Heather Giles📎
@srachiles.bsky.social
❤️🔥HS #IBSpanish teacher in South Carolina since the 1900’s; NBCT; global citizen working to turn puddles into streams 💧☮️✊🏼🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉🌻✊🏾🌎
Exec Dir for http://www.scflta.net/
Con chocolate, todo es posible! 💪🍫
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Exec Dir for http://www.scflta.net/
Con chocolate, todo es posible! 💪🍫
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Know Your Rights Card
This card explains that you are exercising your Constitutional rights. You have the right to remain silent and the right to ask to speak to an attorney. Available in Arabic, Chinese – Simplified, Chin...
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Know your rights! Printable cards in Spanish, Arabic, Haitian Creole, and multiple other languages at www.nilc.org/resources/kn...
My purse is my power! I've pledged not to shop at Target, Home Depot, or Amazon from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday. As long as they support the Trump administration's harmful policies, I'm taking my money elsewhere. Sign with me! #WeAintBuyingIt social.redwine.blue/s/Zc56axCU
Take the pledge.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My purse is my power! I've pledged not to shop at Target, Home Depot, or Amazon from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday. As long as they support the Trump administration's harmful policies, I'm taking my money elsewhere. Sign with me! #WeAintBuyingIt social.redwine.blue/s/Zc56axCU
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Charlotte-area neighbors, check out this thread, full of resources to help protect your community
Today marked Day One of Customs and Border Patrol’s Charlotte Operation. And as we’ve come to expect from these operations, federal agents targeted workers throughout Charlotte and the surrounding areas.
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Charlotte-area neighbors, check out this thread, full of resources to help protect your community
Know your rights! Printable cards in Spanish, Arabic, Haitian Creole, and multiple other languages at www.nilc.org/resources/kn...
Know Your Rights Card
This card explains that you are exercising your Constitutional rights. You have the right to remain silent and the right to ask to speak to an attorney. Available in Arabic, Chinese – Simplified, Chin...
www.nilc.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Know your rights! Printable cards in Spanish, Arabic, Haitian Creole, and multiple other languages at www.nilc.org/resources/kn...
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Hey Charlotte, NC, regional area. ICE is here and looking to rumble. Do Not give them a reason. Stay safe, protect your communities, and film everything! We will not be intimidated into silence.
November 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Hey Charlotte, NC, regional area. ICE is here and looking to rumble. Do Not give them a reason. Stay safe, protect your communities, and film everything! We will not be intimidated into silence.
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North Carolina neighbors, save this hotline number!
As always, if you see something that you suspect could be an immigration enforcement action in progress, call our hotline at (336) 543-0353 or the hotline number in the About tab so we can verify and provide support.
November 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
North Carolina neighbors, save this hotline number!
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Dang! That’s new.
October 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Dang! That’s new.
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SC Healthcare premiums- expected to increase up to 285%, courtesy of 47 and Republicans
47’s unconstitutional tariffs increased prices.
Job growth is contracting.
They CUT programs while GROWING our debt.
They are not conservatives, but thieves. Call them, tell them so, then vote them out!
47’s unconstitutional tariffs increased prices.
Job growth is contracting.
They CUT programs while GROWING our debt.
They are not conservatives, but thieves. Call them, tell them so, then vote them out!
October 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
SC Healthcare premiums- expected to increase up to 285%, courtesy of 47 and Republicans
47’s unconstitutional tariffs increased prices.
Job growth is contracting.
They CUT programs while GROWING our debt.
They are not conservatives, but thieves. Call them, tell them so, then vote them out!
47’s unconstitutional tariffs increased prices.
Job growth is contracting.
They CUT programs while GROWING our debt.
They are not conservatives, but thieves. Call them, tell them so, then vote them out!
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Students should have the freedom to read stories that reflect their reality.
Fight back against book bans in your community.
Fight back against book bans in your community.
October 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Students should have the freedom to read stories that reflect their reality.
Fight back against book bans in your community.
Fight back against book bans in your community.
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#tdih 1955 (after BvB ruling), a group of Black students attempted to enter Old Fort ES in Old Fort, NC.
They were turned away at the door.
(Earlier white officials had shut down the beloved school in the Black neighborhood. 💔)
Fighting for right to an education.
