Liz Amaya-Fernandez
@liza-f.bsky.social
Public health educator, adjunct instructor, doula, poet, intuitive card reader. Watching magic & science hold hands.
The fury I feel seeing this country under siege
time.com
August 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The fury I feel seeing this country under siege
Sometimes it is helpful to be married to someone who grew up under authoritarianism & other times it is horrifying.
March 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Sometimes it is helpful to be married to someone who grew up under authoritarianism & other times it is horrifying.
Saw this tonight & would have enjoyed it more had it not been so eerily current.
The Encores! production of ‘Urinetown,’ now at City Center, proves that this 2001 musical is still potable and weirdly prescient.
Urinetown Is Still Potable
The Encores! production of ‘Urinetown,’ now at City Center, proves that this 2001 musical is still potable and weirdly prescient.
www.vulture.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Saw this tonight & would have enjoyed it more had it not been so eerily current.
Reposted by Liz Amaya-Fernandez
University leadership in U.S. seems to be finally speaking up. That's a good thing, I guess, but we remember their silence regarding attacks on trans folk, DEI, human rights etc.
Indirects on grants are important, but I wish it didn't take that to move the people who lead our institutions on issues.
Indirects on grants are important, but I wish it didn't take that to move the people who lead our institutions on issues.
February 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
University leadership in U.S. seems to be finally speaking up. That's a good thing, I guess, but we remember their silence regarding attacks on trans folk, DEI, human rights etc.
Indirects on grants are important, but I wish it didn't take that to move the people who lead our institutions on issues.
Indirects on grants are important, but I wish it didn't take that to move the people who lead our institutions on issues.
“To those who’ve survived: Breathe. That’s it. Once more. Good. You’re good. Even if you’re not, you’re alive. That is a victory.” - N. K. Jemisin #poetry
February 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“To those who’ve survived: Breathe. That’s it. Once more. Good. You’re good. Even if you’re not, you’re alive. That is a victory.” - N. K. Jemisin #poetry
I’m bringing home books of poetry :: 14 days is not enough time :: I am always paying library fines :: the US flag in the distance in case we forget our location :: a hummingbird souvenir with the Colombian colors in case we want to remember our mothers’ birthplace :: the scent of snow in the air
February 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I’m bringing home books of poetry :: 14 days is not enough time :: I am always paying library fines :: the US flag in the distance in case we forget our location :: a hummingbird souvenir with the Colombian colors in case we want to remember our mothers’ birthplace :: the scent of snow in the air
I’ve been kissing friends :: crying in the shower :: teaching about our history our presence our worth our intuition :: visiting museums libraries parks my mom :: paying attention :: paying attention :: paying attention - life during a coup
February 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I’ve been kissing friends :: crying in the shower :: teaching about our history our presence our worth our intuition :: visiting museums libraries parks my mom :: paying attention :: paying attention :: paying attention - life during a coup
I’ve been picking fights & testing loyalties :: I’ve been reaching out & building blanket forts :: I’ve been kicking rocks & gluing jello onto walls :: I’ve been holding rage like a baby & fanning the fire that fuels my work - life during a coup
February 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I’ve been picking fights & testing loyalties :: I’ve been reaching out & building blanket forts :: I’ve been kicking rocks & gluing jello onto walls :: I’ve been holding rage like a baby & fanning the fire that fuels my work - life during a coup
Reposted by Liz Amaya-Fernandez
This website shows you how many jobs NIH funding creates for your state along with the overall economic activity generated.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
February 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This website shows you how many jobs NIH funding creates for your state along with the overall economic activity generated.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
this made me cry - the sweetness - the realness
I thought I had my shit together at my place of work but the very nice lady who just rang up the cup of coffee I brought up to the register with no lid just said, “sweetheart, I see you here every week, I know you’re going to drop this. Go get a lid.”
February 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
this made me cry - the sweetness - the realness
The overwhelm is so great right now. I need someone to sit with me & gently explain what I need to do right now.
February 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The overwhelm is so great right now. I need someone to sit with me & gently explain what I need to do right now.
Grateful to have the privilege to be in the classroom with undergraduates. Our conversations bring light into otherwise dark days.
February 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Grateful to have the privilege to be in the classroom with undergraduates. Our conversations bring light into otherwise dark days.
Rarely is everything inevitable. Remember your power.
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Rarely is everything inevitable. Remember your power.
