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Meghan Lopez, DNP, FNP-BC retweeted
In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.
She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.
The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.
She handed out the checks herself.
In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.
When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.
You've probably heard that part.
Here's the part you haven't:
The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.
Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.
She built her county an entire hospital.
She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it.
In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.
Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.
In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release.
And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.
She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.
She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.
Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸
Meghan Lopez, DNP, FNP-BC retweeted
Con profundo pesar, desde el Idhuca, lamentamos el fallecimiento del P. José María Tojeira, S.J.
El Padre Chema, como le conocíamos, dedicó su vida con entrega y sencillez al servicio de El Salvador, país al que amó profundamente y en el que dejó una huella imborrable.
Meghan Lopez, DNP, FNP-BC retweeted
When a large employer pays so little that their full time employees qualify for Medicaid , (or any public assistance ) we the taxpayers are effectively subsidizing that big company. That’s wrong
Meghan Lopez, DNP, FNP-BC retweeted
#TheKingCenter presents, ‘Sharing Our History, Shaping Our Future,’ a 2025 Black History Month series.
Dr. Maya Angelou once said, “History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.”
Of course, not all Black History was tragic. And, as we remember all aspects of Black History, we are reminded that Black History is Human History.
Black History is World History.
We celebrate the triumphs of our past; we contemplate the troubles and trauma of our past with courage.
We call on our World House to join in committing to creating the Beloved Community, so that horrors are not lived again and our collective human capacity to learn to live together is realized.
When we remember Black History truthfully and with intent to gain wisdom and lessons for today, we make good history and shape a just, humane, peaceful future.
We are ‘Sharing Our History, Shaping Our Future.’
How You Can Be A Part:
•Follow the series via thekingcenter.org and our social media platforms.
•Engage your online and offline connections by texting the graphics and by sharing them on your social media platforms.
•Share our Black History Month posts, stories, and reels. We are @thekingcenter on Instagram, X, and Facebook.
•Be a #ChampionForChange: King100.org
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #MLK #CorettaScottKing #MissionPossibleMLK
“The famous poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty mischaracterizes those who leave their home countries behind. They are not the tired and the poor; they are people possessed of the determination, skill and resources to seek a better life.” @nytopinion
This is the important human story about who decides to take a perilous journey, who is willing to risk everything and bet on themselves on the future they can create.
nytimes.com/2025/01/10/opini…
On #InternationalMigrantsDay day I want to celebrate the hundreds of migrants who have made decisions for their families seeking a better life, acknowledging the tremendous hardships endured and often perilous journeys in search of life, liberty and, yes, pursuit of happiness.
Meghan Lopez, DNP, FNP-BC retweeted
No one speaks for our community. We're too diverse. We're too broad. So we need everyone telling their stories.
- Jose Antonio Tijerino,
president and CEO of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation
"You are not lucky to be here. The world needs your perspective. They are lucky to have you." sbne.ws/r/QnHF - Jose Antonio Tijerino, president and CEO of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation @HHFoundation Powerful true words for Hispanic Heritage month and every month
Meghan Lopez, DNP, FNP-BC retweeted
Have you tried the Green Card game? You might find out that legal immigration isn't as easy as you think. thegreencardgame.com/factor/…
Meghan Lopez, DNP, FNP-BC retweeted
Watch this. This is a remarkable piece of journalism from @newshour about what's actually happening in Springfield, Ohio, where JD Vance lied and said Haitians are eating cats.
No cat murder, no braindead teen gossip Facebook scaremongering — just the reality in this town.
Meghan Lopez, DNP, FNP-BC retweeted
Millions of people are not "pouring into our country monthly." Crossings are currently at their lowest level since August 2020.
Data from the DHS suggests roughly 4.2 million migrants have been released after crossing the southern border through April 2024. Not 20 million.
Childcare subsidies are framed as supporting parents whereas different working models allowing more and more flexible parental leave and more time with children would actually achieve better outcomes
This is one of the most powerful and accurate accounts of the Darien Gap migration. “the density of the jungle makes it difficult to contend at any one moment with the humanitarian catastrophe it contains, and the many policy failures that led people there.” @itscaitlinhd
If you haven’t read @itscaitlinhd’s account of her Darién Gap travels yet, I urge you to do so. It has convinced me she’s the most vital reporter working today, and it’s full of devastating, breathtaking paragraphs like this. theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
Meghan Lopez, DNP, FNP-BC retweeted
If you haven’t read @itscaitlinhd’s account of her Darién Gap travels yet, I urge you to do so. It has convinced me she’s the most vital reporter working today, and it’s full of devastating, breathtaking paragraphs like this. theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
Meghan Lopez, DNP, FNP-BC retweeted
"Perfection is impossible.
In the 1,526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80% of those matches.
But what percentage of points did I win?
54%
In other words, even top ranked tennis players win barely more than half the points they play.
When you lose ever second point on average, you learn not to dwell on every shot.
You teach yourself to think:
'Okay, I double faulted...it's only a point.'
'Okay, I came to the net and I got passed again...it's only a point.'
Even a great shot, an overhead backhand smash that ends up on ESPN's top 10 playlist – that too is just a point.
Here's why I'm telling you this.
When you're playing a point, it has to be the most important thing in the world. And it is.
But when it's behind you, it's behind you.
This mindset is crucial – because it frees you to fully commit to the next point with intensity, clarity, and focus."
–@rogerfederer