Save the date! GT Parent Conference from the Baylor Center for Gifted Education & Talent Development, in person, Lovejoy ISD, Feb 28. Gain practical strategies, hear from experts, & connect with other families. gifted.soe.baylor.edu/parents/pare...

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🚨Advocacy Alert!🚨 Disability orgs across the country are taking action to preserve the rights of students with disabilities. Please see below for info on how families can help. Link from The Arc: bit.ly/4sGf0Vk

#DisabilityRights #EqualAccess #SpecialEducation

Please share widely. We can learn together.

“We need you to say something when others use the R-word.
We need you to share this blog widely.
We need you to be part of the reason this word finally fades from our culture.”

From @TheArcUS: bit.ly/46eCLLw

#SpreadTheWordToEndTheWord

Important alert about recent Department of Education layoffs, with a link to take action. Whether you contact your U.S. legislators through this link, or through the Council for Exceptional Children (www.votervoice.net/mobile/CFEC/...) or another org, PLEASE take 5 minutes to make your voice heard.

URGENT ACTION ALERT from the Council for Exceptional Children: “The Department of Education has nearly wiped out OSEP and RSA—offices essential to ensuring students with disabilities receive the services they’re guaranteed under IDEA” (1/2) …

BREAKING NEWS: We just secured a court order blocking the president’s order to deploy federalized National Guard troops to Portland when a federal judge granted our request for a Temporary Restraining Order. Read our statement.

#orpol #nationalguard #portland #portlandoregon

Your support fuels SAGE PTA!

Your membership, sponsorships, and participation in our PTA all have a direct impact on SAGE PTA support for RISD students with SAGE needs, their teachers, and their families! THANK YOU for making these things possible!

#HowWePTA #RISDDreamBig

Save the date! RISD Dyslexia Spirit Night is Wednesday, October 15. Enjoy a meal at Taco Joint in Lake Highlands (3pm-9pm) or at Chick fil A at 75 and Campbell (5pm-7pm), and help raise funds for the RISD Dyslexia Department!

It's time for Back to School... and Back to School vaccines! Don't miss this low-cost event from DCHHS!

THIS SATURDAY, Aug 9, from 9 am - 12 pm
Where: DCHHS, 2377 N. Stemmons Fwy, Dallas TX 75207
Use QR Code or link: bit.ly/3H0gQxa
Walk-ins accepted.

#HowWePTA #VaccinesWork #HealthyKids

US Constitution, Article section 9, clause 8: no person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the consent of Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.

@tristansnell.bsky.social

The Texas Advocacy Project provides critical help to victims of DV and works to prevent relationship abuse. My son is proud to be one of the 2025 Teen Ambassadors of Hope (instagram.com/p/DJYFKfPNdzm/). 💜 If you would like and are able, you can support his fundraiser at tinyurl.com/2025-TAoH-Do...

The Trump Administration’s War on Children The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.

Trump has indefinitely withdrawn federal funding for:
• Investigating child sexual abuse and internet crimes against kids;
• Responding to reports of missing children;
• Preventing youth violence

New, @propublica.org

YOU are needed today to protect disability rights & to secure critical funding for our TX schools! Check our alerts (easy links to make your voice heard— takes 5 min!) on our page at sites.google.com/view/sage-pt... . Don’t wait— every email & call is counted!

#disability #txlege #FundTheFuture

YOUR voice is needed TODAY! Tell your Representative to fully fund our public schools and to say NO to vouchers — please act now! Action link from Texas PTA: www.txpta.org/take-action?...

#FundTheFuture #SupportPublicSchools #TxLege #PublicEd #EveryChildOneVoice #HowWePTA #RISDBeTheOne

Thank you, Senator Booker!!

🚨Urgent action alert! 🚨
The White House has issued an order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. Action from Congress is needed to dismantle the department, however, & your voices are critical. Please see below & contact your U.S. legislators immediately: (1/2)

Resource from Understood explaining what the White House order means: www.understood.org/en/articles/...

What can you do? Contact your U.S. legislators TODAY and urge them to protect the DOE. Details in our post below:

What a different world we could have.

Tweet from a conservative MP in Denmark.

And yes, I took this screenshot and it’s a “verified” account.

Trump is a sociopath.

Today is Rare Disease Day, a chance to raise awareness about people living with the challenges of a rare disease. A disease is considered rare when it affects fewer than 1 in 2,000 people. #Disability (1/3)

Have you registered yet for the 2025 RISD Special Student Services Parent Symposium? It's on Zoom (attend from anywhere!) this coming Tuesday, March 4th, 6:30-8:00pm! You won't want to miss it!

Details and registration: bit.ly/2025_RISDSpe...

#SpecialEducation #Inclusion #Disability

Order your tests before they get destroyed for literally no reason. We already paid for them. special.usps.com/testkits

Advocacy Alert! Proposed changes to the U.S. Department of Education and a legal challenge from 17 states, including Texas, may pose serious threats to the disability rights of students. (1/2)

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.

Musk team given access to sensitive federal payment system - reports The Trump administration grants Musk's team access to system that controls the flow of trillions of dollars in funds, US media report.

NOTHING about this is normal.

Oh, and this includes your social security information.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

As Trump cuts federal jobs, even national parks are on the chopping block As the Trump administration rushes to eliminate federal jobs, even the national parks — among the country’s most beloved and least politicized institutions — are in the crosshairs.

"Last week, the seasonal workers who staff 433 national parks and historical sites, including Yosemite, Death Valley and Joshua Tree, began receiving emails saying their job offers for the 2025 season had been “rescinded,” with little further explanation".

www.latimes.com/california/s...

When we hear or see the R-word used by others, we can help by making them aware that this slur hurts people with disabilities and their loved ones.

The words we use can build others up or can cause lasting harm.

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