Reposted by Liz Amaya-Fernandez
🚨 The CDC website is purging resources on LGBTQ+ health, diversity, equity, and health disparities. This is not just a bureaucratic change. It’s a dangerous decision with profound negative public health consequences. Let’s break down the harm this will cause. 🧵⬇️
January 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🚨 The CDC website is purging resources on LGBTQ+ health, diversity, equity, and health disparities. This is not just a bureaucratic change. It’s a dangerous decision with profound negative public health consequences. Let’s break down the harm this will cause. 🧵⬇️
Reposted by Liz Amaya-Fernandez
Yesterday was A LOT. I have a rage hangover.
January 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Yesterday was A LOT. I have a rage hangover.
It’s been a really hard day. I appreciate all the advice on how to survive these times. Much of it is also sounding patronizing especially when it comes from people with significantly more privilege than me. May I learn from this, so I do not do it to others.
January 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
It’s been a really hard day. I appreciate all the advice on how to survive these times. Much of it is also sounding patronizing especially when it comes from people with significantly more privilege than me. May I learn from this, so I do not do it to others.
Reposted by Liz Amaya-Fernandez
I've revised the Strategy Triage Tool I created early in the pandemic to help clients navigate our upside down world. We're in another one of those moments when everything shifts and upends the systems we work in. The Triage Tool can help you regroup. Take a look and please share it widely!
Clearing the Table to Move Forward: A System Tool for Strategy Triage - Center for Community Investment
There are moments when everything shifts—when a disaster hits, funding changes overnight, a crisis demands “all hands on deck,” or policy changes upend the systems we work in. In these moments, the im...
centerforcommunityinvestment.org
January 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I've revised the Strategy Triage Tool I created early in the pandemic to help clients navigate our upside down world. We're in another one of those moments when everything shifts and upends the systems we work in. The Triage Tool can help you regroup. Take a look and please share it widely!
Sometimes love is exhausting.
January 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Sometimes love is exhausting.
Do people even understand the meaning of diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, justice?
Decades of doing this work, I know many really smart & kind people do not.
Decades of doing this work, I know many really smart & kind people do not.
January 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Do people even understand the meaning of diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, justice?
Decades of doing this work, I know many really smart & kind people do not.
Decades of doing this work, I know many really smart & kind people do not.
Reposted by Liz Amaya-Fernandez
I am posting this not just because my husband is a damn genius (though he is) but because I think a whole heck of a lot of people are very reasonably worried about this right now, and this trans-led workshop will be helpful:
January 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I am posting this not just because my husband is a damn genius (though he is) but because I think a whole heck of a lot of people are very reasonably worried about this right now, and this trans-led workshop will be helpful:
“The conditions have been set for years” - Dr. Crenshaw provides us with tools for the resistance.
youtu.be/vG3buxRIslQ?...
youtu.be/vG3buxRIslQ?...
Kimberlé Crenshaw at the National Urban League Demand Diversity Emergency Session on DEI
YouTube video by African American Policy Forum
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January 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“The conditions have been set for years” - Dr. Crenshaw provides us with tools for the resistance.
youtu.be/vG3buxRIslQ?...
youtu.be/vG3buxRIslQ?...
Officially received nonsense letters from my employers about executive orders. Flashback to March 2020 & their nonsensical communication about covid. (Different employers/same system) Why doesn’t higher Ed consult their own experts?
January 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Officially received nonsense letters from my employers about executive orders. Flashback to March 2020 & their nonsensical communication about covid. (Different employers/same system) Why doesn’t higher Ed consult their own experts?
& people told me we were “safe” in NJ…
I hate it when my concerns are justified. Over & over again this week for sure…
I hate it when my concerns are justified. Over & over again this week for sure…
An HBCU conference at Rutgers was cancelled following Trump's EO:
“Unfortunately, due to President Trump’s Executive Orders … we have been asked to cease all work under the auspices of the DEIA HUB at Jobs for the Future, which the U.S. Dept. of Labor funds” www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
“Unfortunately, due to President Trump’s Executive Orders … we have been asked to cease all work under the auspices of the DEIA HUB at Jobs for the Future, which the U.S. Dept. of Labor funds” www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Rutgers cancels HBCU event to align with Trump DEI orders
The Rutgers University Center for Minority Serving Institutions announced Thursday that it has canceled an upcoming virtual conference about registered apprenticeship programs as a result of President...
www.insidehighered.com
January 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
& people told me we were “safe” in NJ…
I hate it when my concerns are justified. Over & over again this week for sure…
I hate it when my concerns are justified. Over & over again this week for sure…
“We will need them to tell the truth”
January 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
“We will need them to tell the truth”