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Debra Bailey's avatar

3,000 people in my mostly red Western Colorado county. Biggest turnout ever with a true diversity of ages participating. So proud people are standing up against autocracy and facism. I'm involved with a local action group who coordinates with Indivisible and other groups protecting the democratic process. Staying informed and engaged. Calling representatives, boycotting, and speaking up whenever the opportunity arises.

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Michelle L's avatar

I share my birthday with yamtits, so I did all I could to focus on the positive while he attempted his birthday spectacle. I showed up wearing my Sheroes dress to the very large event in Truckee CA, and brought 180 inspirational rubber bracelets to give out as party favors. It was a very happy birthday, and I was glad to focus on the positive on 6/14 instead of the fearmongering and darkness of this administration! And when I return to the Bay Area, my book from (indie) Powell's is waiting for me to read! Hoping to see you at one of your Bay Area book events with other familiar faces! xoxo

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Gail Talbot's avatar

Yes, I was at a No Kings Protest in McHenry, IL that reportedly had about 4000 participants. It was a beautiful day, there was plenty of parking, lots of horns blasting in support and it was peaceful and jubilant.

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Gail Talbot's avatar

I received your book yesterday. Thanks.

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Shannon Watts's avatar

Be sure to register your order and enroll in Firestarter University for free at firedupbook.com

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Gail Talbot's avatar

Can't get to the page. The 'order the book' comes up and won't close. Web page glitch.

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Lisa Hazen's avatar

Hi, Gail! Can you email lisa@lisahazen.com? I will get you registered. (I'm Shannon's web manager.0

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Betsy C's avatar

I attended in Boulder, Colorado with my sign saying Medicaid Cuts will hurt children with disabilities. I am a retired Occupational Therapist. Medicaid paid for therapy and equipment that kids I worked with needed to learn. There were 5,000 people in Boulder- and many more driving by and honking their approval.

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Jennifer in the Forest's avatar

I attended the protest in Carbondale, IL. It was energetic and peaceful. In advance, our Republican Congressman Mike Bost contacted all the chiefs of police in towns where protests were scheduled to take place, and then made a statement about it, stating these towns were “being targeted by radical leftists”. In reality, it was a lot of older veterans out there, and the elderly were out in big numbers. The average age was probably close to 50. We live here. And we’re pissed. I think we had a couple thousand protestors. Everyone seems invigorated by the protests. A sketchy thing happened a few days prior where the FBI claimed someone defaced the Federal Building in Carbondale near the protest site. But no defacement was found by reporters and no one in the neighborhood had seen anything. The FBI held a press conference to say they were going to investigate and wouldn’t give any other details. It was totally sus, like they were laying groundwork. I’m always looking for ways to support democracy, by making calls, sending emails, signing petitions, attending protests. I try to use my social media to amplify important information, and I’m careful where I spend my money.

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Hendrik Gideonse's avatar

Each of us can act for this righteous cause of so many different dimensions. Every! little! bit! counts!

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Hendrik Gideonse's avatar

And a short twelve hours later it's uncommon difficult when the country I'm part of and have identified with for a decade short of a century behaves illegally within its own borders, like a rogue and bully outside them cause for embarrassment which it utterly fails to acknowledge because it has loss the capacity to grasp its own shame.

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Tansy Woods's avatar

Yes! Was in San Diego with over 60k folks. Was such an amazing peaceful strong protest! Always love seeing all walks of life. The young bugler was part of our ACLU march contingent and was amazing to see live. The friends I brought left feeling more empowered. ✊🏼

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Alyssa Moody's avatar

In my tiny little town in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, we had over 1000 people protesting. And the vast majority of passersby were loudly expressing their support. I was honoured to be there. To keep up my own momentum, I joined our county's democratic committee, volunteered to sit at the polls for our democratic primary last week, and I am doing my best to call my representatives more often about the issues that matter most to me and that could potentially have huge impacts on marginalised groups in our area. I've also stuck to the boycotts of Amazon, Target, Walmart (never shopped there anyway), and other corporations known to either support this administration or to have anti-DEI/LGBTQ+ stances. I'll take on a little inconvenience to help hit 'em in the pocketbooks.

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