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I think it is safe to say that I have fallen in love with DC. Not the city, necessarily, but the way every inch of it screams of change.
I think it is safe to say that I have fallen in love with DC. Not the city, necessarily, but the way every inch of it screams of change.
2/ Last weekend I returned from a week long trip to DC with my school. We did all the normal touristy stuff, monuments, museums, etc. but we also spent two days lobbying after spending a semester researching a piece of legislation. My group selected the #GreenNewDeal
3/ The trip was a beautiful exercise in spontaneity as well as a reminder that as much as this city, this country, all of it, belongs to the middle aged white men in suits that gave me dirty looks when I walked down their office hallways, it belongs to me, to us.
4/ HIGHLIGHTS:
- Exchanging a smile with @AOC during a hearing. It made my year... I’ve been floating ever since.
- Exchanging a smile with @AOC during a hearing. It made my year... I’ve been floating ever since.
5/ (More highlights)
- When @BernieSanders walked by and said hello and asked how we were doing
(below is my sad attempt at taking a discrete photo)
- When @BernieSanders walked by and said hello and asked how we were doing
(below is my sad attempt at taking a discrete photo)
6/ (More highlights)
- the sob circle on the last night, a tradition on the dc trip. @TEScharlotte class of 2019, I will miss all of you so much. Thank you for everything.
- the sob circle on the last night, a tradition on the dc trip. @TEScharlotte class of 2019, I will miss all of you so much. Thank you for everything.
7/ An ode to lobbying:
Cheers to waiting in countless offices, secret selfies, and Starbucks breaks when Mr. Casey finally caved in to Claire’s begging 😂
Cheers to waiting in countless offices, secret selfies, and Starbucks breaks when Mr. Casey finally caved in to Claire’s begging 😂
8/
On the bus ride home, I watched @knockdownmovie for the third time as a sort of closing ritual. The day before I had written “take up space” as a reminder on my hand for when I got frustrated or felt small while lobbying. Here’s the scene it came from. #KnockDowntheHouse
On the bus ride home, I watched @knockdownmovie for the third time as a sort of closing ritual. The day before I had written “take up space” as a reminder on my hand for when I got frustrated or felt small while lobbying. Here’s the scene it came from. #KnockDowntheHouse
9/
Thank you to everyone who helped to make this trip so special. It was one of the best weeks of my life.
And DC... you haven’t seen the last of me.
Thank you to everyone who helped to make this trip so special. It was one of the best weeks of my life.
And DC... you haven’t seen the last of me.
