Audience question: What do we do after the election? HOw do we get our elected officials to do what we sent them there for? #asalh2020
Anderson: Must hold elected officials accountable. Contact them regularly. Explain there will be consequences if they let us down. We can't forget after election day. Policy making happens after the election, so we need to be engaged. #asalh2020
Anderson: Being engaged with elected officials changes the ethos of governance. Officials must understand that the policy must come from the people not lobbying groups, etc. By doing so, we are "fighting forward". #asalh2020
Albright: We live in a world where the person being hired creates their own job description! The people should set the agenda, not the elected official. Change the process itself. Should be community-centered process to begin with. #asalh2020
Albright: Merge protest movement with election process so that we don't have to fight to hold people accountable who don't have our best interests in mind. Get the right people into the office up and down. #asalh2020
Dr. JZ: Often after the election, people disappear. Discusses "bridge leaders" who were in the community, concerned about needs of the people (HT Belinda Robnett). Some people are worried about food and housing, not just voting. Talk about what community really means. #asalh2020
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