personal opinions of a reader, advocate, wanderer and gardener. For professional stuff head over to Knowbility
austin, tx
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OK, I give up - moving over to bluesky. If you are too, find me at sharron-rush.bsky.social
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82% of people polled:
“one of the biggest problems facing America today is that a handful of corporations and economic elites have too much power and the government is doing too little about it.”
Also, they are right and it's true.
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Great history lesson from Heather Cox Richardson of an honest Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith stood up in opposition to her party. She refuted their lies. We have to do the same. bit.ly/4bX5Hrv
Excited to in Montreal for the first time ever, especially as I'm here to support Accessible Canada/Accessible World, a flipped concept of a conference designed to amplify community voices. You can attend remotely too. sites.events.concordia.ca/si…
And Monday was just the KickOff! They'll be 8 weeks of accessibility training, mentoring, networking and events. Write us at [email protected] for more sponsor and participation info.
A huge thank you to generous sponsors, hard-working staff, dedicated advisors, wise mentors and more than 100 savvy web pros who stepped up to make accessible websites for 19 (!) community NPO groups. Viva AIR, 25 years of leadership in #a11y. knowbility.org/programs/air/…
People with disabilities still lack equal access to the tech that powers the modern world. @Knowbility has delivered award winning programs for more than 20 years to address digital discrimination. Please give to help Knowbility work for digital equity. knowbility.org/donate
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The website is UP! sagroups.ieee.org/osspg Please register here for the first meeting on Feb 9th 11am EST! events.vtools.ieee.org/event… Open Source Software Project Governance Study Group. A big thank you to @stephenrwalli for leading this! #opensource #standards @ieeesa
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Digital accessibility laws around the world @LFLegal lflegal.com/2013/05/gaad-leg…
Greetings all, Twitter has determined that since @knowbility - the organization - was only 9 in 2008 when we started our account, we have been underage posting. So they suspended our account (!). We are trying to sort it out. Please RT and head over to Mastadon for current news
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❤️ Amazing lunch w/@sharrush of #Knowbility fame about (among so many other things) the potential catalytic magic of #ai and #accessibility, especially around the theme of #education. If you’re interested, check out Knowbility’s #AccessU conference.
knowbility.org/programs/john…
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For #GivingTuesday, I made a donation to @knowbility for their effort making the web an open and accessible place for all (thanks, LinkedIn, for the match!)
If the #LinkedInGives post makes it to 100 likes, they'll enter into a drawing for a $10K donation
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To all my friends and family, please make a gift if you can and RETWEET to spread the word on this #GivingTuesday when your donation will be matched by a $15K Board pledge. Thank you!
It's #GivingTuesday! If digital equity is important to you please help Knowbility strengthen community programs that bring technology benefits to millions of disabled people every day. Together we are building a more accessible digital world, Thank you!
knowbility.org/donate
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This holiday season Twitter fires 4K workers, Amazon fires 10K workers, & Facebook fires 11K workers—all while US Billionaire pandemic wealth increased an absurd $1.7T.😳
A reminder that billionaires don’t create jobs—they exploit workers. Tax billionaires. Unionize workers.
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We're off! Knowbility has a goal to raise $100K by Dec 31 for community programs. Funds support our ability to advocate, teach, and serve the digital access needs of people with disabilities around the world - please help! knowbility.org/donate
I know that many want to leave Twitter now that the takeover is official. Please wait until after the election - democracy in the US truly does depend on the outcome in November and we can amplify those working tirelessly to keep democracy alive in the US mobilize.us/demcastusa/
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Just voted for @sharrush for the AARP Purpose Prize for making an impact in their community! challenges.aarp.org/inspirea…
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Congratulations, Sharron Rush, with @knowbility in Austin, for receiving the @AARP 2023 Purpose Prize® Award. This one-of-a-kind national award honors people age 50-plus who use their knowledge and life experience to make a difference. More spr.ly/6018z0xi0
They announced the @AARP Purpose Prize today and I told @cookiecrook he'd be the first to know. Thank you James for the great support letter you wrote and for all your encouragement and understanding of this mission through the years. aarp.org/about-aarp/purpose-…
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The messaging needs to be clear, consistent and true. “Congress can override what the Supreme Court did and pass a law to legalize abortion. To do that, we need to elect 2 more Democratic Senators and to hold the House. Pres Biden will sign a law codifying Roe if that happens.”