Well done, Asha Sanaker! Despite voting very regularly for 65 years and being a history buff, I learned a few things from your short history lesson in the VOTE. I'll keep encouraging others to do the same and take action every time there's a ballot to fill. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this storying, Asha, and for your exhortation to all of us to choose at least one thing we can do to engage the fight.
This decision is an enormous blow. I grew up in the South and I currently live in the West. Watching the immediate reaction of Southern states to redraw maps and further restore Jim Crow was not a surprise to me. The Charlottesville march was not a surprise to me. But none of the knowing of what this is and what it wants stops the grief and the rage and the gutted feelings in my body. I know there are thousands, millions of us, determined to keep going, to honor the people you name in your piece, who struggled, fought, died, for the VRA. Movement history is one piece of the struggle, showing us what's possible, and what it takes to keep going.
Yes! It’s an endless struggle to make sure democracy keeps pace with society, growing and evolving to include ever more voices. We lost this battle, and we may never see the end, but we keep going. What other choice is there, really?
Well done, Asha Sanaker! Despite voting very regularly for 65 years and being a history buff, I learned a few things from your short history lesson in the VOTE. I'll keep encouraging others to do the same and take action every time there's a ballot to fill. Thank you.
June Confer
Thank you so much for this storying, Asha, and for your exhortation to all of us to choose at least one thing we can do to engage the fight.
This decision is an enormous blow. I grew up in the South and I currently live in the West. Watching the immediate reaction of Southern states to redraw maps and further restore Jim Crow was not a surprise to me. The Charlottesville march was not a surprise to me. But none of the knowing of what this is and what it wants stops the grief and the rage and the gutted feelings in my body. I know there are thousands, millions of us, determined to keep going, to honor the people you name in your piece, who struggled, fought, died, for the VRA. Movement history is one piece of the struggle, showing us what's possible, and what it takes to keep going.
Yes! It’s an endless struggle to make sure democracy keeps pace with society, growing and evolving to include ever more voices. We lost this battle, and we may never see the end, but we keep going. What other choice is there, really?
So clear-eyed. Thank you!
Thank you!