Rachel Weber

Proud Boys have been sighted on Hillsborough Street in #Raleigh to harass an LGBTQ event at Umami. This is a call for anyone who can get down there to assist in protecting the event!!!

Sometimes our most well-intended messages can #backfire... Take fair housing for example: “affordability crisis” framing focuses attention on people’s ability to afford housing rather than on the costs of housing or the availability of affordable options.

New analysis from @CivicYouth shows that abortion was the #1 issue for 18-29-year-olds in the 2022 midterms & that the 18-29-year-old cohort was the only age group that prioritized abortion > inflation. circle.tufts.edu/latest-researc…

A mashup of two of my favorite orgs here in NC. Both have a vision of a stronger, more just, and more resilient NC, and both are advancing their missions with unparalleled clarity + conviction.

🎧 Episode 2 w/ @prismreports - The Hot Seat is LIVE! Hear about the activists fighting the development of #CopCity in an Atlanta forest. Jacqueline Echols (@SouthRiverGA) shares why a $90M police training facility doesn’t belong in green space. LISTEN: apple.co/3zn7gO5

Today, we're honored to announce the most significant investment our Fund has made to date: more than $1.5M in new grants to support the capacity and operations of 31 news and community orgs delivering accessible and reliable news in NC. Read on: ow.ly/KCcb50LmWMM

We’re excited to welcome Ryan Pintado-Vertner as our inaugural Social Entrepreneur in Residence. Ryan’s work is purpose-driven, grounded in empathy, + values aligned to our own. We’re looking forward to what we’ll achieve together in the coming years. mission.partners/residency/

Today, we’re excited to announce a $1M gift from @KateBReynolds, the single largest gift in our history. Read more about where we’ll direct these funds, and how this deeply appreciated gift makes it possible for us to scale our #grantmaking and impact: nclocalnews.org/updates-blog/m…

🎧 BIG NEWS: @Prismreports and @peopleXplastic are partnering to launch a podcast series centered around the personal stories from five U.S. communities that have been disproportionately impacted by climate, plastic, and environmental injustice. 🗓 Launching Oct. 4 2022

tons of people across the state and across the country have been asking how they can help with the Jackson water crisis.. #jxnwatercrisis here’s what i’ve compiled and will add to this week: 🧵

The spark might be in the stumble. #Progress is certainly through #practice. And we need a whole lot of #firstdrafts to write a #story that works for all of us. #ICYMI, @weberach explores our #firstdraft approach to #brainstorming in her latest #blog: mission.partners/theintersectio…

Bright spots in the quest to restore local news, featuring @DemocracyFund 's @gteresa and innovative solutions like the @nclocalnewslab's ecosystem model. Thanks @djinisinabottle poynter.org/reporting-edit…

This doesn't seem like it should be legal.

@Family_Connects @DukeU Congratulations, @Family_Connects team!

After a 14-year partnership with @DukeU, Family Connects International has now launched as an independent nonprofit 501c3 organization!

It's been a heavy week, & I'm so grateful for the incredible staff & contributors @prismreports who've shared their brave, deeply-reported, & inclusive work. In a moment like this one, we're proud to show up as an unabashedly pro-abortion, pro-repro justice newsroom. 🧵(1/x)

Big thread incoming. We at CAF want to acknowledge how strange and liminal this moment feels – not only because the South has been post-Roe for a long time, but also because this is still a preview. The ink is all but dried, and yet we wait.

We’re going to continue having abortions. That much I know.

@BrianCCastrucci So grateful that you’re recovering well! Thank you for all you do!

A #publicheath practitioner goes to the hospital - A 🧵...That's right, tweeps. Haven't been on Twitter as much lately because on February 14 I ended up with a broken heart in the form of congestive heart failure and a left descending artery blockage. 1/12

so grateful for this team! 🥰

We are thrilled to share our latest resource, crowdsourced by 600+ #publichealth pros from across the U.S., to highlight insights from our field during the pandemic. #PublicHealthTwitter: protect public health through COVID-19 + beyond. Learn more: bit.ly/3EeeLYA