Emily Voorde
@shortyvoorde
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Founder & CEO, INTO Strategies | she/her | Disabled | Frm Biden @WhiteHouse, @PeteButtigieg, @Americorps, @NotreDame, @VanderbiltU
South Bend, IN
Joined May 2011
Today, I’m officially launching INTO Strategies, a Disabled-led firm focused on bringing people into campaigns, moments, and movements through: 🟣Access Consulting 🟣Candidate Training 🟣Speaking and Workshops 🟣Public Engagement Strategy
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Thank you to my fellow advocates who endured indignity, arduous claims processes, and threats to bodily harm, holding their breaths that one day it wouldn't be so damn hard. Today's the day.
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May this serve as a resounding warning to all commercial carriers who have long written-off equipment repair costs as inevitable, “the cost of doing business”: invest in solutions now or you’ll pay the price later.
When an airline breaks a passenger's wheelchair, it's not just wrong—it's illegal. Today, our department is setting a new standard for how we will hold airlines accountable and protect the rights of passengers with disabilities.
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RT @aijenpoo: Today’s announcement from @KamalaHarris is a big, big deal. So many of us have found ourselves unable to afford care for olde…
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The OVERWHELMING majority of Americans agree — care can’t wait! Kamala Harris has our back.
Major news for #Seniors and #Caregivers out of the @KamalaHarris campaign—they proposed a new Medicare benefit to cover home care costs. Something that 93% of Americans thinks #Medicare *should* cover. #CareCantWait
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RT @nicolejorwic: As usual @mattbc is right on. Not much polls better, across party lines, than strengthening #Medicare by covering what mo…
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All the recap I need.
Kamala Harris wins the debate and gets Taylor Swift's endorsement. Not a bad night.
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Of course the WiFi didn’t work on a flight to DC during the debate. Someone please summarize how it went.
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RT @SeanManning_: “We have never seen this type of one, momentum, but two, speed, to make improvements and change ever before...I do think…
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Go, Team USA! Go, @SecretaryPete! Go, accessibility!
We're making historic investments in accessibility to ensure everyone can get where they need to go. As we cheer on our Paralympians in Paris, let's continue to improve transportation at home so that all Americans can navigate our communities. Go, Team USA!
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RT @emilyfmaloney: Hey, so I’ve noticed a lot of weird misinformation about Gus Walz. He has the same diagnosis as me—nonverbal learning di…
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what if they would have done day four darty-style and we could have all been in bed by 7pm? #DNC
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It’s like a 7-hour rock concert, 4-nights in a row. Please pardon the bags under our eyes in these high def close-ups.
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RT @nicholasrhutch: It’s 2024, there are football players on the stage at the DNC, and we’re chanting “U-S-A” again. Let’s GOOOOO. #DNC2024…
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