Dr. Rhonda Tsoi-A-Fatt Bryant
@childshining
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Advocate for Children and Families ✨ Equity Expert ✨ Policy Strategist ✨ Author. Tweets are my own.
Huntsville, AL
Joined August 2011
Writing these books has truly been a labor of love!! Paperback and Kindle versions are available now on Amazon. Other formats will be available soon! Link in bio! 👆🏽 #Blackchildshining
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"My daughter is imaginative, creative, and full of energy, and I’m scared she will be labeled. There’s an extra level of fear and scrutiny for a Black parent trying to find the right spaces for their Black child." — @MichelleKMassie
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Yes!! So proud of our newest initiative, Nafasi Fund and leadership of @EBomani! ✊🏾
New in PND Commentary: Overhauling fiscal sponsorship: Black-led organizations need our support now: "What if our fiscal sponsorship approach was intentionally culturally restorative, instead of unintentionally harmful and extractive?" https://t.co/Gpkm2DS5y4
@EBomani
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Children can’t learn or grow up healthy on an empty stomach. #SchoolMealsForAll is a vital investment that helps kids, families and schools. Now is not the time to let this policy expire! @fractweets' @fracprez and I share more:
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New message testing research from @evidence4action reveals important insights for those working to advance equitable, affordable, quality #EarlyLearning. https://t.co/uqvSh11wpS
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Happy International Women's Day! Thank you to all of the women who have been visionary leaders and shapers of their communities. #InternationalWomensDay #IWD #IWD2022
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❤️😭my grandmother, mother, and aunties. The tears of gratitude I have for them!
“All my life, I have been taught how to love by watching their service to others. To follow the example of the women in my family means I must also be a strong, spiritual, and loving leader with a servant’s heart.”―@ChildShining #WomensHistoryMonth
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On this day in 1913, the founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. participated in the women's suffrage march. This was their first official political act during segregation and became one of the sorority's many milestones. @dstinc1913 #OnThisDayInHistory ❤️🐘
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“I think one of the biggest obstacles is finding authentic mentors. Many people say they are willing to mentor, but only share the basics. They won't give a true peek behind the curtain..." – @childshining
https://t.co/1wsnDrZVa2 via @Forbes #BlackWomen #Allyship #Mentorship
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“The amount of anger that is in the country right now surprises me,” @RepJohnYarmuth, who plans to retire at the end of his term, told @JaneMayerNYer. “Because it doesn’t seem to be based on anything real.”
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It was such an honor to talk with @Forward_Promise about the mental health of Black boys and how we can become dehumanization disrupters. Such beautiful questions in this interview.
🎙️ Listen now to the new episode:
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How different may our lives be if we were anchored in gratitude and radical joy? #HealingForward #RRR2021
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We always talk about the intergenerational trauma passed down from generations. But how do we acknowledge the intergenerational blessings that were poured into us? – Ariel Jiménez Bustos #RRR2021 #HealingForward
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Much of the work in this field is about measuring misery and suffering. When you talk to young people they don’t talk about that, they talk about measuring their dreams. – @ShawnGinwright #RRR2021 #HealingForward
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One inequality we don’t talk enough about is rest inequality -- about leisure and rest. For many communities of color, our rest is significantly less than those of white communities. – @ShawnGinwright #RRR2021 #HealingForward
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When we take care of ourselves it's one of the most revolutionary acts because we say it’s our right to be well. – @ShawnGinwright #RRR2021 #HealingForward
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Stop shapeshifting yourself to make other people comfortable. – @DrHoward_RECAST #RRR2021 #HealingForward
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Extended self is not about me, but about me, you, and we. – @DrHoward_RECAST #RRR2021 #HealingForward
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There are some brothers who will go to the barbershop, stay all day, and not get a haircut because it’s a safe space. – @DrHoward_RECAST #RRR2021 #HealingForward
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Where is the love in our theories, policies, practices, and outcomes? – @DrHoward_RECAST #RRR2021 #HealingForward
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