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Thank you to the #CaliforniaJournalismAwards for honoring two articles I freelanced for @latimes’ Times OC last year about two often-overlooked towns, San Juan Capistrano and San Clemente. Congratulations to all the honorees. #localnewsmatters
The 2nd place article is a piece I did in February 2021 about the tragic death of Steven Riley, a homeless man who'd lived in San Clemente longer than most of the city councilmembers combined and died on the steps of the senior center. lat.ms/2OUEd01
The 4th place article is a piece I did last May about a long-planned development in San Juan Capistrano that's proceeding with homes but not the equestrian center voters were promised 10 years ago. Is the horse community "dying a death of a thousand cuts"? lat.ms/3PrVvMH
Wow! That Grassroots Discussion was so full of real practical start-using-it-now #2020election organizing. Check out the recap below.
Thank you @kn_avery! You are brilliant! And thanks for your work with PFA and on the frontlines with Organizing Together #WOT2020 @WIOrgTogether
Thank you @kn_avery! You are brilliant! And thanks for your work with PFA and on the frontlines with Organizing Together #WOT2020 @WIOrgTogether
We started with a clip from the super helpful Turnout 2020 @BrennanCenter webinar. We listened to @evettewashere give a great rundown of the @knightfdn study of America's non-voters.
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Non-voters:
- 38% do not believe their vote matters.
- Are less infromed, overwhelmed or turned off by negative news.
- Do not know the voting process.
- Less trusting of voting system.
What part of the @knightfdn study on non-voters stood out to you?
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- 38% do not believe their vote matters.
- Are less infromed, overwhelmed or turned off by negative news.
- Do not know the voting process.
- Less trusting of voting system.
What part of the @knightfdn study on non-voters stood out to you?
knightfoundation.org/wp-content/upl…
So, in my line of business the @JustinTrudeau announcement for 10% wage support ($25k over 3 months) will not save 1 job or 1 business including mine. I am disheartened. Watching other politicians congratulate themselves on "leadership" was equally disheartening but unsurprising.
Fyi - this is probably the longest tweet ever written. Sorry. Thanks for sticking to the end. Feel free to pass along, share, retweet.etc.
Like many business owners this past week, I was in the position of telling valued employees there was no more work today. I went home and wept like I have never done before. I have never felt so helpless, never felt so unsure of my future, never felt so scared for my family.
