Alicia Noelle Jones
@alicianoellejones.bsky.social
Health & climate equity advocate. Kayaking instructor, ACA L3. You need my artwork for your next movie: ANoelleJay.com Artist and CEO. Shop me in UO!
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🌍 Earth Month Art Series 🌍
This April, I’m sharing a daily series of educational posts alongside my paintings to highlight environmental challenges and the beauty of our planet. Each piece tells a story—about the oceans, wildlife, and ecosystems we must protect.
ANoelleJay.com/original-art-paintings
This April, I’m sharing a daily series of educational posts alongside my paintings to highlight environmental challenges and the beauty of our planet. Each piece tells a story—about the oceans, wildlife, and ecosystems we must protect.
ANoelleJay.com/original-art-paintings
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.
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.
August 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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.
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.
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?
How’s your morning looking—easy breezy or running full speed like mine?
August 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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?
How’s your morning looking—easy breezy or running full speed like mine?
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
2/2
#Juneteenth #BlackLiberation #BlackJoy #BlackExcellence #BlackHistory #RespectJuneteenth #HonorTheDay #PayBlackPeople #AmplifyBlackVoices #WeAreNotFree #TheWorkContinues #BlackArtists
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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I didn’t say anything because I always hand this kind of thing over to God.
1/2
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
#amplifyblackvoices
June 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Woke up this morning to the invitee declining the invite and asking me to reschedule. The ancestors are tired.
2/2
#Juneteenth #BlackLiberation #BlackJoy #BlackExcellence #BlackHistory #RespectJuneteenth #HonorTheDay #PayBlackPeople #AmplifyBlackVoices #WeAreNotFree #TheWorkContinues #BlackArtists
2/2
#Juneteenth #BlackLiberation #BlackJoy #BlackExcellence #BlackHistory #RespectJuneteenth #HonorTheDay #PayBlackPeople #AmplifyBlackVoices #WeAreNotFree #TheWorkContinues #BlackArtists
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.
1/2
I didn’t say anything because I always hand this kind of thing over to God.
1/2
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
#amplifyblackvoices
June 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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.
1/2
I didn’t say anything because I always hand this kind of thing over to God.
1/2
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
#amplifyblackvoices
June 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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
#amplifyblackvoices
#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
❤️🖤💚
💸 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
❤️🖤💚
June 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
#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
❤️🖤💚
💸 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
❤️🖤💚
Reposted by Alicia Noelle Jones
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.
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
June 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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.
But that progress is fragile. New federal proposals — like Medicaid cuts and work requirements — could reverse it.
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
6/6
#AdrianaSmith
#BlackmaternalHealth
#racism
➡ 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
6/6
#AdrianaSmith
#BlackmaternalHealth
#racism
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.
5/6
#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth
#HenriettaLacks #EndMedicalRacism
#BlackWomenMatter #ConsentMatters
👉 Henrietta’s story changed medical ethics. Adriana’s must change reproductive justice.
5/6
#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth
#HenriettaLacks #EndMedicalRacism
#BlackWomenMatter #ConsentMatters
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
This happens when systems value control over care, laws over love, and the unborn over the humanity of Black women.
4/6
#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth
June 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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
6/6
#AdrianaSmith
#BlackmaternalHealth
#racism
➡ 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
6/6
#AdrianaSmith
#BlackmaternalHealth
#racism
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.
5/6
#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth
#HenriettaLacks #EndMedicalRacism
#BlackWomenMatter #ConsentMatters
👉 Henrietta’s story changed medical ethics. Adriana’s must change reproductive justice.
5/6
#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth
#HenriettaLacks #EndMedicalRacism
#BlackWomenMatter #ConsentMatters
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
This happens when systems value control over care, laws over love, and the unborn over the humanity of Black women.
4/6
#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth
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.
3/6
3/6
June 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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.
5/6
#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth
#HenriettaLacks #EndMedicalRacism
#BlackWomenMatter #ConsentMatters
👉 Henrietta’s story changed medical ethics. Adriana’s must change reproductive justice.
5/6
#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth
#HenriettaLacks #EndMedicalRacism
#BlackWomenMatter #ConsentMatters
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
This happens when systems value control over care, laws over love, and the unborn over the humanity of Black women.
4/6
#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth
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.
3/6
3/6
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
2/6
#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth
June 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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
This happens when systems value control over care, laws over love, and the unborn over the humanity of Black women.
4/6
#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth
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.
3/6
3/6
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
2/6
#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth
🖤 Henrietta Lacks. Adriana Smith. Generations apart. Same violent disregard for Black women’s bodies.
1/6
#AdrianaSmith #BlackMaternalHealth
1/6
#AdrianaSmith #BlackMaternalHealth
June 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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.
3/6
3/6
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
2/6
#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth
🖤 Henrietta Lacks. Adriana Smith. Generations apart. Same violent disregard for Black women’s bodies.
1/6
#AdrianaSmith #BlackMaternalHealth
1/6
#AdrianaSmith #BlackMaternalHealth
June 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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
2/6
#AdrianaSmith
#BlackMaternalHealth
🖤 Henrietta Lacks. Adriana Smith. Generations apart. Same violent disregard for Black women’s bodies.
1/6
#AdrianaSmith #BlackMaternalHealth
1/6
#AdrianaSmith #BlackMaternalHealth
June 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
🖤 Henrietta Lacks. Adriana Smith. Generations apart. Same violent disregard for Black women’s bodies.
1/6
#AdrianaSmith #BlackMaternalHealth
1/6
#AdrianaSmith #BlackMaternalHealth
Happy Father’s Day Dad! You deserve everything you want! #fathersday #happyfathersday
June 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Happy Father’s Day Dad! You deserve everything you want! #fathersday #happyfathersday
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!
