What a blur! It's 10 am and all of my groups are out the door and on their way to their meetings! After weeks of preparation and training and reviewing and creating talking points about how to be an advocate, it's finally time to put it into action! I'm so excited, but a little nervous too. I want everyone to have a positive experience here and understand the importance of their presence in their legislators offices.
This morning was something to behold. There were Latinos from all over the state here. They came becuase they all believe immigration and education are critical areas for our community, and that any decisions made about them need to have our communities represented. Even more important than that, everyone here recognized the importance of our joining together to address these issues, recognized the power of our numbers and how much more effective we can be together.
I was most excited about seeing our youth here. Knowing that they are our future voters and leaders, it was an impressive sight to see so many of them here and excited about being advocates and connecting with legislators. I truly believe they are the keys to change and their being here is paramount.
We have a couple of quiet moments until everyone comes back - I can't wait to hear how the meetings went!
Sarah Cortes, Congreso
1 comments:
Great Job Sarah and Team. As you write the event is something to behold.
Congratulations!
Fernando
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