Polls in Michigan open in less than seven hours. Voters have already turned out in record numbers across the country and hour-long lines are to be expected throughout the day. It has been so inspiring to hear the stories of first-time voters registering to cast their ballots in this election. I was canvassing in Toledo, Ohio over the weekend and met a 29-year-old woman who is a first-generation high school graduate. For the first time in her life she will go to the polls to make her choice for the next president. These stories are being told all over the country. We are truly living in a historic period, and the U.S.-for better or worse-will look drastically different after tomorrow.
I hope everyone has a chance to reflect on this incredible moment in which we find ourselves and encourage this type of civic engagement we have seen over the past several months to carry on, after the next president is elected. Our communities are held together by these ties of political participation and we as a nation can no longer afford to remain silent when so many forms of oppression still exist.
Vote people, vote!
2 comments:
How lucky are we to live in this Great Country!
Sending you happy thoughts y un abrazo muy muy fuerte.
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