June 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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!
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.
June 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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.
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!
May 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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!
Dream achieved: Kayaking with whales 🐋 I’m still stunned I get to do this. Baja Mexico is beautiful!
May 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Dream achieved: Kayaking with whales 🐋 I’m still stunned I get to do this. Baja Mexico is beautiful!
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?
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?
May 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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?
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?
Reposted by Alicia Noelle Jones
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
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
May 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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
Pass it on.
#medicaid
The Daily News published their article last night. I shared what I saw with them—and they included my video too.
Still can’t believe this happened. My thoughts are with the crew and their families.
📎 Read it here www.nydailynews.com/2025/05/17/l...
#Cuauhtémoc #BrooklynBridgeCollision
10/10
Still can’t believe this happened. My thoughts are with the crew and their families.
📎 Read it here www.nydailynews.com/2025/05/17/l...
#Cuauhtémoc #BrooklynBridgeCollision
10/10
May 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Daily News published their article last night. I shared what I saw with them—and they included my video too.
Still can’t believe this happened. My thoughts are with the crew and their families.
📎 Read it here www.nydailynews.com/2025/05/17/l...
#Cuauhtémoc #BrooklynBridgeCollision
10/10
Still can’t believe this happened. My thoughts are with the crew and their families.
📎 Read it here www.nydailynews.com/2025/05/17/l...
#Cuauhtémoc #BrooklynBridgeCollision
10/10
An NYPD boat approached the ship at a 90-degree angle and shouted:
“Open the doors!”
It was surreal watching it all unfold—an event that felt so avoidable spiral into a rescue and recovery operation in one of the busiest urban harbors in the world.
#Cuauhtémoc #BrooklynBridgeCollision
9/10
“Open the doors!”
It was surreal watching it all unfold—an event that felt so avoidable spiral into a rescue and recovery operation in one of the busiest urban harbors in the world.
#Cuauhtémoc #BrooklynBridgeCollision
9/10
May 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
An NYPD boat approached the ship at a 90-degree angle and shouted:
“Open the doors!”
It was surreal watching it all unfold—an event that felt so avoidable spiral into a rescue and recovery operation in one of the busiest urban harbors in the world.
#Cuauhtémoc #BrooklynBridgeCollision
9/10
“Open the doors!”
It was surreal watching it all unfold—an event that felt so avoidable spiral into a rescue and recovery operation in one of the busiest urban harbors in the world.
#Cuauhtémoc #BrooklynBridgeCollision
9/10
Then came the full emergency response.
Buoys were thrown into the water—it looked like rescue attempts.
An NYPD boat sped up and down the river with flashing lights.
A helicopter and drone hovered overhead. Sirens were blaring on both sides of the river.
#Cuauhtémoc #BrooklynBridgeCollision
8/10
Buoys were thrown into the water—it looked like rescue attempts.
An NYPD boat sped up and down the river with flashing lights.
A helicopter and drone hovered overhead. Sirens were blaring on both sides of the river.
#Cuauhtémoc #BrooklynBridgeCollision
8/10
May 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Then came the full emergency response.
Buoys were thrown into the water—it looked like rescue attempts.
An NYPD boat sped up and down the river with flashing lights.
A helicopter and drone hovered overhead. Sirens were blaring on both sides of the river.
#Cuauhtémoc #BrooklynBridgeCollision
8/10
Buoys were thrown into the water—it looked like rescue attempts.
An NYPD boat sped up and down the river with flashing lights.
A helicopter and drone hovered overhead. Sirens were blaring on both sides of the river.
#Cuauhtémoc #BrooklynBridgeCollision
8/10
Just before hitting the Manhattan Bridge, the Cuauhtémoc dropped anchor.
Tugboats moved in and flanked it, trying to reorient it in the current. My phone was dying—I’d given my sister my battery pack. She got some great shots as everything unfolded.
#Cuauhtémoc #BrooklynBridgeCollision
7/10
Tugboats moved in and flanked it, trying to reorient it in the current. My phone was dying—I’d given my sister my battery pack. She got some great shots as everything unfolded.
#Cuauhtémoc #BrooklynBridgeCollision
7/10
May 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Just before hitting the Manhattan Bridge, the Cuauhtémoc dropped anchor.
Tugboats moved in and flanked it, trying to reorient it in the current. My phone was dying—I’d given my sister my battery pack. She got some great shots as everything unfolded.
#Cuauhtémoc #BrooklynBridgeCollision
7/10
Tugboats moved in and flanked it, trying to reorient it in the current. My phone was dying—I’d given my sister my battery pack. She got some great shots as everything unfolded.
#Cuauhtémoc #BrooklynBridgeCollision
7/10
After the collision I assumed they’d try to divert into the DUMBO beach cove. I told my sister, “Let’s go.” We walked north.
People nearby showed us a video of the ship nearly hitting land.
Now the ship was drifting—with current—toward the Manhattan Bridge.
#Cuauhtémoc #BrooklynBridgeCollision
6/10
People nearby showed us a video of the ship nearly hitting land.
Now the ship was drifting—with current—toward the Manhattan Bridge.
#Cuauhtémoc #BrooklynBridgeCollision
6/10
May 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
After the collision I assumed they’d try to divert into the DUMBO beach cove. I told my sister, “Let’s go.” We walked north.
People nearby showed us a video of the ship nearly hitting land.
Now the ship was drifting—with current—toward the Manhattan Bridge.
#Cuauhtémoc #BrooklynBridgeCollision
6/10
People nearby showed us a video of the ship nearly hitting land.
Now the ship was drifting—with current—toward the Manhattan Bridge.
#Cuauhtémoc #BrooklynBridgeCollision
6/10