A Time To Act

Kelli and I participated in the Women's Rally in Concord today.  We arrived around 10 to a packed Statehouse lawn - some estimated the crowd at 5,000 plus.  It was a great turnout.

I was very moved at the diversity and peacefulness of the crowd.  The mood was supportive and energetic with a strong sense of defiance - we are not moving backwards.  Maybe there's an awakening happening.  Maybe not.

Rallies are good for bringing people together to share our hopes and dreams for a better country and world.  But a rally does not move the needle much if there is no call or move to action afterwards.  We need to pack hearing rooms at the legislature and folks to turn out to phone banks to call neighbors.  People need to contact legislators and run for office.  None of this matters if the rally simply melts into the past.

There was an unbridled enthusiasm at the Statehouse today.  The weather was great and people of all ages, colors and ethnicity were united, if for only a few hours.  None of us are strong enough to stand against the machine alone. But together, together we have a chance.

We are better together.