To the editor:
Teach-in on citizen activism, Sept. 27
The daily onslaught of terrible news, both domestic and international, is overwhelming, crushing even: An economy that is not affordable for all, the dismantling of our democratic republic, the continued erosion of our constitutional rights, death and destruction in Ukraine and genocide in Palestine. How does one deal with such an onslaught?
Despair is not an option; it is a shirking of responsibility as a citizen! Together, we the people can stop the take over of our country by the libertarian, billionaire class that wants to rewrite the U.S. Constitution to enshrine their power, and protect their billionaire wealth.
Learn how you can be part of the growing opposition to the dismantling of our Constitution, our rights, and the destruction of the separation of powers that has governed this country for 250 years. Learn how vital, grass roots work in swing states at the state election level is so fundamental to reversing the tidal wave that is washing our rights away.
Please join us on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., in Hardwick at the Jeudevine Library community room for a teach-in with Lean Left Vermont’s organizers, Janet Savage and Eve Jacobs-Carnahan. Eve, an assistant attorney general for the State of Vermont from 1990-2018, will share a slide show on empowering citizen activism, and why working at the state level in swing states is so important. Janet, a public health professional in government and academia for 30 years, will show us the tools Lean Left Vermont uses to support local activism at the state level.
For more information and to RSVP that you will join us, contact [email protected]
Bob Hawk
Walden
