"Why aren't there more protests in DC?"
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"Why aren't there more protests in DC?"
I've seen and gotten this question a lot.
The people of DC are organizing, but we are organizing each other. In a hundred different ways you mostly can't see. We are building relationships that will last. We are refining skills and tactics.
I see the value in mass protest but honestly I'm tired of it. I'm tired of going out into the streets with millions of people and then wondering "what next". What I'm doing now with Free DC...that's what's next.
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"Why aren't there more protests in DC?"
I've seen and gotten this question a lot.
The people of DC are organizing, but we are organizing each other. In a hundred different ways you mostly can't see. We are building relationships that will last. We are refining skills and tactics.
I see the value in mass protest but honestly I'm tired of it. I'm tired of going out into the streets with millions of people and then wondering "what next". What I'm doing now with Free DC...that's what's next.
We are raising awareness but not, primarily, of people outside DC. I am handing out zines. I am chanting at a local soccer game. I am making homemade yard signs while my neighbor makes us all burgers. I am walking around putting up flyers with the neighbor who now catsits for me. I am exploring how to make a Free DC stencil so I can give out cupcakes with a Free DC message because fuck it I love baking and it's not the kind of activism that'll last if you're not doing what you love.
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We are raising awareness but not, primarily, of people outside DC. I am handing out zines. I am chanting at a local soccer game. I am making homemade yard signs while my neighbor makes us all burgers. I am walking around putting up flyers with the neighbor who now catsits for me. I am exploring how to make a Free DC stencil so I can give out cupcakes with a Free DC message because fuck it I love baking and it's not the kind of activism that'll last if you're not doing what you love.
Yesterday I had a great conversation with two national guard troopers about what Home Rule is and why the people of DC care about it.
On Saturday I worked with my neighbors to shut down an ICE checkpoint.
On Friday night I walked around with neighbors in pairs recording national guard and cops as they responded en masse to a high school fight.
All of that happened because we organized. I couldn't or wouldn't have done any of that alone.
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Yesterday I had a great conversation with two national guard troopers about what Home Rule is and why the people of DC care about it.
On Saturday I worked with my neighbors to shut down an ICE checkpoint.
On Friday night I walked around with neighbors in pairs recording national guard and cops as they responded en masse to a high school fight.
All of that happened because we organized. I couldn't or wouldn't have done any of that alone.
If you live in DC (or in MD/VA suburbs) and want to get involved, DM me. If you live elsewhere and want help finding or building a similar org in your location, DM me. I have a lot of opinions about what Free DC is doing so well. It has been the best organizing experience of my life.
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