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Disheartened? These people never gave up when faced with enormous obstacles. [View all]
And our task seems even harder, countering a media/bot army of lies and liars, and fascists.Reposting with a new action message at the end.
John Lewis led the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and the crossing of Edmund Pettus Bridge, known as "Bloody Sunday," as state troopers brutally attacked marchers. Lewis suffered a fractured skull, and the events influenced the passing of the Voting Rights Act, which Lewis remained a staunch supporter of until his last days.
Did he worry what "pundits" thought?
Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss
Giuliani’s lies in support of former President Donald Trump’s bogus stolen-election claims subjected them to a torrent of racist and violent threats and turned their lives upside down.
Did they buckle under harrassment?
Ruby Bridges became the first Black student at age 6 to integrate William Franz Elementary School—a white public school in New Orleans—in November 1960.
Angry onlookers jeered at Bridges as she walked by
She showed more courage than most adults in our time.
Rosa Parks
In 1955, she was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat for white customers.
And just one more.
Reverend Martin Luther King
"There is nothing greater in all the world than freedom. It's worth going to jail for. It's worth losing a job for. It's worth dying for. My friends, go out this evening determined to achieve this freedom which God wants for all of His children." — Martin Luther King, Jr.
NEW ACTION MESSAGE,
But first, let me borrow this snippet from the previous one that's even more relevant today. Hello?
Engage Online
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Our online engagement program is built on two main principles: you are the best advocate for the people in your life, and social media is one of the most powerful tools in our toolbox.
Organize Your Relationships
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We’re building an organizing program around a simple principle: that you are the best advocate with the people in your life.
Join us in having conversations directly with our friends, our families, and sharing key campaign messaging and content within our communities online. That’s how we break through the noise, that’s how we organize, that’s how we win. In today’s digital age, we are bombarded with messages and news from all directions. Amidst the noise, it’s our personal connections & relationships that truly stand out and make a difference. That’s where you come in.
(DNC link gone)
Our online engagement program is built on two main principles: you are the best advocate for the people in your life, and social media is one of the most powerful tools in our toolbox.
Organize Your Relationships
(DNC link gone)
We’re building an organizing program around a simple principle: that you are the best advocate with the people in your life.
Join us in having conversations directly with our friends, our families, and sharing key campaign messaging and content within our communities online. That’s how we break through the noise, that’s how we organize, that’s how we win. In today’s digital age, we are bombarded with messages and news from all directions. Amidst the noise, it’s our personal connections & relationships that truly stand out and make a difference. That’s where you come in.
New one?
• Communicate safely with each other,
• Coordinate, and
• Share
https://democraticunderground.com/10113622
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