Mary-Frances Wain

🌟 Exciting News!🌟 @prosperitynow welcomes Marisa Calderon as incoming President and CEO. With a remarkable track record in creating opportunities to build a just economy for all, we are excited to have @MarisaCalderon at the helm for our next chapter. prosperitynow.org/press-release/…

As a parent I’m not worried that my 9 and 13 year olds are going to be “indoctrinated” with “wokeness” at school. I’m not worried that they’re going to ‘feel guilty about their whiteness’ because they’re learning accurate history. I’m not worried that they’re going to be “groomed” to become furries and to make their pees pees in litter boxes. Those things aren’t real. Wanna know what is real? My worry that they’re going to get shot. That someone with an AR-15 is going to go into their school and shoot them. So, while the same gun fetishizing, AR-15 lapel pin wearing, locked and loaded family Christmas card posing Republicans fear monger & manufacture crises under the guise of “parents rights”, I say this: It is my right as a parent to send my kids to school without worrying that they will get shot. It ain’t the drag queens, the African American history, the books with two moms or two seahorse dads which threaten our kids. It’s the fucking guns.

It’s official! The BWDC has been nominated for a Webby Award! That means we’ve been selected as one of the five best websites in the world in the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Category. Help us win the “People’s Voice” award by voting for us!➡️ bit.ly/414MxKN

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert absolutely hate this poster. So for god’s sake — don’t even think about liking it or retweeting it.

Systemic economic inequity persists, and women of color face the most severe gender wage gap in the US. On International Women's Day, see our Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, Cherie Collins Sims, in @TIME's new video on improving financial wellness for women.

A child begging their state government for the right to exist. What are we doing here America?

We send our most heartfelt thoughts to RowVaughn and Rodney, the parents of Tyre Nichols. We will say his name in our continued fight for racial justice. #SOTU2023

Why is this on my mind? #sotu2023

Entrepreneurs of color give back to our economy through job creation & community investments. I look forward to continuing my partnership with @POTUS and @VP to create wealth-building pathways in historically underserved communities. #SOTU2023

#RIPeep, Bob Born instagram.com/p/CoQd2V3uK3j/…

Something that will always stay with me when I was assaulted by police a few years ago was them yelling "stop resisting" over and over as they manhandled me. I realized then that they are trained to yell certain things/phrases so they can justify their violence.

Despite public outcry, the Florida High School Athletics Association is standing by its decision that girls submit menstruation info to schools: including age of their first period, how many days are typically in between their periods, and the date of their most recent period.

We are sending healing to Black communities & families after the murder of Tyre Nichols. We must end the systemic racism that denies basic human rights to people of color -- and subjects Black people to constant trauma. We must pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.

Our policymakers did not provide the basic fundamental rights of our democracy enshrined in the US Constitution to safeguard each citizen's right to live in security, safety, and tranquility. We must pass the #GeorgeFloyd Justice and Policing Act now!

How often must we see our young men and women killed at the hands of police officers, who are supposed to serve and protect? How often must we witness the injustice perpetrated by law enforcement before we take decisive action to end this inhumane treatment of our citizen

NEW: States with abortion restrictions or bans have lower wages, weaker labor standards, and higher levels of incarceration compared to states where abortion is protected. Abortion rights are economic rights. Full stop. epi.org/publication/ec…

Men appear to be too emotional and high strung to be in politics. 😂🤣😂🤣

Thank you, Senate, for increasing the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance #VITA program’s funding to $40 million for #FY2023! Still, w/out an expanded #ChildTaxCredit, Congress fails to address the unmet needs of BIPOC households. Read our full statement: prosperitynow.org/blog/prosperit…

And major thanks and shout out to @JoannaAliseAin who deserves all the flowers for leading the charge @prosperitynow for #VITA funding, fighting for the #CTC & more to make our tax system more equitable! 💐🌹🌺