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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Aug 5

If you’re going to cut in front of me on the sidewalk, you’d better be walking faster than me.
I’m a New Yorker. And I’ve got above average leg length.
If I step on your ankles because you slowed down, that’s on you.
Walk faster, stay behind, to the side, or cross the street—those are your options.

Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Aug 5

Good morning! Today’s tea is my usual Sakura blossom with oat milk, but this time it’s on the go—no creamy foam cloud on top, just a smooth, floral boost to power me through. My to-do list is a marathon of errands today.
How’s your morning looking—easy breezy or running full speed like mine?

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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 19

Woke up this morning to the invitee declining the invite and asking me to reschedule. The ancestors are tired.
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#Juneteenth #BlackLiberation #BlackJoy #BlackExcellence #BlackHistory #RespectJuneteenth #HonorTheDay #PayBlackPeople #AmplifyBlackVoices #WeAreNotFree #TheWorkContinues #BlackArtists

Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 19

Last night around 6:30PM, a coworker scheduled a “quick” call — and then asked me to set up a follow-up meeting for 7:30PM today, on #Juneteenth. They even invited another coworker. (And no, none of them are melanated.)
I didn’t say anything because I always hand this kind of thing over to God.
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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 19

I’m working today on #Juneteenth — and thinking about how we haven’t come as far as we should have. Shoutout to everyone Black working, resting, or just trying to make it through. We deserve so much more. ❤️🖤💚
#amplifyblackvoices

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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 19

Last night around 6:30PM, a coworker scheduled a “quick” call — and then asked me to set up a follow-up meeting for 7:30PM today, on #Juneteenth. They even invited another coworker. (And no, none of them are melanated.)
I didn’t say anything because I always hand this kind of thing over to God.
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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 19

I’m working today on #Juneteenth — and thinking about how we haven’t come as far as we should have. Shoutout to everyone Black working, resting, or just trying to make it through. We deserve so much more. ❤️🖤💚
#amplifyblackvoices

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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 19

I’m working today on #Juneteenth — and thinking about how we haven’t come as far as we should have. Shoutout to everyone Black working, resting, or just trying to make it through. We deserve so much more. ❤️🖤💚
#amplifyblackvoices

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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 19

#Juneteenth isn’t just a day off, it’s a day to reflect, learn, & act. Support Black people today:
💸 Buy Black #artists, businesses, & creators
🤝 Pay #Black people for their work
& amplify our voices
If you’d like to support me:
ANoelleJay.com/original-art-paintings
CashApp/Venmo: @anoellejay
❤️🖤💚

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The Commonwealth Fund @commonwealthfund.org · Jun 18

The 2025 Scorecard shows a decade of real progress — every state cut its uninsured rate.

But that progress is fragile. New federal proposals — like Medicaid cuts and work requirements — could reverse it.

2025 Scorecard on State Health System Performance

The Commonwealth Fund 2025 Scorecard ranks states’ health care systems based on how well they provide high-quality, accessible, and equitable health care.

www.commonwealthfund.org

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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 17

Enough is enough.
➡ Black women’s bodies treated as property — for science, for law, for others’ gain.
➡ Their dignity, consent, & humanity erased.
➡ Systems that claim to “preserve life” while destroying what makes us human: agency, compassion, respect
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#AdrianaSmith
#BlackmaternalHealth
#racism

Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 17

This is about more than two women. This is about a pattern — and it’s long past time to break it.

👉 Henrietta’s story changed medical ethics. Adriana’s must change reproductive justice.

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#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth
#HenriettaLacks #EndMedicalRacism
#BlackWomenMatter #ConsentMatters

Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 17

When the fetus reached “viability,” they performed a C-section & took the baby out. A final violation of her body then she was allowed to die.
This happens when systems value control over care, laws over love, and the unborn over the humanity of Black women.
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#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth

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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 17

This is about more than two women. This is about a pattern — and it’s long past time to break it.

👉 Henrietta’s story changed medical ethics. Adriana’s must change reproductive justice.

