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Judith Andre's avatar

No one has picked up on my central point: That political activity is so often angry and hostile, and that coverage of it as a slugfest or a horse race too often dominates the news.

I suppose we ignore those points because we can't do anything about them. So, yes, let's keep on keeping on, for all the causes that matter.

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Jennifer Caseldine-Bracht's avatar

I am sitting in a hotel waiting for friends to meet up with me as we leave the women’s Comvention in Houston. It was full of energy and ideas. Voting is important but we need to focus more on local elections, too. We talked about practical policies, the math behind the family rights act in California- it is a big win for myriad stakeholders and much more. My niece led delegates from Indiana so I came to support her and I am so grateful I attended. People shared how to get permits for protests, how to run for office, why it is okay to disagree, how to engage with opposing positions, how some groups contributed to new policies and more. There are so many ways to productively engage with the world and I feel hopeful. Someone at the conference said hope is optimism plus hard work and it is a discipline. I am not sure if that is hope but I like the idea of combining optimism with hard work!

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