We very much appreciate the Thompson’s family proactive stance to support all families facing similar experiences. We also need to highlight this critical work! Including Libby here. Belinda Bustos Flores, PhD Associate Dean of Professional Preparation & Partnerships and Professor Academy for Teacher Excellence Founder & PI College of Education & Human Development University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle MB 3.310D San Antonio, Texas 78249 COEHD-OPPP(a)utsa.edu (Office email) #UTSARoadrunnerTeachersCan On Mar 22, 2021, at 1:47 PM, Betty Merchant <Betty.Merchant(a)utsa.edu&gt; wrote:  Absolutely! Thank you so much, for urging this advocacy, John, and thank you ,also, Michael for bringing David and D’Anne’s powerful work to our attention. This is a cause that we can all get behind, and I really hope everyone makes the effort to do as John suggests. Uniting behind this cause can make a huge difference, locally, as well as at the state and national levels. Betty From: John Chavez <John.Chavez(a)utsa.edu&gt; Date: Friday, March 19, 2021 at 4:46 PM To: Michael Karcher <Michael.Karcher(a)utsa.edu&gt;, &quot;coehd(a)lists.it.utsa.edu&quot; <coehd(a)lists.it.utsa.edu&gt; Subject: [Coehd] Re: David Thompson: Teacher, Scholar, Researcher, and moving the needle on important issues in San Antonio Let's all help by calling or writing our Austin legislators to support this bill. ________________________________ From: Michael Karcher <Michael.Karcher(a)utsa.edu&gt; Sent: Friday, March 19, 2021 4:15 PM To: coehd(a)lists.it.utsa.edu <coehd(a)lists.it.utsa.edu&gt; Subject: [Coehd] David Thompson: Teacher, Scholar, Researcher, and moving the needle on important issues in San Antonio Dear Colleagues, Wanted to draw your attention to some new and important state legislation being developed, aided by the rolled up sleeves of David and D’Anne Thompson. You know Dr. Thompson as committed teacher, caring colleague, funded researcher, full professor, and involved Assistant Dean—he does a lot. This most recent effort, described in the Express News today, may fall at the top of his professional and personal life accomplishments. Let’s wish him luck and share our appreciation for his impact inside and beyond UTSA. https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/editorial/article/Editorial-Bill-seek... Read more in the above article. Michael Michael J. Karcher, Ed.D., Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research Professor of Educational Psychology (pronouns: he/him) College of Education and Human Development, University of Texas at San Antonio 501 Cesar Chavez Blvd., Suite DB 4.337 (DT); MB 3.476 (Main Campus) San Antonio, TX 78207 (210) 458-2032; 458-2650 (department) michael.karcher(a)utsa.edu _______________________________________________ COEHD mailing list -- coehd(a)lists.it.utsa.edu To unsubscribe send an email to coehd-leave(a)lists.it.utsa.edu