Mica O’Brien

@MicaMOBrien

Planning student

@uclaluskin

. New to LA. All views are my own.

Los Angeles, CAJoined February 2019

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Bernie Sanders

@BernieSanders

Apr 13, 2021

Congratulations to the Urban Institute and Brookings staff for for organizing

@UrbanInst_Union

and

@BrookingsUnion

with

@NonprofitUnion

. I hope other workers in nonprofits follow their example and join a union. Now more than ever, we need a strong labor movement for all workers.

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NPEU

@NonprofitUnion

· Apr 13, 2021

BREAKING

The staff at the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute have formed unions with NPEU, @BrookingsUnion and @UrbanInst_Union respectively. At both organizations, a supermajority of employees support their union. #1u

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@MicaMOBrien

Apr 13, 2021

So grateful for all of folks who helped make this happen!

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Urban Institute Employees' Union

@UrbanInst_Union

· Apr 13, 2021

Read our message to the @urbaninstitute community here urbaninstituteunion.medium.com/why-the-urban-

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Urban Institute Employees' Union

@UrbanInst_Union

Apr 13, 2021

Good morning! We just informed our management that a supermajority of eligible

@UrbanInstitute

staff have formed the Urban Institute Employees Union, organized with the

@NonprofitUnion

. Read our press release here:

npeu.org

Urban Institute Employees Form Union — Nonprofit Professional Employees Union

The employees of the Urban Institute have formed a union with NPEU.

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Urban Institute

@urbaninstitute

Feb 24, 2021

How can place-conscious strategies restore opportunity & overcome injustice in disinvested communities? In a new brief,

@maturner

@MicaMOBrien

pose 5 guiding principles, illustrated by

@CalEndow

’s Building Healthy Communities initiative.

urban.org

Place-Conscious Strategies to Restore Opportunity and Overcome Injustice

America has built starkly unequal communities, systematically excluding Black people and other people of color from places rich with resources and opportunities, while depriving the communities in...

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Housing Matters

@Housing360

Jan 28, 2021

Property owners benefit when residents are stable, but many can't afford to provide much-needed services. Tiered interventions offer landlords a cost-effective, innovative way to support their residents, write

@MicaMOBrien

@_MeganGallagher

housingmatters.urban.org

Tiered Supports Offer Landlords a Cost-Effective Way to Help Vulnerable Tenants during the COVID-19...

Property owners benefit when their residents are stable, but many are financially strapped and unable to provide much-needed services. Tiered interventions offer landlords a cost-effective, innovat...

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Solomon Greene

@metrosolomon

Sep 11, 2020

"Trump misunderstands what America’s suburbs look like today. Suburbs are more racially and economically diverse than they have ever been in our country’s history."

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@urbaninstitute

The Suburbs Aren’t Under Attack

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The Suburbs Aren’t Under Attack. They Can Be Places of Opportunity for All.

Suburbs are more racially and economically diverse than they have ever been in our country’s history.

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Ebonie, MPH

@EbonieCMeg

Jul 30, 2020

This is my first blog for

@urbaninstitute

!! Three Ways COVID-19 is Further Jeopardizing Black Maternal Health:

urban.org

Three Ways COVID-19 is Further Jeopardizing Black Maternal Health

Three ways COVID-19 may be putting pregnant Black women at increased risk.

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Ibram X. Kendi

@DrIbram

Jun 15, 2020

Black literature saved me, raised me, fed me, made me. Black literature taught me how to think, how to write, how to challenge, how to be me. This week, I’m supporting a campaign to buy two books by Black writers. Join us. #blackpublishingpower #blackoutbestsellerlist

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Pasquines

@pasquines_us

May 29, 2020

HR 6648 would make the United States territories attractive locations for pharmaceutical and personal protective equipment manufacturers by correcting a harmful piece of tax legislation.

pasquines.us

Territorial Economic Recovery Act could lessen the United States' reliance on foreign imports -...

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olivia arena

@livarenatx

Apr 24, 2020

How Public Housing Authorities Can Help Bridge the Food Access Gap Exacerbated by the Pandemic: urbn.is/353oShF via

How Public Housing Authorities Can Help Bridge the Food Access Gap Exacerbated by the Pandemic

As economic conditions deteriorate for those with the fewest resources, public housing residents are losing jobs, access to transportation, and access to charitable food programs.

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Urban Institute

@urbaninstitute

Apr 20, 2020

More than half of all households living in public housing units are headed by a person who is 62 or older &/or disabled-- people particularly vulnerable to the novel coronavirus, write

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@SJPopkin

urban.org

How Public Housing Authorities Are Supporting Vulnerable Residents during COVID-19

Additional supports are needed to ensure the health and safety of elderly and disabled residents during the pandemic.

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: How our aging public housing puts seniors at risk urbn.is/38VNCJn