Show of hands, DUers: Who has been in person at a political event since Jan 20, 2017?

[Stinky The Clown]

This could a meeting of your local Dem committee.

A school board or city council meeting.

A march.

A protest.

Anything.












Lest you ask, Sparkly and I have been to the January 21 march in DC and to two local Dem meetings (one before Jan 20) Not much yet being asked of us (or anyone) so far, but we're ready. We also attended the Sanctuary County hearings at our county council meeting.

[mcar]

1. Women's March on Washington

And follow-up organizing meeting.

[JDC]

2. Boston W's March

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Been to 2 protests and a townhall with my Republican Congress man, Womack.

[csziggy]

4. Women's March, Tallahassee, Jan. 21

Haven't been able to go to anything else. My husband has been spending most of his time dealing with his mother's estate (she died Jan. 12) and I rely on him taking me places when the parking is tight. I do NOT drive my truck anywhere where it is difficult to park.

I am keeping track of local events but probably will not be able to participate until after we visit myu Mom in March for her 96th birthday.

ETA - I did go to former Rep.Gwen Graham's birthday party which was essentially a campaign event. She is running for Florida Governor. If she is anywhere near as good a governor as her father, Bob Graham, was she will be fantastic after three Republicans in a row!

[kpete]

5. My hand is raised

My entire family raised their hands
We started with the Women's March in DC
& We have gone local in San Diego
We are fired up every day

My 5 year old grandaughter will NOT let us stand down

peace & resistance,
kpete

[CanonRay]

6. Women's March, subsequent organizational meeting

[drray23]

7. Many.

My local dnc meetings. Town halls, organizing meetings, etc...

[pnwmom]

8. I have -- but we shouldn't discount the efforts made

by telephone and email warriors.

[BainsBane]

14. Yes, but converting those emails to postcards

would be more effective. (If we're talking about elected representatives.)

[pnwmom]

15. You're right -- post cards are usually better than emails. n/t

[yallerdawg]

29. I don't know.

I got a signed response for an email to President Obama.

Emails work, too!

[LeftInTX]

36. I've gotten 2 responses from emails to John Cornyn

I've gotten auto-replies from Ted Cruz.

I attended an advocacy seminar sponsored by my local state senator. They actually recommended emails as a form of communication. Of course, a local visit is always more effective, but it isn't practical. They said they read all of their emails.

The problem with postcards, the message needs to be short. Emails allow a more in-depth method of communication. I sent a detailed email to Cornyn about my opposition to Jeff Sessions. I wrote about concerns for civil rights and voting rights.

[sagesnow]

9. Resistance, YES!

Women's March in Omaha.
Democratic Women's Luncheons
Legislative Coffee event.

Many more to come.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. L A March on 1/21.

[crazycatlady]

11. NYC women's march and Phil Murphy (NJ gov candidate) town hall

[BainsBane]

12. I have

I've been to protests and organizing meetings. I'm also doing a phone bank this week.

[NNadir]

13. Attended a meeting for Phil Murphy for Governor in West Windsor, NJ. It was standing...

...room only.

I'm not sure it was purely about Murphy as much as people wanting to get together to discuss outrage.

[marybourg]

16. Two demonstrations,

two Indivisible meetings. Commissioned a pussyhat.

[woodsprite]

17. Women's March and other support mtgs

For refugee resettlement, and local mtgs. Will be going to the Science March (April 22) and the Education March in July.

[Demsrule86]

18. Womans march, hosting Selma group in two weeks and went to the courthouse

after the executive order was released. Am looking to get more active- we are getting ready to begin the battle of 2018...we started early for Obama before the 2012 election and it helped. By the time the election was held, we know our voters on a first name basis...I live in Ohio and I am near PA so I am three hours from my elected...Portman won't hold anything anyway and all the others are decent and Dem...live in Tim Ryan's district.

[nevergiveup]

19. Last Tuesday

I went to a protest at my Congressman's local office. That was my first political activity (other than voting) since getting tear gassed at the Chicago Democratic Convention riots in 1968.

[countingbluecars]

20. Hand raised here.

Woman's March
Local Democratic meetings
Helping to organize local Democratic woman's group

[davsand]

21. At least one a week since the election. The most recent was joint PDA/Idivisible rally Thursday

The local Congressman refuses to hold any sort of in person event. He referred to us all as paid protesters and "the opposition" recently in a couple interviews, then held a marginally functional "tele-town hall" that did nothing to improve his constituent relations. He's also feeling a bit cranky because of a social media campaign called "Flat Rodney's Big Adventure" which incorporates both Facebook and Twitter. (One local kid heard about it and responded with, "That is SAVAGE, man!&quot




Laura

[bluecollar2]

22. checking in

Demonstrated against GOP representative Kay Granger's decision not to meet in person with the members of her district...

