Anne Lasseigne Tiedt, APR
Senior Director of Strategic Communications
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Amelia Taurel Folkes, APR
Director of Public Relations
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#DYK The Liberty Bell, weighing 2,080, rings 13 times to honor the original 13 states? Wishing everyone a wonderful 4th of July! 🇺🇸🔔
#IndependenceDay #TxEd #TxLege
Over 175 advocates united at the #89thLege to champion better funding for public schools and lasting pay raises for Texas teachers. Join Raise Your Hand Texas and Texans statewide as we push for a brighter future in the public education arena. Watch the full story here: https://youtu.be/XUIDX7hD1kA?si=ZKvOB7gkADk3hREC
#TxEd #TxLege #TexasTeachers #SchoolFundingAdvocacyDay
175+ passionate public education advocates came together in the #89thLege to visit every state lawmaker`s office to ask them to approve a permanent pay raise for teachers and fund another historic $1,000 increase to the basic allotment, the primary per-pupil funding for public schools and their students.
Raise Your Hand Texas is working with Texans from every corner of the state to improve public schools. There`s still work to do — follow us to build a brighter future for public schools in Texas and check out our full video of #SchoolFundingAdvocacyDay: https://youtu.be/XUIDX7hD1kA?si=ZKvOB7gkADk3hREC
#TxEd #TxLege #89thLege #TexasTeachers
#DYK: Opal Lee, a retired Texas teacher, campaigned for decades to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. She promoted the idea by leading 2.5 miles walks each year, representing the 2.5 years it took for news of the Emancipation Proclamation to reach Texas. At the age of 89, she organized a walk from Fort Worth to Washington, D.C., which took her 5 months to complete, to plead the case for a federal holiday directly to the President of the United States.
In 2021, Senate Bill S. 475, made Juneteenth a federal holiday. In 2024, Opal Lee was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation`s highest civilian honor.
#FortWorthISD #FortWorth #Texas #Junteenth #OpalLee #ZetaPhiBeta #TexasTeachers #TxEd
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