Bryan Eric Simmons
@bryaneric
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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
How do we achieve social justice? Protect #HumanRrights. Protecting rights requires investing in civil society activism. 👇🏾 New report on LGBT advocacy https://t.co/ltfPqBjbM7
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A study reveals that countries rarely succeed in establishing protections for LGBT people without the existence of advocacy organizations.
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via @NYTimes …some truth about the ongoing campaign against trans people and evidence of who the real predators are.
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In the campaign to ban gender therapies for minors, Republicans have amplified a group of activists who no longer identify as transgender, overriding objections from transgender people and medical...
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#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: https://t.co/QR03dgI4rZ
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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: https://t.co/mEG2WCWCm3
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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: https://t.co/eTweXmpnny
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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: https://t.co/jeYoFO56QR
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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 https://t.co/hACsYjJGfc
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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. https://t.co/E1e6N4WpKw
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"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: https://t.co/TRjxrdl717
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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! https://t.co/u4f6PZ6YGp
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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:
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The illegal wildlife trade is devastating for endangered species and the health of our planet, but there are ways to mitigate its impact.
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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:
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The illegal wildlife trade is devastating for endangered species and the health of our planet, but there are ways to mitigate its impact.
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"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.
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$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
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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)
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Stop talking about the thugs from without; talk about the thugs from within!
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Where are the guns, gas, snd figs that would have greeted #blm?
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his #GivingTuesday, I'm supporting @FeedbackLabs to amplify the voices of BIPOC leaders who are #listening and #acting on #feedback!
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Good Morning, Indeed!
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