Never Give Up, Never Surrender

I trained with Election Defenders to be a poll monitor/aid. We basically had a table of PPE, water, and snacks to offer voters, greeted them, cheered wildly for first time voters. kept an eye out for any voter intimidation to try to deescalate and report, but everything went smoothly where we were stationed in Prince George’s County, MD outside of DC. I did an afternoon shift. One of our MD’s US. Senators came by--Sen. Chris Van Hollen, and I got to talk with him about police reform and police unions. A really cool experience.