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The Art of Starting Over

The Art of Starting Over

High Crimes, Conspiracies, and Cults

Guest Submission June 15, 2021 Featured, Internship Series, Latest, Politics, Social Work No Comments
Let me tell you about the time Texas tried to codify how to overturn an election in the middle of the night. It all started decades ago when reports about climate change started to gain traction. That made oil folx …
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Personal Growth in an Emotionally Stifling Environment

Guest Submission June 15, 2021 Featured, Internship Series, Latest, Politics, Social Work No Comments
It has been said over and over again in the media and in the halls of the Texas Capitol that the 87th Texas Legislative Session was the most aggressive in not only pushing but passing very conservative and controversial priorities …
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Redefining Wins

Guest Submission June 15, 2021 Featured, Internship Series, Latest, Politics, Social Work No Comments
LIVED EXPERIENCE As a professional Sickle Cell advocate, there is nothing that supersedes the lived experience. Living with a chronic illness every day gives a perspective that can never be acquired by those who do not suffer from the disease. …
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Invictus

Guest Submission June 14, 2021 Featured, Internship Series, Latest, Politics, Social Work No Comments
I’ve always been one to say exactly how I feel, and honesty is one of my most important values. Yet, writing this blog post has been next to impossible for me in the last few weeks. In addition to being …
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A Bootless Man

Guest Submission June 14, 2021 Featured, Internship Series, Latest, Politics, Social Work No Comments
“When white Americans tell the Negro to lift himself by his own bootstraps, they don’t look over the legacy of slavery and segregation. Now I believe we ought to do all we can and seek to lift ourselves by our …
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Disillusion: Reality Settles In, but the Fight is Not Over

Guest Submission June 14, 2021 Featured, Internship Series, Latest, Politics, Social Work No Comments
In my first blog post, I talked about how representation matters. As the session continues, it is more apparent that representation matters especially when it comes down to bills. Bills that will hinder our safety, our voting rights, the autonomy …
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Honey Badger

Guest Submission May 24, 2021 Featured, Internship Series, Latest, Politics, Social Work No Comments
I was supposed to write this post weeks ago, way back during budget week in April. Or was that in March? Lege time feels very different from usual work time. You never know when your boss is going to text …
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When Social Work & Politics Collide

Guest Submission May 24, 2021 Featured, Internship Series, Latest, Politics, Social Work No Comments
As the end of my internship at the Texas State Capitol hurdles towards me, I am taking time to sit back and reflect on my experience. With only a couple of weeks left, I have caught myself wondering why I …
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A Never Ending Fight

Guest Submission May 18, 2021 Featured, Internship Series, Latest, Politics, Social Work No Comments
Someone recently asked me, “so how do you like session so far?” Being a first-year staffer, I have been asked this question more times than I can count. However, the longer I’m in the Texas Capitol, the harder it gets …
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Do Our Voices Matter?

Guest Submission May 13, 2021 Featured, Internship Series, Latest, Politics, Social Work No Comments
In the beginning of the 87th Texas Legislative Session, I felt hopeful. Hopeful for what I would learn, the ways I would grow, the people I would meet, the friends I would make, things I would learn about myself, and …
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    Taking Up Space

    “Work hard in silence. Let success be your noise.”

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