Marketer/communicator/singer-musician w/ passion 4 client experience design, social/environmental justice, law, feminism, music, people & food. Opinions my own.
Boston, MA and New York
Joined June 2008
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Bryan Eric Simmons retweeted
How do we achieve social justice? Protect #HumanRrights.
Protecting rights requires investing in civil society activism.
👇🏾 New report on LGBT advocacy
arcusfoundation.org/blog/soc…
via @NYTimes …some truth about the ongoing campaign against trans people and evidence of who the real predators are. nytimes.com/2023/05/16/us/po…
Bryan Eric Simmons retweeted
#ZeroDiscriminationDay comes in the wake of a landmark UN resolution calling on all nations to host truly fair and inclusive elections. But what exactly does this mean for the global fight against anti-#LGBTQ discrimination?
@OutRightIntl breaks it down: outrightinternational.org/UN…
Bryan Eric Simmons retweeted
Many LGBTQ+ people face ongoing racism and homophobia while enduring long wait times from a neglectful U.S. immigration system. T and S—two Jamaican, lesbian migrants—shared about their harrowing experience waiting in Tijuana:
ow.ly/ts8s50HCWLl
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Bryan Eric Simmons retweeted
The #Arcus20 annual report is now available!
As we celebrate our 20th anniversary, our latest report reflects on the hard-fought achievements of the past two decades—and the crucial #conservation work that remains to be done.
Check it out: 2020.arcusfoundation.org/
Bryan Eric Simmons retweeted
The #Arcus20 annual report is now available!
As we celebrate our 20th anniversary, our latest report reflects on the hard-fought achievements of the past two decades—and the crucial #socialjustice work that remains to be done.
Check it out: 2020.arcusfoundation.org/
Bryan Eric Simmons retweeted
A fancy NY restaurant has a $25/hour minimum wage, paid time off and health insurance.
To pay for it, they raised prices 30%. Their business dropped 0%.
It's amazing how many businesses refuse to even try this
news.yahoo.com/nyc-restauran…
Bryan Eric Simmons retweeted
According to a new study, mountain gorillas will lose 90 percent of their range due to climate change, growing human populations, and land-use changes. bit.ly/2SVpft3
Bryan Eric Simmons retweeted
"Our stories are begging to be told."
Starting today: @LGBTQWSurvey invites all U.S. #LGBTQ women to make their voices heard in a first-ever national community survey. #Pride2021
Learn more and take the survey: lgbtqwomensurvey.org/
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There has never been a national survey dedicated to collecting data about LGBTQ+ women.
Until today.
Finish out #PrideMonth by taking the National LGBTQ+ Women*s Community Survey and contributing to our groundbreaking research!
lgbtqwomensurvey.org/survey
Bryan Eric Simmons retweeted
How can we mitigate the effects of the killing, capture, and trade of endangered #apes? Top #conservation experts will explore this question on May 11
discussing the latest #StateoftheApes report from @arcusgreatapes.
Register now: arcus.link/SotA-4-Webinar
Bryan Eric Simmons retweeted
Our #StateoftheApes Vol. IV webinar is just a week away! Join leading #conservation experts to explore the factors driving the hunting & trade of #endangered apes, the impact these practices have on the spread of zoonotic disease, & more.
Register today: arcus.link/SotA-4-Webinar
Bryan Eric Simmons retweeted
"Seventy-four percent of people held in jails have not been convicted of a crime. Technically speaking, these people are “inmates” because of their physical location. But 'inmate' is dangerously imprecise because it is widely perceived as an assignment of guilt."
New: Journalism is a discipline of clarity. That’s why we’ve updated our rules for describing people who are in prison or jail. trib.al/SsOnoNm
$15/hr. Is too much? Minimum wage can also mean maximum wage fir people who deserve more. Businesses don’t thrive in spite of workers. They thrive because of workers! @MartyJWalsh
Bryan Eric Simmons retweeted
THREAD: A federal court just affirmed a *9 year* prison sentence for a blind man in Los Angeles for failing to inform authorities supervising him "within five working days" that he had become homeless. (1)
his #GivingTuesday, I'm supporting @FeedbackLabs to amplify the voices of BIPOC leaders who are #listening and #acting on #feedback! goto.gg/50385
