Week of 02/11/2024

Friday, February 16 – 12:00pm
Power Lunch
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Wednesday, February 21 – 5:00pm
Voter Readiness Working Group Meeting
Interested in ensuring Every Vote Counts? Join the Virginia Grassroots Coalition’s Voter Readiness working group. We will be focusing on recruiting and volunteering Poll Observers and Poll Workers; Registering Voters and Early Voting. Questions? Please contact: Kathleen Murray: [email protected]. Zoom Link: https://georgetown.zoom.us/j/98422844279 

Friday, February 23  5:00pm – 7:00
Vote Early & Happy Hour – Courthaus Social 2300 Clarendon Blvd
Yes Virginia we have a primary and your vote does matter! Vote Early at 2100 Clarendon Blvd, Ste 320  Arlington, VA – then join WofA & Friends at Courthaus Social to discuss the current Virginia Assembly session and more!

Monday, February 26 – 6:30, Social 7:00pm, Meeting Commences
1618 N Adams St, Arlington, VA
WofA Membership Meeting
Updates on the current Virginia General Assembly session, with special guest: Luisa Boyarski of the Virginia Grassroots Coalition. Bring a friend and something to share!
Metro: Courthouse, Parking at Innovation Elementary

Thursday, February 29 – 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Capital Pride Reveal
https://facebook.com/events/s/capital-pride-reveal/356506567296424

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Inspiring Words from James Baldwin on the Importance of Casting a Vote
Young  People Disenchanted with the Upcoming Election? Something to Share:
There have been numerous conversations regarding how many of our young people are talking about “sitting out this election” or “voting Independent”. The following may be of help to those of us struggling to explain to the younger people in our lives why it is so important to cast their vote… James Baldwin, contemplating the dispiriting presidential choices in the 1980 election year, dismissed both major candidates for being “as well equipped to run the world as I am to run a post office.”  However, he went on to write:
“My vote will probably not get me a job or a home or help me through school or prevent another Vietnam or a third World War, but it may keep me here long enough for me to see, and use, the turning of the tide — for the tide has got to turn. And . . . if Carter is reelected, it will be by means of the black vote, and it will not be a vote for Carter. It will be a coldly calculated risk, a means of buying time…”  ~ James Baldwin – “Notes on the House of Bondage”

At NetworkNoVA’s Powerlunch last Friday, Finale Norton did a beautiful reading – listen here:
Finale Norton at NetworkNoVA Power Lunch
Full James Baldwin Essay HERE