Heidi Schmidt

@SammyKoppelman As the former city rep tasked with delivering this news & negotiating with communities, TY for calling out racism & classism in the bastion of liberal beliefs. What’s good for NIMBY folks is good for the homeless -affordable & supportive housing, REAL mental health treatment,

my 84 year old auntie called me to ask "who the fine white man was at the DNC because he seems like he could've really been good for America". I choked back my laughter real bad and told her softly, "he was great for America. And Black women loved him". She asked for his name and like clockwork I replied, "Grant. Fitzgerald Grant, I believe". She said, "damn, his name even SOUNDS important" and then she let out a Baptist MMMmmmmMmm. told her somebody tried to kill him once. then I stopped because I could barely breathe at this point and she started damning them to hell intently. and I don't know if she'll ever find out, but I haven't laughed that hard in months after she hung up. I know I'm wrong. But, I did it for US. I did it for the United States of America.

@AllenK_81 The more you meet around a table, the less you hear in the field.

I didn’t say anything I didn’t believe or condone views I found awful. I was forthright in my disagreement. And then I tried to turn that tension into a balm and hoped the balm would become a bulwark of empathy.

My people say Lefu leholo ke litšeho - even in the midst of death we laugh 😂. I’m amused most by your reaction to Mandela’s GBV. We do remember though that the Mandela of the early 1950s was not the Mandela we saw emerging from Victor Verster Prison in 1990. A radical change had happened in him. He had now become more thoughtful, much more willing to embrace such progressive views as gender justice, reproductive rights, abolishment of the death penalty, sexual orientation rights etc. Now he approached those who opposed his views with equanimity and dignity. Now also he managed to subdue his patriarchal worldview which was part of his Thembu traditional upbringing. The Mandela of my childhood was different. He was a known rabble rouser and firebrand who did not hesitate - he and his comrades, including my father who was the president of the ANC Youth League at the time - to close down meetings of opponents. Ironically he was also an Anglophone gentleman with Thembu patriarchal values at the same time. He became a changed man during the years of imprisonment. That doesn’t mean what he did doesn’t count anymore.

@pollygotsole Your handle now! 😂😵😂

Y’all my daughter gave my very strict guidelines on how I can show up to school on her birthday. PLEASE HELP ME !!!!!

@fosterhood @MTA Amazing. More notes from the field please!

1/2 My jury duty is complete! Clearly I need to get out more bc I LOVED it. I met the most fascinating people. I watched the most hilarious testimony. It was low-stakes (compared to foster care) fall lawsuit against the @MTA. 1 jurors job was tracking UFOs, another said “content

BREAKING: 54 Elected Officials in NYC have signed my letter calling on President Biden to address the migrant influx. We are calling on @POTUS to declare a state of emergency, expedite work permits, and lead an urgent response at the southern border.

The ERA, “is packed w potential to protect access to abortion care nationwide, defeat bans on gender-affirming health care, shore up marriage equality, eliminate the gender wage gap, end the epidemic of violence against women+++” —Rep. @CoriBush #ERANow nytimes.com/2023/07/13/us/…

#FundPromiseNYC #FundECE #Expand3K @NYCMayor

Keep the Promise! Outreach to families in their language and in their neighborhoods with providers they trust. Decentralize enrollment. #childcare #FundPromiseNYC @NYCMayor @ChrisMarteNYC

@fosterhood Whooo, serendipity!

Jacket just had her 1st invite to a friend’s house. Was doing my due diligence and spoke to the mom- she’s a professor who specializes in vicarious trauma of social workers. New York, man. 😂

@NYCMayor @ChrisMarteNYC To have a strong early childhood education system, we must have providers. We need you to fight for pay parity for all community-based child care providers and #FundECE! @CCCNewYork

The Far Rockaway rezoning continues to be the model of how to do community development. Rockaway Village also has a set aside of 200 units that come fully furnished for formerly homeless families as well. Spread the word about application for new units opening up.

@fosterhood 😂😂😂 This is fantastic.

I bought a meat thermometer. But Clem is holding up the box reading “10 years old” that’s ME, it’s MY thermometer & insists it’s for her armpit.

Int 878, led by @NYCCouncilAyala, eliminates the “90-day rule” that forces individuals and families to live in shelter for at least 3 months before becoming eligible for a City voucher. Why would we force people into extended shelter stays as a precondition to accessing housing?

"If you're shy, you should join because if you're shy, that's how they help you. Because they make you not shy." Our @VanessaCNN speaks with members of Girl Scout Troop 6000— for girls experiencing homelessness or living in shelters— in the final days of their cookies sale:

@_dariussimpson I bleed every month and do not die— how am I not magic? Nayyirah Waheed

what’s a random line of poetry you say aloud or in ya head from time to time unprovoked?

@drjudymelinek @renkate How is this legal? We impose working hour limits on truck drivers and pilots, why not on people tasked with saving our lives?

In medicine we spend a lot of time bashing surgeons. Let me tell you a little bit about the surgeon I live with…

@f324b5c0_6207 @Theholisticpsyc So how do you cope when nothing you do remedies?

6 Signs Your Nervous System is Dysregulated (and why it matters) A THREAD 🧵:

A reminder that every parent should have this conversation with their ⁦@NYCSchools⁩ administrators: