Volunteering with the Poor People's Campaign textbanking to Get Out The Vote has been a blast. I am looking forward to future events like this one.
A good friend of mine who joined the textbanking campaign told me that he enjoyed every minute of it. John DiMugno is a distinguished lawyer and the editor of a prestigious newsletter for lawyers. Like me, the Replies to texts that he remembers best are the ones that said, "Thank you for reminding me to vote," or just "Thank you."
Older citizens like me have been here before. Third Act is an organization founded by Bill McKibben that invites older citizens to reach into their experiences and pull out an effort to change things for the better one more time. After youth (our First Act) and raising families (our Second Act), this will be our Third Act.
John DiMugno said another thing that ties in here. He told me that his volunteer experience with the Poor People's Campaign reminded him of his own youth, and the energy and enthusiasm of other campaigns. I felt that too.
The message is pretty clear to me: As I said, we have been here before. Now, "WE'RE BACK!"
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