West Virginia Survivors In Action, NO To Kavanaugh

West Virginia Survivors Say NO To Kavanaugh. For the sake of every survivor, and for and every one of us who will be harmed by the anti-democratic decisions Kavanaugh will make if he gets a lifetime appointment to the Court, it’s time for your conscience to be heard loud and clear. By Gary Zuckett, Common Dreams, Oct. 5, 2018. ~ (Pub. prior to today's vote. Bravo Mountaineers!).



We’ve got to stand together, in West Virginia and all across the country. (Photo: People's Action Blog)

It was 5:00 a.m. when West Virginia Citizen Action members and coalition activists boarded a bus to cross the Allegheny Mountains as we headed towards Washington, D.C. We had one goal in mind: keep Brett Kavanaugh off the Supreme Court. Along the way, we stopped in Morgantown to pick up fellow travelers. By the time we reached D.C., we were thousands strong, streaming in from all over the country, ready to march.

We’re part of Our Time Is Now! – a new coalition of West Virginia nonprofits and faith groups, including the Our Children Our Future Campaign, ACLU, NAACP, West Virginia Free, Rise Up WV, and others who feel as strongly as we do that Kavanaugh is wrong for the job, and wrong for the nation.

We’re also part of the millions who feel that not only is Kavanaugh wrong – the rush to confirm him is wrong. It undermines the credibility of the Supreme Court and the democratic process...

Margaret was one of about fifty West Virginians who gathered the evening before our trip for a Survivors Solidarity Circle in front of Senator Manchin’s Charleston office. She and others, including WVCAG member Caitlin Gaffin, shared honestly and courageously about their own painful experiences of sexual assault.

“When the allegations of assault cropped up, and the absolutely shameful treatment of Dr. Ford and all survivors, it really went next level for me,” Margaret said. “I speak to you as a survivor, as a sister, a mother, a daughter, and a friend.”

In D.C., we took the case against Kavanaugh straight to our senators. West Virginia may be small – just 1.8 million residents – but the votes of Manchin and Capito play an outsized role in Kavanaugh’s confirmation.

Caitlin is one of nine survivors who were arrested at a sit-in inside Senator Manchin’s Charleston campaign office on Monday. In D.C., Manchin sat down with her in his Capitol Building office, where he heard her story and those of other members of the delegation...

More, https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/10/05/west-virginia-survivors-say-no-kavanaugh