Shout-out to Boomers today!
The people who fought for no-fault divorce, plus women's right to credit, access to contraception, & legal abortion.
The people out picketing against nuclear winter before it was cool (pun intended), & who tried so hard to stop unjust wars in other eras.
Who endured other recessions & rallied for workers' rights.
Who were present at Stonewall, & did SO much to fight for inclusivity.
Ageist thinking distracts us from the real destroyer of lives. #NotHere #NotCoSo
Follow-up question! 👀
Who's a Boomer you think doesn't get talked about enough for the work they did, the contributions they made, or just the way they lived their one precious life?
They can be someone in a major public-facing role, someone who left us too soon, or someone in your community / family who makes you proud to know them.
With over 8 billion people now on this fragile pale blue dot, we always have *so* much more to learn from each other.
So who's your pick?
@MLClark I'll go with my friend and space muse, Lori Garver.
She fought the space-industrial complex status quo to give "NewSpace" commercial companies the chance to compete for government contracts and have access to government facilities.
Many powerful forces aligned against her in the 2009-2012 time frame. She was condemned as evil incarnate.
But you wouldn't see SpaceX launching and landing reusable rockets today without Lori opening the door.
@MLClark Lori pushed hard to open NASA job opportunities to women. She got a lot of blowback on that too, but today many NASA centers (including KSC) are run by women.
A Lori clip (4 1/2 minutes):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11cTficAAcQ