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It was right about now, about 10 days after the '16 election when I finally ventured back onto social media. It had been too hard until then. My anxiety and worry were off the charts.
What I found quite literally changed my life. // a #gratitude thread
It was right about now, about 10 days after the '16 election when I finally ventured back onto social media. It had been too hard until then. My anxiety and worry were off the charts.
What I found quite literally changed my life. // a #gratitude thread
A friend of mine wrote a post about a new group she found, called the Every Day Project, who was posting "one action a day to protect against our 45th president."
I signed up for their email and gave it a try. (This was pre-Indivisible.)
I signed up for their email and gave it a try. (This was pre-Indivisible.)
Boom. I felt SO GOOD after taking that one tiny action, and I was HOOKED.
I wanted more.
I wanted more.
I wasn't plugged in to any grassroots groups and had no idea where to look.
But I wasn't shy, so I sent a few messages to people that seemed to be more plugged in, and I started to learn.
But I wasn't shy, so I sent a few messages to people that seemed to be more plugged in, and I started to learn.
As I learned things, I posted them on Twitter, where I soon learned there was a huge appetite for information. I also started to find other people who were posting helpful resources.
One of the earliest, was @decaro_nick, who is now a dear friend.
One of the earliest, was @decaro_nick, who is now a dear friend.
Slowly but surely, I found my peeps. Folks like @ShawnInArizona & @TheSWPrincess & @OriginalJLP & @DocKimResists & @AdamaEsq had an incredible knack for building community. We broke up the resistance work with some fun.
Somewhere along the way, my Twitter friends encouraged me to take what I was doing on social media and start a blog. Without their encouragement, I never would have started PoliticalCharge.Org.
It started with me interviewing the incredible local activists I was finding -- people like @laureldavilacpa.
And it grew from there. It's been so great to watch folks like @inspiredjen build @AoCChecklist, @FeministKelly grow her podcast, @DemWrite @DemocracyStorm @JCTheResistance create #DemCast.
There's an infrastructure that exists today, that wasn't there in 2016.
There's an infrastructure that exists today, that wasn't there in 2016.
We've now taken back the White House, but I think we all see that we cannot step away from this work. The trick now will be threading activism into our daily lives, and never getting complacent about democracy again.
To finish up, I want to thank so many of you who've encouraged me, read my posts, built community, and shared the importance of being involved.
We did good. And I'm proud to keep on keeping on with you.
We did good. And I'm proud to keep on keeping on with you.
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