Wendy Maria Jacques
@WMJacques2
Journalist, media educator, mother, traveler. #DigitalStorytelling on human rights, women and environment.
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Trucks with aid impeded by Israel from entering Gaza to save lives.
Today I saw long lines of blocked relief trucks waiting to be let into Gaza. It’s time to truly flood Gaza with life-saving aid. The choice is clear: surge or starvation. Let’s choose the side of help, the side of hope & the right side of history. I will not give up.
My home continent Africa loses a staggering 3.9 million hectares of forest a year - the world's highest rate. Illegal logging is a major contributor & generates billions in illicit revenue. To protect our forests, we must root out corruption. #ForestDay unodc.org/documents/corr…
Gaza is facing famine, kids are already dying, and in the middle of this crisis the US Congress chooses to try to cut off all US funding for the only agency, UNRWA, with the experience and staff on the ground to distribute food and avert starvation. nytimes.com/2024/03/20/wor…
Read in #TheTorch this week: - #Israel Defense Forces assaulted, detained Al-Jazeera journalist in hospital raid - #Haiti journalist kidnapped as violence escalates in capital - #HongKong passes security law that further crushes the media cpj.org/thetorch/2024/…
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IDF assaulted, detained Al-Jazeera journalist in hospital raid - Committee to Protect Journalists
On Monday night, Al-Jazeera reporter Ismail Al-Ghoul was released by Israeli forces after being held for nearly 12 hours. In an interview with Al-Jazeera, Al-Ghoul recounted how he and several other...
Companies that got huge tax breaks in NJ's poorest city barely employ its residents gothamist.com/news/companies… via @gothamist
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Companies that got huge tax breaks in NJ's poorest city barely employ its residents
Subaru got $118 million under a tax break program that’s since come under scrutiny, but employs just 10 Camden residents.
I hold the radical belief that the profits of a handful of oil companies are not more important than the future of the planet.
The Supreme Court has gone rogue. We are in a full-blown Constitutional crisis. Congress must act. And we must pressure Congress to act, while it still can. #TheMajority
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: SUPREME COURT CONSTRAINS THE EPA'S POWER TO REGULATE GREENHOUSE GASES. The vote is 6-3 along ideological lines.
This is horrific. We need to end Title 42 and fix our broken immigration system so these unimaginable tragedies stop happening. People fleeing violence and poverty deserve a chance at a better life. Que descansen en paz.
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: At least 46 people were found dead inside a tractor-trailer on the Southwest Side, according to multiple law enforcement sources and the Archbishop of San Antonio. ksat.com/news/local/202…
Trump lost the election, knew he lost, yet continued to claim the election was ‘stolen’ and spread the Big Lie. Watch the Select Committee’s hearing 2 recap ⤵️
19 kids and 2 teachers were slaughtered with a legally obtained AR-15 about a week ago and congress has done nothing to stop it from happening at your kids school next. Johnny Depp doesn’t matter
A growing number of scientists are willing to risk arrest in a desperate bid to get leaders to act on the climate crisis. Listen to climate scientist Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman choke up as he and others at @ScientistRebel1 block an entrance to @Chase in LA today.📷 via organizers
Really proud to help the UN inspire women leaders to join Peacekeeping Operations. Watch our latest production “Time to Lead” on #Vimeo vimeo.com/524045373
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Time to Lead
Senior women leaders engage with the next generation in #TimeToLead. 📣un.org/gender/content… #WomensHistoryMonth
Looking for role models? Senior women leaders offer advice for the next generation in #TimeToLead. Publication out today! bit.ly/30meiAL #IWD2021 #WomensHistoryMonth #genderparity @UN_Women
In #TimetoLead, 20 SWTP members give visibility to their experiences and highlight the opportunities and challenges encountered to help break down stereotypes and inspire others. Publication out on March 8. #IWD2021 #genderparity
Greta!
We're today discussing a #WorldWithoutNature as if it meant that "our children won't be able to see pandas in the future" or that "we won't be able to eat certain types of food". A world without nature is no world. Stop separating "humans" and "nature". Humans are part of nature.
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