1/ Even before Covid 13 million of our kids went to school hungry. Millions to schools where classrooms don’t even have school supplies to teach a child to read, & if kids can’t learn to read by 8 then chances of high school graduation decrease & chances of incarceration increase
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2/ Millions of American kids live w/ chronic trauma & have PTSD no less severe than vets from Afghanistan & Iraq. Many live in “domestic war zones.” Cuz kids aren’t old enough to vote or wield financial influence, our political system is mainly blind to the extent of the problem.
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3/ From sex trafficking to hunger to violent abuse to undereducation and lack of opportunity, our systems now in place can adequately serve maybe 10% of the children who need it. That’s why we need a Department of Children and Youth. Their needs should be served first… not last.

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We need a dept. of parents to see if these parents are in the home, paying for cell phones or cable or cigarettes or drugs or hair extensions. DO NOT think replacing parents with a new government program is the answer. It’s a disgrace.
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It's time to start thinking in a new way ... When the Soviet Union existed we had to put billions and billions of dollars into defense ... They no longer exist ... now we can put those dollars into our communities and our children!
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#USDeptOfChildrenAndYouth mariannenow.com/u-s-departme…
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Definitely the needs of our children should be trop priority! @marwilliamson Department of Children and Youth is a must. Every classroom should be a palace of learning! Building on strengths and gifts!
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ABSOLUTELY 💯
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Where is these children's chance to pursue happiness.
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Isha Sesay @IshaSesay
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Two weeks ago today, FIVE YEAR OLD Kadijah Saccoh was raped and murdered. Now a distressing video of the little girl is being widely distributed across #Facebook and #WhatsApp ... So it’s time ask, “ARE YOU PART OF THE RAPE CULTURE??!!”
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Still talking more sense than anyone in 2020
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That's why we want to get the work this site ( EnergizeYourBrain.org ) leads to, into the masses, but particularly into the educational & Foster care system of every state (a population of children heavily traumatized). Marianne, plz let's talk!