#BacktoSchool #TeachTruth Read ⬇️
They were turned away at the door.
(Earlier white officials had shut down the beloved school in the Black neighborhood. 💔)
Fighting for right to an education.
#BacktoSchool #TeachTruth Read ⬇️
Aug. 24, 1955: Old Fort School Desegregation Struggle
The destruction of a local Black elementary school and the refusal to allow Black children to attend the all-white school led to a years-long battle for desegregation in Old Fort, North Carolina.
www.zinnedproject.org
August 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
#tdih 1955 (after BvB ruling), a group of Black students attempted to enter Old Fort ES in Old Fort, NC.
They were turned away at the door.
(Earlier white officials had shut down the beloved school in the Black neighborhood. 💔)
Fighting for right to an education.
#BacktoSchool #TeachTruth Read ⬇️
They were turned away at the door.
(Earlier white officials had shut down the beloved school in the Black neighborhood. 💔)
Fighting for right to an education.
#BacktoSchool #TeachTruth Read ⬇️
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www.wistv.com/2025/08/18/v...
This is South Carolina. It is not a scientific survey but people did take time to vote. 70%. Seventy percent. 70% did NOT approve of the governor sending troops to DC.
This is South Carolina. It is not a scientific survey but people did take time to vote. 70%. Seventy percent. 70% did NOT approve of the governor sending troops to DC.
POLL: WIS viewers weigh in on SC National Guard being sent to DC
WIS wanted to know your thoughts on Gov. Henry McMaster sending National Guard troops to the nation’s capital.
www.wistv.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
www.wistv.com/2025/08/18/v...
This is South Carolina. It is not a scientific survey but people did take time to vote. 70%. Seventy percent. 70% did NOT approve of the governor sending troops to DC.
This is South Carolina. It is not a scientific survey but people did take time to vote. 70%. Seventy percent. 70% did NOT approve of the governor sending troops to DC.
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This is why private schools wanted tax dollars. They want to indoctrinate our children and create a tiered system of education instead of education for all! This is unconstitutional!
www.thestate.com/news/politic...
www.thestate.com/news/politic...
A third of SC private schools that got vouchers in 2024 have anti-LGBTQ rules
51 of the private schools that received public voucher dollars last year do not approve of LGBTQ students, The State’s review found.
www.thestate.com
August 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This is why private schools wanted tax dollars. They want to indoctrinate our children and create a tiered system of education instead of education for all! This is unconstitutional!
www.thestate.com/news/politic...
www.thestate.com/news/politic...
Now let’s do South Carolina next, where the State Board of Education has banned roughly 20 books, with the majority of the successful challenges coming from ONE parent. @thescea.bsky.social @scfored.bsky.social @freedomtoreadccc.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Now let’s do South Carolina next, where the State Board of Education has banned roughly 20 books, with the majority of the successful challenges coming from ONE parent. @thescea.bsky.social @scfored.bsky.social @freedomtoreadccc.bsky.social
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A total of 12 people have walked on the Moon. Most people can name at least one (Neil Armstrong). Some can name two (Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin). Few can name more than that.
Jim Lovell never walked on the Moon, but everyone knows him as the guy who got his crew back safely. Hell of a legacy.
RIP.
Jim Lovell never walked on the Moon, but everyone knows him as the guy who got his crew back safely. Hell of a legacy.
RIP.
August 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
A total of 12 people have walked on the Moon. Most people can name at least one (Neil Armstrong). Some can name two (Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin). Few can name more than that.
Jim Lovell never walked on the Moon, but everyone knows him as the guy who got his crew back safely. Hell of a legacy.
RIP.
Jim Lovell never walked on the Moon, but everyone knows him as the guy who got his crew back safely. Hell of a legacy.
RIP.
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I'm attending South Carolina Education Association's event, “Summer Tour of South Carolina's Legislative Process: Rock Hill” - sign up now to j www.mobilize.us/neasc/event/...
Summer Tour of South Carolina's Legislative Process: Rock Hill · South Carolina Education Association
🌟 Attend Our FREE One-Hour Session! 🌟
Join us at a location near you to learn how state laws impact public education. In this informative session, you'll discover:
✅ The legislative process
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July 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I'm attending South Carolina Education Association's event, “Summer Tour of South Carolina's Legislative Process: Rock Hill” - sign up now to j www.mobilize.us/neasc/event/...