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#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth
#HenriettaLacks #EndMedicalRacism
#BlackWomenMatter #ConsentMatters

Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 17

When the fetus reached “viability,” they performed a C-section & took the baby out. A final violation of her body then she was allowed to die.
This happens when systems value control over care, laws over love, and the unborn over the humanity of Black women.
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#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth

Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 17

In 2025, Adriana Smith—a Georgia nurse, a mother, a Black woman—suffered a medical crisis that left her brain-dead at 9 weeks pregnant. Instead of honoring her humanity and allowing her family to grieve, she was kept on life support for months without consent, reduced to a vessel under the law.
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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 17

When the fetus reached “viability,” they performed a C-section & took the baby out. A final violation of her body then she was allowed to die.
This happens when systems value control over care, laws over love, and the unborn over the humanity of Black women.
4/6
#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth

Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 17

In 2025, Adriana Smith—a Georgia nurse, a mother, a Black woman—suffered a medical crisis that left her brain-dead at 9 weeks pregnant. Instead of honoring her humanity and allowing her family to grieve, she was kept on life support for months without consent, reduced to a vessel under the law.
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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 17

In 1951 Henrietta Lacks went to Johns Hopkins for cancer treatment. Without her consent, doctors took her cells — cells that would change medicine forever. While the world benefited, Henrietta was never asked, never honored, and her family saw nothing but pain.
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#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth

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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 17

In 2025, Adriana Smith—a Georgia nurse, a mother, a Black woman—suffered a medical crisis that left her brain-dead at 9 weeks pregnant. Instead of honoring her humanity and allowing her family to grieve, she was kept on life support for months without consent, reduced to a vessel under the law.
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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 17

In 1951 Henrietta Lacks went to Johns Hopkins for cancer treatment. Without her consent, doctors took her cells — cells that would change medicine forever. While the world benefited, Henrietta was never asked, never honored, and her family saw nothing but pain.
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#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth

Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 17

🖤 Henrietta Lacks. Adriana Smith. Generations apart. Same violent disregard for Black women’s bodies.
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#AdrianaSmith #BlackMaternalHealth

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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 17

In 1951 Henrietta Lacks went to Johns Hopkins for cancer treatment. Without her consent, doctors took her cells — cells that would change medicine forever. While the world benefited, Henrietta was never asked, never honored, and her family saw nothing but pain.
2/6
#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth

Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 17

🖤 Henrietta Lacks. Adriana Smith. Generations apart. Same violent disregard for Black women’s bodies.
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#AdrianaSmith #BlackMaternalHealth

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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 17

🖤 Henrietta Lacks. Adriana Smith. Generations apart. Same violent disregard for Black women’s bodies.
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#AdrianaSmith #BlackMaternalHealth

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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 15

Happy Father’s Day Dad! You deserve everything you want! #fathersday #happyfathersday

Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 9

Sunday Smile day! Today I taught 7 year olds how to kayak and spent half the afternoon equating paddles to spoons and the river to ice-cream. 😂 Sunday @bbpboathouse.bsky.social family program is my favorite!

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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 6

We also ended the day with a coastal cleanup throughout the park — helping protect the shoreline that makes this community paddling program so special. #ImpactDay

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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · Jun 6

Today, I had the chance to lead Deloitte #ImpactDay volunteers in testing a new cooling station setup @bbpboathouse — and it’s going to make a real difference during those hot summer paddle days.

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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · May 29

Good morning! Today is an early start and I’m a bit tired and achy but excited to explore a new island. We will see a lot of wildlife!

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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · May 28

Dream achieved: Kayaking with whales 🐋 I’m still stunned I get to do this. Baja Mexico is beautiful!

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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · May 25

Karen: Do you want to go to Black’s Beach? It’s secluded and beautiful.
Me: Sure!
Karen: It’s a 300-step climb down.
Me: Okay…
Me, arriving: That wasn’t so bad!

Cue beautiful painting time on the beach.

Me, climbing back up later: That was still worth it… I guess?

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The Commonwealth Fund @commonwealthfund.org · May 23

Medicaid funds most #mentalhealth and substance use care in the U.S. and is a critical tool for preventing suicide, overdose, and disability.

Pass it on.

#medicaid

Medicaid’s Role in Mental Health and Substance Use Care

Policy changes that reduce access to Medicaid, restrict eligibility, or cut funding could undermine people’s ability to get mental health and substance use care.

buff.ly

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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · May 20

We are ready!

a couple of people in a kayak with orange paddles

ALT: a couple of people in a kayak with orange paddles

media.tenor.com

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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · May 19

Does anyone have recommendations for VHF radios even smaller than this:

a.co/d/6rdilg4

Amazon.com

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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · May 18

Exactly! The response/“activity” right before hitting the Brooklyn Bridge seemed bizarre to me. Was communication down? Was the captain out of commission? I kept thinking there was enough time before it hit the bridge to do SOMETHING. I felt like if I had a radio I could rally something to be done.

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Alicia Noelle Jones @alicianoellejones.bsky.social · May 18

Oh my gosh that’s terrifying!

I have many questions about this accident. For one, once they realized the current was taking them why didn’t they call for the sailors to climb down from the masts? Also maybe turn the music off because that made it even more bizarre, right hand don’t know the left…