early childhood consultant and trainer/speaker, author, activist, avid women's bball fan.
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Jacky Howell retweeted
Was it racism? Was it sexism? The people voted and they voted for a liar, cheat, criminal, and someone who does not care about them. They voted against their own self interest. Fifty percent of this country just voted against our Democracy. I have disdain for that. I am today not proud to be an American. Today, I will struggle to stand for our anthem. I love America, but I am disgusted by those who could vote for this. I will move on and live my life, away from social media and the reality of this outcome. I feel sorry for those who voted for this outcome and actually thought this was going to work out well for them.
Jacky Howell retweeted
Kamala Harris didn't lose, America did.
As a nation, we collectively failed her—and in doing so we failed girls and women, the LGBTQ community, people of color, Muslims, Jewish people, immigrants, the sick, the poor, the elderly, the people of Ukraine, and Gaza, and the planet.
It's unthinkable, that instead of being able to celebrate a beautiful, hopeful new chapter in the story of this nation with a leader who appealed to the best of our natures—we will instead be holding a postmortem for democracy as we enter our 250th year, stewarded by a malevolent sociopath who despises empathy and shuns the law.
I truly thought we were better than this, that our shared humanity would show up. I thought we would reject this hatred and ugliness once and for all.
I hate being wrong about the majority of the people of this nation.
I don't know what's ahead. All I know is that good-hearted human beings are more necessary now than ever.
We did all that we could to avoid this moment, but now that it's here we'll just have to decide who we will be.
There is no way to comprehend or measure how grievous an error this is, but the only thing the decent people of this nation can do is wake up tomorrow and fight like hell for what we still believe is worth the fight, and we will.
I'll be doing that with whoever has the strength to join me.
I'm mourning the country we could have been and the one we apparently are—but I refuse to give up believing that compassion is the right path, that diversity makes us better, and that love is greater than fear.
Jacky Howell retweeted
THIS IS POWERFUL.
A 15-year-old girl watches how America talks about women.
Wow.
Jacky Howell retweeted
This video is incredible.
Everyone should RETWEET it so the whole *world* sees it.
Jacky Howell retweeted
BREAKING: Will.i.am just dropped a new track titled "Yes She Can"—and yes, “She” is Kamala Harris.
This is the anthem America needs to hear right now.
Jacky Howell retweeted
"Most Americans have only ever lived in a world where democracy was secure, where democracy was assumed. On Tuesday, we'll decide if we want to stay in that world or leave it behind." [more below]
- Jamelle Bouie (tinyurl.com/3pjnyf7k)
Jacky Howell retweeted
We are NOT asking for our rights.
We are NOT asking for our freedom.
We are not asking for EQUALITY.
We are TAKING it.
Tuesday, we ride at dawn.
#VoteEarlyForDemocrats
Jacky Howell retweeted
Holy shit, this “American girl” ad from @senecaprojectus is amazing!!!
Hard to see the letters I’m typing through the tears streaming down my face though.
Jacky Howell retweeted
DC's strides in early childhood education have been a beacon of hope. Reversing the gains by cutting funds isn't just a mistake; it threatens our future. Stand w/ us to support educators & families. Full statement: NAEYC.org/pay-equity-fund
#StandWithEducators #NoPayCuts @DCAEYC
Jacky Howell retweeted
I can't underscore how terrible @MurielBowser's budget is. She chose to cut eviction prevention, food assistance, pay for early childhood educations. At the same time she found $515 million to bail out a billionaire owned sports team.
When somebody shows you who they are, listen
Jacky Howell retweeted
Compensation is tied to quality. We know that the well-being and expertise of early childhood educators who care for young children have an impact on the quality of services children receive. This has been reemphasized through the data from the @wevisionearlyed
initiative.
Early childhood educators — we hear you and we stand with you. As a funder focused on creating a society where all children thrive, equitable compensation for early childhood educators has and will continue to be a priority for us. Read our full statement here: bainumfdn.org/bainum-family-…
Jacky Howell retweeted
Last night, we received the Mayor's proposed DC budget for FY25. ↙️
dccouncilbudget.com/fy-2025-…
This budget is billed as "shared sacrifice," but the overwhelming weight of it falls on our schools, early childhood educators, and low-income families.
My key takeaways: 🧵
Jacky Howell retweeted
D.C. has been doing arguably the best work of any jurisdiction *in the nation* at creating a child care system that works well for families, kids, and early educators. To torpedo the Pay Equity Fund which now undergirds that progress would be public policy malpractice.
The Mayor's proposed budget is a death sentence for child care. It cuts pay for 1000s of early educators, pushes 1000s off their health care, rips child care subsidy vouchers from families' hands, & lays the foundation to decimate the sector. Shame. @MayorBowser @Under3DC
Jacky Howell retweeted
The Mayor’s budget has been issued and it’s a nightmare for families and Early Educators. She cuts child care subsidy and Pay Equity and zeroes out Health Care4 Child Care workers and families. Remember the rally before Early EdX Friday.
Jacky Howell retweeted
Lots of talk about the Pay Equity Fund’s “unmitigated, unsustainable” growth. This growth is predictable and represents inc participation in the PEF, inc credential attainment among educators, and progress towards pay equity. Cutting the PEF is not the answer
Jacky Howell retweeted
The safety our children need and deserve does not start when they are in Kindergarten. It starts in early childhood. And you burned the Pay Equity Fund. The livelihood of our children’s educators…
We know that the safest place for our young people is in schools.
The UPLIFT Amendment Act of 2024 is about working together to put meaningful interventions in place that better support young people and their families. #SaferStrongerDC
Jacky Howell retweeted
"Elimination of the Pay Equity Fund = wrong move for our city. Council will have to work to get it back. A few yrs ago, Council came together & asked for a little something from highest earners to fund PEF. [Bowser] kept the $$ but cut the programs." 💯@cmcharlesallen @Under3DC
Jacky Howell retweeted
.@MayorBowser's proposed FY25 budget decimates the #childcare sector with massive, multi-year cuts to subsidies for families, and permanently eliminates the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund and HealthCare4ChildCare. Read our statement: under3dc.org/mayor-bowsers-b… #Under3DC
Jacky Howell retweeted
She had options but chose to target early educators, working families with low incomes, wealth-building for poor kids, eviction prevention svcs, and all with low and mod incomes via sales tax. That's not shared sacrifice. #dcbudget #taxsystemforjustice #justrecoverydc
New: Bowser's 2025 budget does exactly what many advocates feared, wiping out a key fund providing raises for childcare workers.
The mayor's team blames the CFO for forcing them to move this money elsewhere. Does that leave any hope for its restoration?
washingtoncitypaper.com/arti…
Jacky Howell retweeted
Thank you @CMCHenderson for saying it so clearly and so passionately. Eliminating the Pay Equity Fund is the wrong choice. Zeroing it out fails families, educators, child care providers, and our city. We will fight to the very end to get it back.