Hello Dear Activists ~
We know that Tuesday's election was not the outcome we worked so hard for. Let's be honest, it was a devastating result. But we gave it our everything. We can't thank you all enough for your energy, your strength, and all you did to move our democracy forward with us. What we all did mattered.
We are grieving as you are. And we're tired and need a rest, which we assume you do too. But then we'll be back at it because the need will be there for sure.
In the meantime, we hope you all are resting and working through your grief. Democracy is not over and we will continue to work to strengthen it. We recommend you take the time you need to be angry, grief-stricken, and all the feelings. We hope you take time to hold your loved ones close. We'll be in touch soon.
Be well my friends. We're in it for the long haul. Together.
Below is a message posted by author Rebecca Solnit that I thought you might find puts some things in perspective. And you can read Vice President Kamala Harris's concession speech at this link.
"They want you to feel powerless and to surrender and to let them trample everything and you are not going to let them. You are not giving up, and neither am I. The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving. You may need to grieve or scream or take time off, but you have a role no matter what, and right now good friends and good principles are worth gathering in. Remember what you love. Remember what loves you. Remember in this tide of hate what love is. The pain you feel is because of what you love. The Wobblies used to say don't mourn, organize, but you can do both at once and you don't have to organize right away in this moment of furious mourning. You can be heartbroken or furious or both at once; you can scream in your car or on a cliff; you can also get up tomorrow and water the flowerpots and call someone who's upset and check your equipment for going onward. A lot of us are going to come under direct attack, and a lot of us are going to resist by building solidarity and sanctuary. Gather up your resources, the metaphysical ones that are heart and soul and care, as well as the practical ones. People kept the faith in the dictatorships of South America in the 1970s and 1980s, in the East Bloc countries and the USSR, women are protesting right now in Iran and people there are writing poetry. There is no alternative to persevering, and that does not require you to feel good. You can keep walking whether it's sunny or raining. Take care of yourself and remember that taking care of something else is an important part of taking care of yourself, because you are interwoven with the ten trillion things in this single garment of destiny that has been stained and torn, but is still being woven and mended and washed."
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