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Cruelty and chaos is the brand.
🧵Trump made English the official language of the U.S.yesterday —and the DOJ is now stripping civil rights protections from immigrants and non-English speakers.
A new memo from AG Bondi guts language access across federal agencies. This is targeted discrimination.
@jerrodzisser.bsky.social
A new memo from AG Bondi guts language access across federal agencies. This is targeted discrimination.
@jerrodzisser.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Cruelty and chaos is the brand.
This model could be scaled by any group near an agency holding detainees. @aclusc.bsky.social @aclu.org
www.aclusc.org/en/news/are-...
www.aclusc.org/en/news/are-...
July 8, 2025 at 5:46 AM
This model could be scaled by any group near an agency holding detainees. @aclusc.bsky.social @aclu.org
www.aclusc.org/en/news/are-...
www.aclusc.org/en/news/are-...
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This model could be scaled by any group near an agency holding detainees. @aclusc.bsky.social @aclu.org
www.aclusc.org/en/news/are-...
www.aclusc.org/en/news/are-...
Are your local police collaborating with ICE?
The second Trump administration has been quietly building a network of local collaborators to carry out its mass deportation agenda. Your local law enforcement agency might have already signed up.
www.aclusc.org
July 8, 2025 at 5:40 AM
This model could be scaled by any group near an agency holding detainees. @aclusc.bsky.social @aclu.org
www.aclusc.org/en/news/are-...
www.aclusc.org/en/news/are-...
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You can’t focus on recruitment without improving working conditions and pay. Period.
“Thousands…who switched careers to become North Carolina public school teachers are leaving their roles within three years…the latest indicator of the hiring challenges plaguing school districts across the state.”
“Thousands…who switched careers to become North Carolina public school teachers are leaving their roles within three years…the latest indicator of the hiring challenges plaguing school districts across the state.”
They're NC's fastest-growing source of new teachers. But thousands of them are leaving every year
North Carolina's fastest-growing teacher population is career-switchers on limited licenses. But they say the time and costs required to get a full license is too much to stay in the profession.
www.wral.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
You can’t focus on recruitment without improving working conditions and pay. Period.
“Thousands…who switched careers to become North Carolina public school teachers are leaving their roles within three years…the latest indicator of the hiring challenges plaguing school districts across the state.”
“Thousands…who switched careers to become North Carolina public school teachers are leaving their roles within three years…the latest indicator of the hiring challenges plaguing school districts across the state.”
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South Carolina if we get another chance to vote, please stop voting like a billionaire, unless you are one. Don’t vote against your own self interests or those of your neighbors, family and friends. Because our representatives are not at all concerned.
July 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
South Carolina if we get another chance to vote, please stop voting like a billionaire, unless you are one. Don’t vote against your own self interests or those of your neighbors, family and friends. Because our representatives are not at all concerned.
When I visited Ralph Norman’s DC office in 2019, there was a Trump bobble head on the desk. Must have been a reminder that,even if he talks a big game on fiscal responsibility, his MO is to cave & nod mindlessly for policies like the 💩budget bill. #SC
I’m donating to @harperforcongress.bsky.social
I’m donating to @harperforcongress.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
When I visited Ralph Norman’s DC office in 2019, there was a Trump bobble head on the desk. Must have been a reminder that,even if he talks a big game on fiscal responsibility, his MO is to cave & nod mindlessly for policies like the 💩budget bill. #SC
I’m donating to @harperforcongress.bsky.social
I’m donating to @harperforcongress.bsky.social
That includes primaries! The primary elections in SC are usually in June and determine who will be on the ballot in November.
SC has open primaries, which means you don’t have to be a registered party member to vote in either the Rep or Dem primary.
SC has open primaries, which means you don’t have to be a registered party member to vote in either the Rep or Dem primary.
All those who protested yesterday must remember to vote in every election.
June 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
That includes primaries! The primary elections in SC are usually in June and determine who will be on the ballot in November.
SC has open primaries, which means you don’t have to be a registered party member to vote in either the Rep or Dem primary.
SC has open primaries, which means you don’t have to be a registered party member to vote in either the Rep or Dem primary.
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Elections happening around SC tomorrow!
June 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Elections happening around SC tomorrow!