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ikenken.bsky.social
Indiana Dem / Boilermaker / Social Worker / Early Childhood Education /Advocate / SOIn #OnMyWayPreK #MentalHealth #ProtectPublicEducation
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sigh… 😔

These schools aren’t just good at sports, they are SMART and will come together when needed…. Also will burn every couch if you come after them… FAFO

OUR CHILDREN DESERVE BETTER!!!!

Thank you @senfadyqaddoura.bsky.social for being one of the only advocates for the funding of CCDF & OMWPK vouchers, the ripple effects this will have on the workforce by not funding childcare would be astronomical. I wish more understood, especially down in Southern Indiana.

🙄 This state has lost their damn minds!!!! “After two years of expanded eligibility to subsidize child care costs for low-income families, the Child Care Development Fund will also return to its previous qualifications. “ ➡️Note this also effects On My Way PreK which is now across the state!

At least one tornado is confirmed in southern Indiana from Wednesday night's storm. These power lines in New Albany were left tangled and twisted.

Game day. Round of 32. 🆚: McNeese ⏰: 12:10 p.m. ET 📍: Providence, R.I. 📺: CBS 📻: Purdue Global Radio Network 📡: Westwood One Radio

Whatever alternate timeline we are living in… I hate it. 😩

Trumps plan to destroy Dept of Education - all the details youtu.be/wTD_2Y0xAEQ?...

The “midwestern state” this research dealt with…was INDIANA. So when children don’t have the early education needed and there are no vouchers for Pre-k or CCDF and families start to suffer and parents are unable to work due to the lack of child care….. THIS IS WHY! Thanks @usedgov.bsky.social

Well... the State of the DisUnion will begin, shortly. I'm gonna be in attendance 😳😏. DO NOT WATCH!

The “USA” chant is the trashiest thing to see during a presidential address… 😔 Cringey even… find some class!

The annual State of the Child report shows IN in the nation’s bottom half in child-wellbeing. The issues resulting in this dismal ranking have an expensive & devastating impact on Hoosiers, families, communities, & our state. Invest in 0-5 yr olds & mental/behavioral health!

House Democrats have launched a budget that truly puts working families first. The proposal: end healthcare waitlists, fully fund public education, expand the earned income tax credit, increase the renters’ deduction, and fund universal pre-K. www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org/2025-02-18/h...

Indiana Republicans have money to give every family in the state vouchers for their kids private school, but Indiana Republicans don't have enough money to make sure every kid in our state has food for lunch, or access to universal Pre-K. Whose priorities are these?? Fully fund our public schools!

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

Since Ed Clere wants to be on his phone during the entire #INDIANASTATEBUDGET Ways and Means committee maybe someone can text him and remind him to pay attention to what he is voting on… 🙄 #indianadems

The truth is that vouchers don't work. They take funding from public schools while leaving behind students with disabilities, Black and brown students, and kids in rural communities with no private school options. nea.org/vouchers

So basically review and re-recreate every government form in the country in 48 hours that exists…. Totally doable 🙄 but also f that!

#FACTS but better believe I’ll be sure to point THEM out when the time comes …. #FAFO

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." -Desmond Tutu

Watch the House Education Committee live at 8:30 today at iga.in.gov/session/2025.... Several bills we're tracking will be discussed at this meeting! Follow along with the bills at MADVoters.org.

Nazi Salutes, Violent Criminal Pardons - Welcome to Trump’s America youtu.be/kamYRc-2ihM

"I come to say to you this afternoon, however difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long...The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice."

UPCOMING BILLS: take action by contacting the committee chairs linked on our bill tracker at MADVoters.org - especially for those high alert bills like HB 1002, which provides a pathway to eliminate many public school programs; and SB 235, which would end DEI at state institutions.

Indiana we have GOT to do better for our children especially!