Re: art projects with power: We desperately need a COVID memorial to the 1 million+ we have lost in the U.S., and the countless others disabled by COVID. I live in a town directly across the river from the Twin Towers and there is a 9/11 memorial that names every one of the 50+ my town lost. I will GOTV--I've been doing it for 50+ years now. I write postcards to voters regularly. I support the folks you would expect. I donate. But the truth is I do it knowing that the *second* epidemic to occur in my lifetime has been memory-holed by virtually everyone in politics, 4.5 years into the pandemic, Republican and Democrat. No quilts. No monuments. No ceremonies. Instead, I'll spend some of my political energy this upcoming week fighting a proposed *mask ban* in my state--blue, blue New Jersey, because I want to *survive.* This is so connected to every other issue we are fighting for, even though few people seem to see it: accessible, affordable health care, public safety, racial justice, the right to safely protest, protection of the defenseless, wherever they live. But they are all connected, to all of us.
This series has been fantastic. I come from Turkey, where voter turnout in the last presidential elections was over 85% and with average turnout of 79% since 1990s. Even though the results never went the way I hoped (read as devastating)—except for the first time I voted at 19 (I'm now 43)—I voted in every single election and I still feel very proud of our consistently high voter turnout. I wish the same for the USA (not the results but the turnout :)). Every election, I think of this great quote from Roosevelt: 'Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves—and the only way they could do that is by not voting at all.`
You should rightly be proud of the turnout in your country. Turnout in the US is abysmal. Pretty shameful, actually. But we will keep working to change that because Roosevelt is absolutely right (great quote).
Huh. Registered voter turnout in the US is 94%? Well, then, we will need to greatly increase that registered voter percentage, despite other efforts to keep it low.
Re: art projects with power: We desperately need a COVID memorial to the 1 million+ we have lost in the U.S., and the countless others disabled by COVID. I live in a town directly across the river from the Twin Towers and there is a 9/11 memorial that names every one of the 50+ my town lost. I will GOTV--I've been doing it for 50+ years now. I write postcards to voters regularly. I support the folks you would expect. I donate. But the truth is I do it knowing that the *second* epidemic to occur in my lifetime has been memory-holed by virtually everyone in politics, 4.5 years into the pandemic, Republican and Democrat. No quilts. No monuments. No ceremonies. Instead, I'll spend some of my political energy this upcoming week fighting a proposed *mask ban* in my state--blue, blue New Jersey, because I want to *survive.* This is so connected to every other issue we are fighting for, even though few people seem to see it: accessible, affordable health care, public safety, racial justice, the right to safely protest, protection of the defenseless, wherever they live. But they are all connected, to all of us.
Oh lordy. All connected, absolutely. Good luck with that mask mandate. So shortsighted.
This series has been fantastic. I come from Turkey, where voter turnout in the last presidential elections was over 85% and with average turnout of 79% since 1990s. Even though the results never went the way I hoped (read as devastating)—except for the first time I voted at 19 (I'm now 43)—I voted in every single election and I still feel very proud of our consistently high voter turnout. I wish the same for the USA (not the results but the turnout :)). Every election, I think of this great quote from Roosevelt: 'Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves—and the only way they could do that is by not voting at all.`
You should rightly be proud of the turnout in your country. Turnout in the US is abysmal. Pretty shameful, actually. But we will keep working to change that because Roosevelt is absolutely right (great quote).
This is a comparative chart showing election voter turnout per country: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/11/01/turnout-in-u-s-has-soared-in-recent-elections-but-by-some-measures-still-trails-that-of-many-other-countries/ft_22-10-17_globalturnout_dot-png/
Huh. Registered voter turnout in the US is 94%? Well, then, we will need to greatly increase that registered voter percentage, despite other efforts to keep it low.
All my support from France
Thank you so much.
Oh, I can’t add the photo…
Thank you for a great Session decorating envelopes… I’m in Canada so can’t send to any specific addresses but will send them to friends in the US.
Here’s a portrait of you which I drew while you were on Zoom.
No, can’t add any media in the comments section. You can post it in the chat thread though. Would love to see it.
Thx ☺️
Looking forward to the meet. I just signed up to send to 20 people!
Hurrah! Thank you!
Hi, what does the GUT acronym stands for?
Grown-Ups Table. Draw Together started out as an online kids’ drawing time. Enough adults were also doing it that Wendy started the GUT.