[Beaverhausen]

23. Women's March in Los Angeles on Jan 21st

Local reps had town halls on Friday but I have a job so couldn't make it.

[s-cubed]

24. Me

[Squinch]

25. I was!

[northoftheborder]

26. Local Dem club meeting

We have more new members recently than in years!!!!

[kimbutgar]

27. Woman's march on January 21st

Also have made some phone calls for daily action texts I get.

[SHRED]

28. San Diego Women's March

[vanlassie]

30. "Where's Devin Nunes?" Yesterday.

[Fresh_Start]

31. womens march and US Rep town hall.

great local turnouts for both.

[lapucelle]

32. Local Democratic Women's meeting,

- Protest at Rep. Pete King's office

- Missed the Women's March when our bus company cancelled after failing to extort thousands of dollars more from my group two hours before we were due to leave. Donated my bus ticket refund to a local food bank.

- I'll be participating in these Nuns On A Bus sponsored social justice actions during the Lenten season. All are welcome to help!

https://networklobby.org/actnow/

https://networklobby.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2017-Lent-Calendar-Final-Smaller.pdf

[Doreen]

33. Protest at the docks in Olympia, Wa.

[pangaia]

34. School Board meeting and a city council meeting

[mountain grammy]

35. I've made two this month.

[Freethinker65]

37. Yep.

Women's March Chicago
Joining local Indivisible group
Attended county discussion group

[LeftInTX]

38. Went to three events yesterday

I'm tired, but feel good emotionally.

[guillaumeb]

39. 4 events in the Chicago area to date.

More are planned.

[Hortensis]

40. Just once, but why do you ask? Is this a public shaming

or shall we imagine pom-poms and share warm fuzzies?

Let's hear it for all of us. We all are part of the Democratic Party's battle for our nation against the forces of right-wing authoritarianism.

[Stinky The Clown]

51. How nice to meetcha, Hortensis. Thanks for visiting.

[cvoogt]

41. Dulles airport protest Jan 28

/nt

[Alice11111]

88. Thank you! I did the Women's March, but storming airports

at that time was huge! We don't really have a major airport where I live, and we were leaving for London to visit my partner's family. Nothing going on by the time we got to an international airport. WomensMarch was huge and important. It united the world. Proud. Still, you people who managed to storm the airports after DT's outrageous, unconstitutional order, with no notice, when the taxi services were shut down (& thank u to them too, and Lyft), was profound. Keeping innocent refugees out when we have contributed to destroying their homes and families is immoral, not to mention the non refugees whose lives were disturbed.

I also do lots of phone calls and emails. Votes coming up or going down. I don't know how much it matters, but i usually get responses, so together we make a strong wind. No response from Turtleman...can't leave a message...we are closed if after business hours and busy with overwhelming phone calls during business hours.
Mostly, I put my efforts to those who might care.

Thank you. I felt a lost moment of pride to be an American.

[cvoogt]

96. I live close to Dulles

so I felt like I had an obligation; it's my neck of the woods. I had a choice; stay home and bing-watch Netflix or do something meaningful.

[Staph]

42. Women's March in DC

Organization meeting for local Indivisible group.

Indivisible Healthcare subgroup meeting.

Meeting with staffer of local Republican Congressman.

And I've got two more Indivisible group meetings in the next week -- we're planning some actions!

[NastyRiffraff]

43. A few, not as many as I'd like to

Women's March, Washington DC
Organizational meeting local Indivisibles
Democratic Party meetup
Skeptics and Atheists meetings with liberal political agendas.

[Brother Buzz]

44. Well, I sorta attended a Town Hall meeting in a very blue district

I had to stand outside in the lobby and watch on one of those smart phone thingies because there were a million fine people in front of me. That's got to count for something. Oh, the cookies were parked in the lobby, so I had that going for me.

[JustAnotherGen]

45. Hi there

[voteearlyvoteoften]

46. My local DEC

I was on the board for 4 years. We are a smaller red county in FL and usually get 30-50 attending monthly meeting. Last month I went and got there early. Good thing because hundreds(!!!!') showed up!
Ran out of parking and chairs so could have been more that couldn't get in.
Too bad they didn't show up before the election.
But happy to see the resistance woo hoo

[NCTraveler]

47. March in St. Petersburg, FL. Nt

[ananda]

48. I have!

Going to one today as a matter of fact.

[grantcart]

49. Two protests but I missed the townhall.

[BlueWI]

50. 2 protests, meeting with a left leaning nonprofit. n/t

[heaven05]

52. local womens march/demonstration

21st January, 2017

[raging moderate]

53. Women's March, my town.

Potluck anti-poverty meeting, my town.

[blm]

54. Hand raised

.

[Lifelong Protester]

55. Hand raised.

[DeminPennswoods]

56. Townhall w/o our rep, Rothfus

nt

[Botany]

57. Ae you the person who is giving out the checks?

Because you owe me for going to the Women's march in Cleveland
and one local thing in Columbus, OH.

