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“A man is a man, no more, no less. The awareness of this fact marks the supreme moment of human dignity.”

The next four years stretches out before us all, full of possibility. There is the potential for good, and the potential for evil. I believe that ‘we the people’ have the power to decide how much good, and how much evil our elected leaders can accomplish. At the end of the day, they are human, and only have as much power as we give them.

Now is not the time to rest or relax, secure in the knowledge that you simply voted. Today is the perfect time to think about how you will begin or continue to hold your government accountable. If there are issues that are important to you, work for them. If there are causes you care about, promote them. If there are questions that you have, ask them. If there are ears that will listen, make sure they hear you.

As a citizen, you deserve the answers to your questions. You deserve to know that your elected representatives are working for you and not themselves. You deserve acknowledgement that you matter.

So, don’t stop now. Don’t sit down and wait until the next crisis or the next election cycle. Start here. Start today. Start with what you have. Start with hands shaking. Start with voice trembling. Start and don’t stop. Start.

Find out who your Congressional representatives are: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members

Check out ResistBot, an easy way to contact your reps: https://resist.bot/

Last but not least, register to vote: https://www.vote.org/