Moving Forward

[tanaqui]

Several members have expressed the hope that we'll be keeping this comm running. tassosss and I hardly needed to consult each other to agree that of course we're going to do that. :-) You, our members, have done an amazing job of building what we have here — thank you for all the hope and support, as well as practical help, that you've provided. A special shout out here to redbird for handling tagging from the early days.

For the next couple of months, until the inauguration, we'll likely be focusing on the run-off races in Georgia and any issues with the recounts and transition. We'll keep the check-in posts to every two weeks.

After that, we'll probably be more focused on:

• GOTV, voting registration, voting rights and community engagement
  
• opposing gerrymandering during redistricting
  
• winning state-level races (plus there'll be mid-terms to be fought in two years — eek!)
  
• encouraging more diversity in candidates

Obviously there'll still be individual issues to campaign about and respond to, but let us know in comments if there's anything else you think we should be covering. (tassosss will be putting up a new top sticky post to reflect how the comm will change a bit once Trump is out of office.)

We'll also probably drop the frequency of the check in posts to once a month — but don't worry, we know many people like them, so we'll keep doing them.

Please also let us know if you'd like to volunteer to help run the comm — the main tasks beyond bringing relevant new content to the comm (which any member can do) are making check in posts, tagging and just generally keeping an eye on things.

Onward and upward!

Comments

[j00j]

Thank you for all that you've done and continue to do! <3

[rydra_wong]

Thiiiiiiiiiis. \o/

[jazzyjj]

Thanks for posting. I for one, am eternally grateful for this comm and am glad to see that it's not going away anytime soon. I joined only recently, but have really gained a lot. Politics was never quite my cup of tea, but that is starting to change due in large part to accessibility and availability of groups such as this one. But I also owe my neighbor across the hall a lot of gratitude. He's not on Dreamwidth, but he has taken the time to read me numerous articles about the current political situation. In addition, I've started listening to C-SPAN and some of the other news networks. Said neighbor and I were so happy when we heard all the cheering and honking of horns signaling Joe Biden's victory. We watched the victory speeches by Joe and Kamala, and they were very good.

[satsuma]

I'm glad this community has helped make politics more accessible to you! Democracy means that everyone should be able to have a say in the political process, so it always makes me really happy to hear about people getting into politics for the first time 💛

[redbird]

I'll be happy to keep the job of tag wrangler.

[tanaqui]

That's great to hear -- thank you! Your input has made running the comm so much easier.

(And me asking for more volunteers was definitely not me having a Trumpian moment and trying to fire you! *g*)

[redbird]

I never thought that, just that you might be wondering if I was tired of doing this.

"I've been singing this song now for twenty five minutes. I could sing it for another twenty five minutes. I'm not proud... or tired." --Arlo Guthrie

[minoanmiss]

*cheers wildly*

[sathari]

Hooray! And especially hooray about planning for the midterms because that is SO IMPORTANT. You guys are amazing and you've made this an amazing place.