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diva77

(7,643 posts)
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 04:02 PM Oct 2019

Stacey Abrams is doing something new that is amazing!!!!

Latest email blast from her organization, FairFight.com :

The consequences of our elections will affect generations to come.

That’s why it’s so important that young people and college students have access to the resources they need to vote. Unfortunately, college students’ access to voting is under attack in Georgia, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Florida, Texas, and across the nation.

So we’re launching Fair Fight U, a network of college chapters engaging students in the fight for free and fair elections on their campuses and in their communities. But we can’t do this work alone.

Already, we're working with 14 campus chapters, including Howard University, Morehouse College, and Spelman College.

Together, we can protect the right to vote for generations to come.

- Team Fair Fight


the homepage is: https://fairfight.com/

please join &/or donate if you can!!!!!
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Stacey Abrams is doing something new that is amazing!!!! (Original Post) diva77 Oct 2019 OP
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Oct 2019 #1
Kickin' with gusto! Faux pas Oct 2019 #2
Someone who got totally shafted and turned her feelings into action gratuitous Oct 2019 #3
Love this woman! So glad to see she's fighting for what is right! flibbitygiblets Oct 2019 #4
You rock, Stacey. sheshe2 Oct 2019 #5
She's a treasure TBS... Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #6
This is VERY important DrToast Oct 2019 #7
Kick! Hekate Oct 2019 #8
Donated! Thanks! TruthAlwaysWins Oct 2019 #9
Thank you so much!!! and welcome to DU!! diva77 Oct 2019 #10
I love Stacey! budkin Oct 2019 #11
What budkin said Buzz cook Oct 2019 #12
Stacey Abrams is so inspirational. I expect her university rallies will be powerfully motivating. stuffmatters Oct 2019 #13
She's a gift! Karadeniz Oct 2019 #14
Just signed up for text message alerts klook Oct 2019 #15
K&R for Stacey! nt brer cat Oct 2019 #16
Kicked and donated! Salviati Oct 2019 #17
K&R smirkymonkey Oct 2019 #18
I remember not getting to vote unless I hitch hiked across the state to mom's house. MasonDreams Oct 2019 #19
+1 roody Oct 2019 #22
K&r for voting rights and free and fair elections! Politicub Oct 2019 #20
Makes my heart sing! MFGsunny Oct 2019 #21
She's trying to raise $5 million by November. RandySF Oct 2019 #23
Ms. Abrams did not get what she wanted. Collimator Oct 2019 #24

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
3. Someone who got totally shafted and turned her feelings into action
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 04:12 PM
Oct 2019

I don't know what Abrams must have been feeling when the returns came in and she had lost the Georgia gubernatorial race to a crooked Secretary of State who had ruined any chance of a fair election. Anger, frustration, disappointment to name a few. But whatever she was feeling, she shook off the invitation to be paralyzed by self-pity, and is back in the arena.

This is truly inspiring.

sheshe2

(83,791 posts)
5. You rock, Stacey.
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 04:19 PM
Oct 2019

You can't keep a good woman down. She could very well become the GOP's worst nightmare.

DrToast

(6,414 posts)
7. This is VERY important
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 04:31 PM
Oct 2019

If you’re donating to a candidate this primary season, consider sending some money here as well.

stuffmatters

(2,574 posts)
13. Stacey Abrams is so inspirational. I expect her university rallies will be powerfully motivating.
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 05:34 PM
Oct 2019

And she is exactly right. University students have been a target of GOP voter suppression. eg. New Hampshire
Repugs war to keep out of state students from voting in New Hampshire with a (time and money) poll tax requiring N.H. drivers licenses, car registration.

klook

(12,157 posts)
15. Just signed up for text message alerts
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 05:58 PM
Oct 2019

and looking forward to rolling up my sleeves & getting involved!

If you’re anxious and depressed about the state of things, joining the fight is the best antidote!

Salviati

(6,008 posts)
17. Kicked and donated!
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 06:22 PM
Oct 2019

This initiative and the one started by Eric Holder tackling gerrymandering are going to be crucial fights in taking back democracy in this country.

MasonDreams

(756 posts)
19. I remember not getting to vote unless I hitch hiked across the state to mom's house.
Fri Oct 25, 2019, 06:24 PM
Oct 2019

Couldn't register w/o "permanent" address. Lived in the dorm.
Nobody to vote for anyway.
Now there's BERNIE !!!

Collimator

(1,639 posts)
24. Ms. Abrams did not get what she wanted.
Sat Oct 26, 2019, 02:52 PM
Oct 2019

(And worked damn hard to obtain.)

So, she turned that disappointment and sense of loss into positive action that will resonate beyond her lifetime.

Like Jimmy Carter, she represents what is best in the human spirit.

When Trump doesn't get something that he wants. . . Well, we all know how that goes. . .

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