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Well, HELLO THERE!
A lot of fantastic news on Tuesday!
I am assuming that many of you, as I did, don't need to round it up– too many places have done that – wave after wave of historic firsts, flipped states and record turnout, despite everything.
They spent billions of dollars. They gerrymandered the living daylights out of these districts. They stripped the Voting Rights Act and all but sold it for parts. And none of it was bigger than the people.
(interlude, a question for you:)
Give yourself permission– and the tools– to get your work out there.
Join me for our next practical writing workshop.
- November 18, 8ET: How to Write a Book Proposal
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Where were we? Ah, yes: All the way back on Tuesday morning (which feels like a thousand years ago now), I posted this photo online, and a lot of people had questions about what a poll chaplain is and does, and I thought this post might be a cool way to address them, since I'm guessing some of y'all might find this kind of thing interesting as well.
So, yeah: I spent my Tuesday as a poll chaplain, tasked with going into a strategically chosen site, keeping things calm so people could exercise their democratic rights, mediate conflicts, and know how and when to intercede and / or call for backup in the event of interference. Basically, to serve as a trained grown-up so democracy could function. (If you're interested in doing this, Faiths United to Save Democracy and T'ruah made this happen, with tons and tons of organizing labor and effort.)
Over 1,000 chaplains were deployed around the country, 80 or so of whom were rabbis.
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