[Stinky The Clown]

61. Yup. I am George Soros' right hand clown!

[ghostsinthemachine]

58. The Womens march on sacramento...

Was a good time. I have cancer and i managed to come in from the far burbs, yet, icouldntget women, liberal women too, to attend. Or my diminishing number of liberalmale friends.

[yuiyoshida]

59. Women's March San Francisco

January 21st, 3pm on my birhday. https://womensmarchbayarea.org/#join-a-march

[Cairycat]

60. A "No Ban No Wall" demonstration

where I live
along with 2000 other people

[rufus dog]

62. Indivisible meeting/demonstration

In front of Mimi Waters office.

First ever for me, first of many.

[Hekate]

63. Jan 21 Women's March in Los Angeles and last week's rally to support Planned Parenthood ...

...in our home town. For the latter I wore my 2004 PP March for Women's Lives shirt that I got in DC 13 years ago and carried the sign my husband made for me recently that said "I can't believe I still have to protest this shit!"

[Leith]

64. It Wasn't Really a Political Event

But I went to my local rep's (Democrat, of course) open house. I shook her hand, had some snax, talked to people.

[Stinky The Clown]

66. That is totally an event.

[coco22]

65. Me,Me Me

[marlakay]

67. Womens march

Locally in Eureka CA

[fun n serious]

68. Protest and Townhall

Portland OR

[cry baby]

69. Yes, I'm resisting! nt

[milestogo]

70. Been to several rallies, organized a rally held yesterday.

[sarah FAILIN]

71. ME ME ME!!

Women's March, a county meeting, helping an Indivisible group get off the ground, making calls to TPTB, sending emails to representatives, Participating in polls, posting the truth and education of people in my real life, sharing information on upcoming legislation and in general giving Comrade Trump hell on twitter daily.


You really don't HAVE to march to make a difference. There are a lot of older folks that can call and email. Let's not devalue their contributions just because they can't get t like us younger people.

[Stinky The Clown]

72. No intent to devalue anything

The point was to inspire people to think and act.

And congrats to your busy bee self!

[sarah FAILIN]

75. I think the older folks feel that way sometimes

We all need to encourage them as they get older and can't get around like they used to. Not meaning you were discouraging them, but in general the older people sometimes need this pointed out to them. Even if they stay home, they can help with calls. We had a group of older people in my state , some in walkers.. go to the Congressmans office and had the law called on them for daring to show up. I think this scared a lot of them in my group into being more fearful of what could happen to them getting politically active. Check the link below.

And thank you! My husband is marching right along with me. I've never seen him this mad.

http://leftinalabama.com/al-04-five-police-cars-respond-to-senior-citizen-assault-on-aderholdts-district-office/

[Stinky The Clown]

82. I am among the resident old people. A former sexagenarian.

[Warren DeMontague]

73. Yes.

[erinlough]

74. Twice.

[femmedem]

76. a rally, a city council meeting and a Democratic Town Committee meeting.

I spoke at the City Council meeting where we introduced an ordinance banning fracking waste within the city.

[qanda]

77. I attended the Women's March in Washington

[redstateblues]

78. Nashville- Women's March, Silent Inauguration, Marsha Blackburn town hall

[LisaM]

79. Seattle March.

I would have gone to the airport had I known in time.

[madamesilverspurs]

80. But of course!

Events planning meetings, luncheons, letter writing, phone calling (to senators and congressman). Can't march any more, but I try to support those who can march by providing gear: signage, buttons, shirts, etc. Have also been designing and distributing recipient-specific postcards. And there's always messing with photoshop to put out commentary and messages. There is no boredom!


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[La Lioness Priyanka]

81. me

[Amaryllis]

83. Two town halls and a resistance meeting.

[triron]

84. women's march

Indivisible meeting

[liberalhistorian]

85. I attended a "Not My President" rally on President's Day

in a city in my very red state that was very well-attended. We were right across the street from a pro-Drumpf rally, which made it even more interesting.

I will be attending a town hall in my state's capitol city on Tuesday evening for one of our two dipshit repuke senators, who's refused to meet with constituents during his recess. They'll be taping it and sending it to him.

[intheflow]

86. Women's March on Washington.

[Generic Other]

87. Woman's March

[yortsed snacilbuper]

89. Last Friday. Fridays Pittsburgh town hall on youtube

link
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028710874

[gopiscrap]

90. yup

[babylonsister]

91. Protested dt in Melbourne. nt

[DrDan]

92. a couple - the "Women's" march in New Smyrna Beach and the Trump rally in Melbourne

[jmg257]

93. Womens March, DC.

[Bettie]

94. Women's March

Des Moines, IA

Planning on attending the next county Dems meeting.

[mahina]

95. Yo