’s Booming Industry
Because we don’t care about kids
medium.com
July 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Not to pile on the FL sex abuse industry, well maybe. My post on a mostly unreported aspect. medium.com/fourth-wave/...
Join @indivisiblehc.bsky.social as we join folks in Caldwell County causing #GoodTrouble next week, 7/17. Or find a GoodTrouble event near you. www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
July 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Join @indivisiblehc.bsky.social as we join folks in Caldwell County causing #GoodTrouble next week, 7/17. Or find a GoodTrouble event near you. www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
The best book on #familyhomelessness ever! Even better than mine! @brian-goldstone.bsky.social was interviewed about "There's No Place For Us," his book that is a compelling read and covers this topic like nobody ever has, including the #definition of #homelessness. www.kcrw.com/news/shows/p...
What pushed these Americans into homelessness? Not addiction or mental illness
Journalist Brian Goldstone set out to uncover the true scope of homelessness, and followed five families for more than five years. His new book is “There Is No Place for Us.”
www.kcrw.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The best book on #familyhomelessness ever! Even better than mine! @brian-goldstone.bsky.social was interviewed about "There's No Place For Us," his book that is a compelling read and covers this topic like nobody ever has, including the #definition of #homelessness. www.kcrw.com/news/shows/p...
Reposted by Diane Nilan
A whole bunch of folks are going to be out on the streets in honor of Rep. John Lewis who believed in causing " #goodtrouble." His dedication to justice deserves a raucous turnout! We're going down to Lenoir for ours. www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
July 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A whole bunch of folks are going to be out on the streets in honor of Rep. John Lewis who believed in causing " #goodtrouble." His dedication to justice deserves a raucous turnout! We're going down to Lenoir for ours. www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
A whole bunch of folks are going to be out on the streets in honor of Rep. John Lewis who believed in causing " #goodtrouble." His dedication to justice deserves a raucous turnout! We're going down to Lenoir for ours. www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
July 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A whole bunch of folks are going to be out on the streets in honor of Rep. John Lewis who believed in causing " #goodtrouble." His dedication to justice deserves a raucous turnout! We're going down to Lenoir for ours. www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Something that matters.
www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/07/the-...
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The Ignored Faces of Homelessness: A Review of There Is No Place for Us - Front Porch Republic
When people are trying this hard and still end up sleeping with their children on the floor of a storage room, something has gone seriously wrong with our society.
www.frontporchrepublic.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Something that matters.
www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/07/the-...
www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/07/the-...
Reposted by Diane Nilan
More than five million Americans in over 2,100 towns and cities joined us today to say we don't do kings in this country. Thank you for making it clear that we won't be ruled by fear.
June 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
More than five million Americans in over 2,100 towns and cities joined us today to say we don't do kings in this country. Thank you for making it clear that we won't be ruled by fear.
JAMA’s recent maternal health report had serious gaps of substance & understanding. @schoolhouseconn.bsky.social has a comprehensive report on babies & toddlers experiencing #homelessness. My summary and a segment on our 3 Melissas book from @thereportersinc.bsky.social medium.com/fourth-wave/...
Maternal Health — What Do Doctors Know?
Do mothers matter?
medium.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
JAMA’s recent maternal health report had serious gaps of substance & understanding. @schoolhouseconn.bsky.social has a comprehensive report on babies & toddlers experiencing #homelessness. My summary and a segment on our 3 Melissas book from @thereportersinc.bsky.social medium.com/fourth-wave/...
Need something besides MAGA garbage? Here’s a story about a new book on #familyhomelessness. “three intrepid mothers, each named Melissa…an unprecedented guide designed to help other parents who are navigating the trials of being homeless…
honest and unvarnished.” thereporters.org/article/how-...
honest and unvarnished.” thereporters.org/article/how-...
How to Survive Homelessness - Three Women Named Melissa Share Their Stories, Struggles
May 2025 Editor’s Note: If you were a parent with a young child and suddenly found yourself homeless, would you know how to get by? Diane Nilan and Diana Bowman, two long-time advocates for families e...
thereporters.org
May 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Need something besides MAGA garbage? Here’s a story about a new book on #familyhomelessness. “three intrepid mothers, each named Melissa…an unprecedented guide designed to help other parents who are navigating the trials of being homeless…
honest and unvarnished.” thereporters.org/article/how-...
honest and unvarnished.” thereporters.org/article/how-...
