Today’s tweet round-up includes some COVID-19 news, the “Negro Motorist Green Book,” adding new members to POST, National Girls and Women in Sports Day, National Women Physicians Day, the Tokyo Olympics chief who thinks women talk to much, and more.
2021 has been brutal – and it’s only Feb. 4
More than 100,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the United States so far this year, according to Johns Hopkins University data.https://t.co/sPJfBdU3nS
— KSL (@KSLcom) February 4, 2021
Black communities continue to be seriously underserved when it comes to getting the COVID-19 vaccine
Vaccine hesitancy is real. But it shouldn’t hide the fact that not enough is being done to actually get the vaccine to places where minorities can get it. https://t.co/uMOZpsKEDm
— POLITICO (@politico) February 2, 2021
Ever heard of the “Negro Motorist Green Book”? For Black drivers during Jim Crow, a road trip could be dangerous, even deadly, and not because of car crashes. How awful that a map of safe spaces was needed.
For Black drivers during the Jim Crow era, taking a road trip was dangerous and complicated. That’s why the Negro Motorist Green Book became known as the “bible of Black travel.” https://t.co/bibAWbus2v
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) February 2, 2021
Shout-out to Rep. Mike Winder and the Utah House for adding members to the POST Council
The House just UNANIMOUSLY passed @mike_winder‘s bill to give the NAACP and a rank-and-file officer a spot on the POST Council.
POST is Peace Officer Standards & Training (the agency that certifies/disciplines all cops in Utah). @fox13 #utpol #utleg
— Ben Winslow (@BenWinslow) February 3, 2021
Feb 3 was National Girls and Women in Sports Day and BYU was on the ball.
For National Girls and Women in Sports Day, we asked a few of our student-athletes what they hope to teach the next generation …#GoCougs #NGWSD #LeadHerForward pic.twitter.com/MW1KaztPuY
— BYU Cougars (@BYUCougars) February 3, 2021
Feb. 3 is also National Women Physicians Day and the U of U gave a shout-out to Elisabeth Blackwell, the nation’s first female Dr.
Today we are celebrating National Women Physicians Day. The event celebrates Elisabeth Blackwell’s birthday, who was the first female medical doctor in the U.S. This is a time to honor female identifying doctors across the country, who’ve come a long way since Blackwell’s time. pic.twitter.com/jJSgl2Qva0
— UofU Medical School (@UofUMedicine) February 3, 2021
We still have so, so, so far to go
Tokyo Olympics chief says women talk too much at meetings, calls it “annoying” https://t.co/oAwho6mvmU
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 3, 2021
OK then
Gaetz: “I would leave my House seat, I would leave my home” to defend Trump in impeachment trial https://t.co/zJfrFE4IYq pic.twitter.com/OZlXZw6Rca
— The Hill (@thehill) February 3, 2021
That’s not how this works
Jenny Cudd, a Texas woman charged in connection with the Capitol insurrection, has asked a federal judge for permission to visit Mexico for a “work-related bonding retreat,” according to court records. https://t.co/ZGBGAXhwUr
— CNN (@CNN) February 3, 2021
After-effects are real
Nearly a month after the deadly January 6 riot, US Capitol Police officers are still reeling from the physical and psychological effects of the attack and describe a department with leaders they feel aren’t up to the task of helping correct course https://t.co/6PCbOH1zNM
— CNN (@CNN) February 4, 2021
