jennifer kates
@jenniferkates.bsky.social
public interest law/policy/advocacy always. opinions and idealism all mine. 🔗 https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/leadership-in-government-fellowship
Getting kids field trips has been a big part of Lift Every Voice Philly’s ongoing ‘joy in schools’ campaign!
They are still fighting for recess, bathroom guarantees, and more if folks can support 💜
They are still fighting for recess, bathroom guarantees, and more if folks can support 💜
The Campaign for Joy in Schools | Lift Every Voice Philly
Across Philadelphia and the nation, policymakers have been sounding alarms about an attendance crisis, a mental health crisis, and learning loss.
lifteveryvoicephilly.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Getting kids field trips has been a big part of Lift Every Voice Philly’s ongoing ‘joy in schools’ campaign!
They are still fighting for recess, bathroom guarantees, and more if folks can support 💜
They are still fighting for recess, bathroom guarantees, and more if folks can support 💜
It’s a huge takeaway from Elizabeth Warren’s early work, Two Income Trap
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
It’s a huge takeaway from Elizabeth Warren’s early work, Two Income Trap
Def was extremely clarifying for me
December 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Def was extremely clarifying for me
I reminisce to my captive children all the time about the joy that was my parents buying the Encarta cd rom
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I reminisce to my captive children all the time about the joy that was my parents buying the Encarta cd rom
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Every paragraph is a banger. I’m so happy right now. Sometimes you find a piece of writing just when you need it.
October 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Every paragraph is a banger. I’m so happy right now. Sometimes you find a piece of writing just when you need it.
Obsessed with this core idea - will read
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Obsessed with this core idea - will read
Read the NYtimes track by track on Horses this weekend and I still so VIVIDLY remember where I was when I first got those opening lines of Gloria to play on my dad’s record player
November 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Read the NYtimes track by track on Horses this weekend and I still so VIVIDLY remember where I was when I first got those opening lines of Gloria to play on my dad’s record player
If you wanna be depressed sometime, read Jane McAleevy about what it was like being there and told to hold back from stoking popular energy on Gore’s side
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
If you wanna be depressed sometime, read Jane McAleevy about what it was like being there and told to hold back from stoking popular energy on Gore’s side
A distinction I’ve heard Hahrie Han discuss that I found compelling is how a big welcoming door needn’t mean throwing values out the window—the fact our discourse is led by proposals to grow the tent by trashing core positions is bc we’ve so devalued organizing & building relationships/institutions.
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
A distinction I’ve heard Hahrie Han discuss that I found compelling is how a big welcoming door needn’t mean throwing values out the window—the fact our discourse is led by proposals to grow the tent by trashing core positions is bc we’ve so devalued organizing & building relationships/institutions.
I believe one of my parenting failings is a disinterest in overly policing the boundaries of fantasy, magic, etc but I assume it will all work out eventually 🤷♀️
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I believe one of my parenting failings is a disinterest in overly policing the boundaries of fantasy, magic, etc but I assume it will all work out eventually 🤷♀️