Lots of first-timers came out to participate in this wild event! And the response of drivers was enthusiastic! Boone, NC has embraced @indivisiblewatauga.bsky.social #MayDay2025 #MayDayStrong
We had a fantastic response to our #MayDayStrong Honk ’n Wave event! Here’s a 2-min video of not only the raucous crowd but our food drive for the local shelter. #MayDay2025 vimeo.com/1081591880
HONK! MayDay2025
Indivisible Watauga held a #MayDay2025 Honk ’n Wave event on May 1 in Boone, NC. Hundreds of participants showed up to wave signs at passing motorists who…
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May 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Lots of first-timers came out to participate in this wild event! And the response of drivers was enthusiastic! Boone, NC has embraced @indivisiblewatauga.bsky.social #MayDay2025 #MayDayStrong
Donna & I joined 3 others for a mini-pop-up near our #WataugaCountyFarmersMarket to call attention to the drastic federal food budget cuts being planned. More hardships for western NC farmers, schools relying on them for fresh food, & many more. Here’s a 1-min video vimeo.com/1081159419?s...
Stand4Farmers
Proposed federal budget cuts will devastate food access for those who need it most! And those who provide food, small local farmers, will be hurt. This pop-up event…
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May 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Donna & I joined 3 others for a mini-pop-up near our #WataugaCountyFarmersMarket to call attention to the drastic federal food budget cuts being planned. More hardships for western NC farmers, schools relying on them for fresh food, & many more. Here’s a 1-min video vimeo.com/1081159419?s...
Donna and Rep. Virginia Foxx in the same video. 1 minute. Perfect! And funny! #MaydayStrong #MayDay2025
@indivisiblewatauga.bsky.social has got it going on!
@indivisiblewatauga.bsky.social has got it going on!
Representative Virginia Foxx (NC-05) getting ready to go to #MaydayStrong #Mayday2025:
May 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Donna and Rep. Virginia Foxx in the same video. 1 minute. Perfect! And funny! #MaydayStrong #MayDay2025
@indivisiblewatauga.bsky.social has got it going on!
@indivisiblewatauga.bsky.social has got it going on!
Oh my, would you look at that? Rep. Virginia Foxx just left the house and got in the truck to go to #MayDay2025 in Boone, NC. #MayDayStrong
May 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I know we have lots of serious stuff going on. We cannot ignore the ongoing issues, like #familyhomelessness, which continues to skyrocket. Here’s my take on that, plus my comments on a worthy new book @brian-goldstone.bsky.social wrote. And what we can do! medium.com/fourth-wave/...
Calling Out the Hypocrites
They want (some) people to have kids — they hate (some) kids
medium.com
April 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I know we have lots of serious stuff going on. We cannot ignore the ongoing issues, like #familyhomelessness, which continues to skyrocket. Here’s my take on that, plus my comments on a worthy new book @brian-goldstone.bsky.social wrote. And what we can do! medium.com/fourth-wave/...
This Thursday @indivisiblewatauga.bsky.social holding an event to protect democracy!
April 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This Thursday @indivisiblewatauga.bsky.social holding an event to protect democracy!
@indivisiblewatauga.bsky.social
We’re getting word out about our upcoming events for May Day! Join us! Spread the word! Our past events far exceeded our estimates for participation. We’d love to line miles of highway with people & signs. Here’s the link to register: bit.ly/4jvKIzM
We’re getting word out about our upcoming events for May Day! Join us! Spread the word! Our past events far exceeded our estimates for participation. We’d love to line miles of highway with people & signs. Here’s the link to register: bit.ly/4jvKIzM
April 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
@indivisiblewatauga.bsky.social
We’re getting word out about our upcoming events for May Day! Join us! Spread the word! Our past events far exceeded our estimates for participation. We’d love to line miles of highway with people & signs. Here’s the link to register: bit.ly/4jvKIzM
We’re getting word out about our upcoming events for May Day! Join us! Spread the word! Our past events far exceeded our estimates for participation. We’d love to line miles of highway with people & signs. Here’s the link to register: bit.ly/4jvKIzM
#familyhomelessness. New book by #BrianGoldstone
“The homelessness that we see, just beneath the surface of that, another 20 or 30 percent, are people who are one illness, one check engine light, one alternator or set of tires away from falling into the abyss.”
www.theassemblync.com/health/brian...
