Joyce Bender
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Joyce Bender
@jobsbender.bsky.social
CEO and Founder of Bender Consulting Services and Chair of The Bender Leadership Academy. Woman living with Epilepsy and Hard of Hearing. Host of podcast Disability Matters on VoiceAmerica. Com for over 20 years
This would prevent people with significant disabilities to have personal attendant services!! Loss of employment!
How would $880 billion in Medicaid cuts affect people with disabilities?

That translates to a loss in home and community-based services (HCBS) for 4.5 million people. HCBS programs help people live independently, rather than be institutionalized.

Learn more: bit.ly/BeyondHealth_Disability
April 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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July 27, 2023 at 6:30 AM
April 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Hazel Dukes was an icon to so many New Yorkers. Head of the NAACP New York State Conference, she fought so hard for civil rights and the causes she believed in. I’m praying for Hazel, her family, and everyone who knew and loved her.

amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/03...
Harlem mourns one of the greats, Dr. Hazel N. Dukes
Longtime NAACP New York State Conference President and activist Hazel Dukes has died, according to her son. She was 92.
amsterdamnews.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
February 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I support Blue Sky!!! Please follow me! Go to www.benderconsult.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Just wonderful writing on the 60 Minutes piece on President aMusk dismantling of USAID

"The world's richest man cut off aid for the world's poorest people."

Well done.
February 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Good time for a reminder:
February 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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This may be the reason. It’s a possibility that they may want the money to go to private, Christian, and charter schools.
February 9, 2025 at 7:04 AM