Welcome to This Week in Equity Engagement on Twitter (TWEET) for the week of October 19, 2015. Another eventful week comes to a close, and we have some great social media resources for you. Check it out:
Another report that shows that soda taxes can be effective at reducing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages.
http://twitter.com/nytimes/status/656011187780481024
Most Americans understand the importance of access to healthy foods.
http://twitter.com/HavenBourque/status/656501172107243520
Here are some tax policy solutions to help alleviate poverty across the country.
http://twitter.com/iteptweets/status/656541472771211264
California is fraught with inequities, and if it were its own country, those disparities would be even more stark.
http://twitter.com/CalBudgetCenter/status/656865605648125953
Here’s a great report on how the U.S. lags behind most other countries in regards to paid family leave.
http://twitter.com/Demos_Org/status/656970733092888580
Over 1,500 have pledged to end bullying thanks to the #ActToChange initiative.
http://twitter.com/WhiteHouseAAPI/status/656913080702664704
The good news: California leads the nation in veggies consumed per day; the bad news: there’s still work to be done to increase veggie consumption here and across the country.
http://twitter.com/AHR_Rankings/status/656968735052439552
The country’s population continues to shift, as students of color now represent a majority of those enrolled in K-12 schools.
http://twitter.com/amprog/status/657664069244063744
Congrats to everyone working on the campaign for prison phone justice on your great victory this week!
http://twitter.com/CALimmigrant/status/657599223437791232
And finally, our thoughts are with everyone down in Mexico in the path of Hurricane Patricia.
http://twitter.com/AssaadRazzouk/status/657556348549361664