“The homelessness that we see, just beneath the surface of that, another 20 or 30 percent, are people who are one illness, one check engine light, one alternator or set of tires away from falling into the abyss.”
www.theassemblync.com/health/brian...
‘There is No Place for Us’
Author Brian Goldstone discussed his book on homelessness and how it doesn't look the way he expected at a recent event in Greensboro.
www.theassemblync.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
#familyhomelessness. New book by #BrianGoldstone
“The homelessness that we see, just beneath the surface of that, another 20 or 30 percent, are people who are one illness, one check engine light, one alternator or set of tires away from falling into the abyss.”
www.theassemblync.com/health/brian...
“The homelessness that we see, just beneath the surface of that, another 20 or 30 percent, are people who are one illness, one check engine light, one alternator or set of tires away from falling into the abyss.”
www.theassemblync.com/health/brian...
Our little town of #Boone, NC saw a record number of marchers for the #HandsOff! event last week. Listen to why folks participated. vimeo.com/1075380545
Sponsored by #IndivisibleWataugua
Sponsored by #IndivisibleWataugua
Why HANDS OFF Marchers Marched in Boone
On 4/5/25, a record crowd assembled and marched in Boone, NC as part of the national #HandsOff! movement to protect democracy. Here’s a glimpse of that event,…
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April 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Our little town of #Boone, NC saw a record number of marchers for the #HandsOff! event last week. Listen to why folks participated. vimeo.com/1075380545
Sponsored by #IndivisibleWataugua
Sponsored by #IndivisibleWataugua
A game of #homelessness??!!! A GAME? This is sick. And a horrible way to “teach” kids.
buckscountybeacon.com/2025/04/home...
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Homelessness Is Not Fun and Games, Though Nintendo Thinks It Is - Bucks County Beacon
Kids' games like Nintendo’s "Street Survival Homeless Simulator" illustrate just how broken our society has become as we commodify everything – even people’s suffering.
buckscountybeacon.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A game of #homelessness??!!! A GAME? This is sick. And a horrible way to “teach” kids.
buckscountybeacon.com/2025/04/home...
buckscountybeacon.com/2025/04/home...
In NC’s High Country, we’ve organized a HANDS OFF march & rally on 4/5 in downtown Boone!
March 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
In NC’s High Country, we’ve organized a HANDS OFF march & rally on 4/5 in downtown Boone!
Easy Pickins’ for DOGE
Homeless shelters face drastic cuts, uncertainty
medium.com
March 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
@indivisiblewatauga.bsky.social sponsoring the April 5 HANDS OFF march & rally in Boone, NC! Join us!
#Boone #Democracy #Freedom #Indivisible #NC #NorthCarolina #Persist #Resist #TruthBrigade #WataugaCounty
#Boone #Democracy #Freedom #Indivisible #NC #NorthCarolina #Persist #Resist #TruthBrigade #WataugaCounty
March 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
@indivisiblewatauga.bsky.social sponsoring the April 5 HANDS OFF march & rally in Boone, NC! Join us!
#Boone #Democracy #Freedom #Indivisible #NC #NorthCarolina #Persist #Resist #TruthBrigade #WataugaCounty
#Boone #Democracy #Freedom #Indivisible #NC #NorthCarolina #Persist #Resist #TruthBrigade #WataugaCounty
Virginia Foxx, where were you? We held the town hall without you. www.wataugademocrat.com/news/local/c...
Community members hold town hall in Boone with aims to address concerns with Foxx
BOONE — Constituents gathered in Boone on March 18 for a town hall organized by Indivisible Watauga, hoping to address their concerns with Representative Virginia Foxx. However, Foxx did not
www.wataugademocrat.com
March 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Virginia Foxx, where were you? We held the town hall without you. www.wataugademocrat.com/news/local/c...
Family #homelessness soaring. Here’s a story about a handy survival guide for families. We counted on schools to buy & share it. With schools struggling…will this book be in vain? www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-n...
‘I’m not going to be broke’: Former homeless mom shares strategies in Joliet
A longtime advocate for people experiencing homelessness and a mother of seven who broke the cycle of homelessness recently shared tips and resources to moms at Daybreak Center in Joliet.
www.shawlocal.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Family #homelessness soaring. Here’s a story about a handy survival guide for families. We counted on schools to buy & share it. With schools struggling…will this book be in vain? www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-n...