Essie Rodriguez
@valiant-essie.bsky.social
FloRican justice- and flourishing-seeking clergy in the nonprofit world.
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New research found that the rate that homeless people visited an emergency department for heat-related illnesses was 27 times higher than that for other Americans.
As the climate warms, homeless populations have faced increasing dangers from exposure to extreme heat.
As the climate warms, homeless populations have faced increasing dangers from exposure to extreme heat.
This group is the most vulnerable to heat-related illnesses by far
New research shows that homeless people are at far greater risk for the impacts of extreme heat than the rest of the U.S. population.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
New research found that the rate that homeless people visited an emergency department for heat-related illnesses was 27 times higher than that for other Americans.
As the climate warms, homeless populations have faced increasing dangers from exposure to extreme heat.
As the climate warms, homeless populations have faced increasing dangers from exposure to extreme heat.
This is devastating.
All federal grants and loan disbursement paused by White House | CNN Politics
The White House budget office has ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans, according to an internal memorandum sent Monday.
www.cnn.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This is devastating.
Infuriating
A Christian nonprofit that oversees homes for pregnant women and teenagers in Florida have faced allegations of abuse, misconduct and restrictive practices for decades. Now the facilities are facing renewed criticism from state lawmakers.
How Some Christian Group Homes Avoid Florida’s Standards
In place of the state, a nonprofit association has regulatory authority over about two dozen of the facilities.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Infuriating
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We would not know Bishop Marianne Budde if the church did not ordain women or gay folk. Consider the prophets your church has discarded. #Narthex
January 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We would not know Bishop Marianne Budde if the church did not ordain women or gay folk. Consider the prophets your church has discarded. #Narthex
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BREAKING: We just asked a federal court to immediately hold a hearing on the Trump administration's abrupt shut down of CBP One, a mobile app that was the last way to seek asylum at the southern border.
Seeking safety through asylum is a right.
Seeking safety through asylum is a right.
January 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
BREAKING: We just asked a federal court to immediately hold a hearing on the Trump administration's abrupt shut down of CBP One, a mobile app that was the last way to seek asylum at the southern border.
Seeking safety through asylum is a right.
Seeking safety through asylum is a right.
Ah, good ole disregulation, how I’ve missed you. (For a hot minute.)
January 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Ah, good ole disregulation, how I’ve missed you. (For a hot minute.)
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Great Expectations was designed to help people who grew up in foster care get their two-year degrees. And unlike many programs for former foster youth, there are no age limits.
This Virginia program helps former foster youth get degrees, at any age
Great Expectations was designed to help people who grew up in foster care get their two-year degrees. And unlike many programs for former foster youth, there are no age limits.
www.npr.org
January 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Great Expectations was designed to help people who grew up in foster care get their two-year degrees. And unlike many programs for former foster youth, there are no age limits.
“The ultimate measure of a [person] is not where [they] stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where [they] stand at times of challenge and controversy. The true neighbor will risk [their] position, [their] prestige, and even [their] life for the welfare of others.” -MLK
January 20, 2025 at 5:31 AM
“The ultimate measure of a [person] is not where [they] stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where [they] stand at times of challenge and controversy. The true neighbor will risk [their] position, [their] prestige, and even [their] life for the welfare of others.” -MLK
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Martin Luther King, Jr. with his wife Coretta Scott King and children after being freed from prison on a $2,000 appeal bond — 1960
January 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Martin Luther King, Jr. with his wife Coretta Scott King and children after being freed from prison on a $2,000 appeal bond — 1960
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius.
November 16, 2024 at 6:58 PM
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius.