Because I know other people believe that people in jail are still human. Some have made awful decisions and some made dumb decisions but others are really remorseful and doing their best to change their life. There are people in Texas with very excessive sentences with low level, non violent crimes. My loved is in that category, and now he has been set up by someone and the investigation has been very poor. Very one sided and he’s fighting as hard as he can in there and we are fighting as hard as we can out here to help him prove his innocence to what he’s now being charged with and it is hard. The state of Texas does not care. He’s been in solitary confinement for over a month now until the investigation is over, they ALREADY increased his projected release date. I and many others that love him have contacted the TDCJ OMBUDSMAN department about this matter and we are praying they do their job as well. I visited with him and he’s lost weight, he’s trying very hard not to go crazy in solitary, he’s never dealt with high blood pressure and his blood pressure is running around 184/120 daily! That’s stroke & heart attack level‼️ The jails do NOT care. He is not in jail for murder, drugs, robbery etc. The state of Texas is quick to charge people in jail without thorough investigations. The way my loved ones and I’m sure many others are treated in these situations are very inhumane, it has to STOP and we need help 🙏🏽

Working for L&I is a risky proposition. Right now we show up for and appointment only to find out that either it was cancelled without alerting the interpreter or that the LEP patient doesn't show up. We lose money each time this happens because L&I doesn't reimburse us for our mileage or for the time that we reserved on our calendars which makes us unavailable to accept other requests. In addition, when the provider schedules us for 60 minutes but the service only lasts 15, we lose money each time this happens because L&I doesn't pay for that time that we made ourselves unavailable for other requests. L&I's payment policies are the reason why many interpreters violate the code of ethics to contact and even harass LEP patients to ensure they show up. These policies also foster unhealthy relationships with providers so that invoices show lengthier durations. By not treating interpreters as the professionals they are, L&I disrespects us on a daily basis. We ask that all interpreters who render services paid by L&I sign this petition. Please sign the petition to show L&I INTERPRETERS ARE ALL UNITED behind these demands!

We need Water

We are local Doctors, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants’, Nurses, First Responders & Healthcare Workers. We are parents in our community. We are tired. We are doing everything we can, working tirelessly, to keep our community safe and healthy. We are asking that you please help us to keep our kids safe and make masks mandatory this fall in our schools. In the past month, the pandemic has worsened as the delta variant has spread across NC and the country. Covid-19 rates and hospitalizations have increased. Pediatric Covid-19 cases are rising nationwide and locally. Local pediatric hospitals are overrun with Covid-19 and RSV. Universal indoor masking for grades K-12 is currently recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, and the CDC. Universal masking is part of the layered mitigation strategy that works to slow the spread of COVID-19. Masking helps keep kids in school and keeps children, teachers, and school staff from becoming ill. Masking will help enable more consistent in-person learning this fall. Children under the age of 12 do not currently have access to the Covid-19 vaccine. Some of our children are immunocompromised and are especially vulnerable to Covid-19. Without a mask, these children are significantly at risk. We need to take steps to ensure a safe environment for ALL children, including those who are more vulnerable due to pre-existing conditions or social determinants of health. Along with the physical risks, the detriments of the inevitable school closures and quarantining that will occur without universal masking are numerous. We, as healthcare providers, have seen a large increase in anxiety and depression in our youth. We have seen an increase in pediatric obesity due to children being home unsupervised because many parents cannot afford to stay home. Child abuse increased across the nation from children being home more in an unsafe environment. School is a safe haven for many children across the country, and our community is not immune to that. We are a small community with already limited healthcare resources. If changes are not made soon, there will come a point where the sheer volume of illness overwhelms our healthcare resources completely and patients—children—will not have access to care. We need every healthcare provider we have and many of us are parents. The board needs to consider that if we become ill, we will be unavailable to serve the community. If our children become ill and we need to be home with them, we will be unavailable to serve the community. There is no one waiting in the wings to fill our positions. The community will simply be without care. Again, we ask, please help us keep our children of Dare County safe and be the leadership that our children need. Sincerely, Marielle Silk, FNP; Kellie Flock Byrne, PA and Sarah Summerton, FNP

The faith of the average public servant will be eroded if this egregious retaliation is not overturned. The US will say to its citizens that either you stand for truth and suffer the consequences or that it will reward courageous heroes.

Our children are important and with the current laws written schools cannot protect them under the age of 12.

Family

We owe this to the Afghan people - all of them, especially the ones who served as translators and helped Americans when were were there.

The COVID-19 cases are rising daily and people are dying, Governor Abbott is making a political issue out of a health issue.

To bring more attention to a behavior that will destroy our civilization.

Media integrity is needed in an age where conservative outlets will seek to undermine unbiased media coverage to enhance their own partisan and dangerous agenda. Two examples: coronavirus mask and vaccine mandates, and the claims of voter fraud in the right wing echo chamber.

All of the citizens of Texas need to be required to wear masks. He said no to masks being required in schools.