Learn More About the Importance to Pay People with Lived Expertise “Engaging people with lived experience in any project or policy work must be based on time, trust, equal partnership roles … and fair compensation, of course.”

Governments can find solutions - if they want to.

From personal experience, it may not be easy or quick. But if you truly advocate for folks, it's doable!
Paying people with lived experience/expertise should not be so hard.

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Thabk you for sharing and making sure I know. 🙏

Hi @aaronjolly.bsky.social - thank you for emailing this. I’m so bad at keeping up with tags on the socials - here. Thank you for caring and making sure this is addressed. Still more work to do but getting it done.

"Real" America Is Turning Against Trump’s Mass Deportation Regime In Appalachia and the Southeast, everyday Americans are standing up to ICE arresting their immigrant neighbors.

Whether we live in a big city or a small rural town, none of us want masked secret police ruthlessly scouring our streets.

It's #BraveofUS to stand up to protect our neighbors.
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Nashville's LGBTQ Caucus issues No Confidence in VUMC Leadership @russbradford.com @brendagadd.bsky.social @oliviahill247.bsky.social

The arrest of the SEIU CA President & protesters is a disgrace to our country — and part of a terrifying trend local electeds have also been facing.

We stand for First Amendment rights. We stand for democracy. We stand with David Huerta & call for his immediate release.

The Smart People said "Abolish ICE" was too radical. Then ICE kidnapped students, sent innocent people to a mega prison, broke into a car to take a mom from her daughter, and tried questioning elementary kids while lying that they had parents permission.

Ask yourself: which part is more "radical"?

Absolutely! You’re right and let’s do it!

YES!

A fun and great community project connecting D20 to D24 (cc @brendagadd.bsky.social) - helping encourage foot traffic between the Nations and Sylvan Park, while relieving strains on parking infrastructure in nearby businesses by letting some people walk instead of drive.

We're new here and looking for hot - no, wait, this isn't Twitter spam.

Help us find our fellow LGBTQ+ politicos and give this a like or a repost? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️👋

The Contributor - The Contributor helps our homeless neighbors establish their own micro-businesses and work their way into housing through selling an award-winning street paper. The Contributor helps our homeless neighbors establish their own micro-businesses and work their way into housing through selling an award-winning street paper.

The Contributor is turning 17! It is part of the International Network of Street Papers (INSP) and has won multiple awards from INSP including "best vendor submission" by Jen A.

Did you know that 70% of vendors who work with The Contributor for 6 months move into housing?

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