How to Eat an Elephant
Nathanal Doehling is a Leader with the Justice 4 All Program at TakeAction Minnesota. He has been through the Justice System and is dedicated to making sure all people have a fair shot at a job and a voice in their Democracy. Here’s a blog by him on the campaign to restore the vote:
It is no accident that over 47k people have been locked out of their Democracy. It is no accident that over 20k of those people are people of color. Since we know it’s not an accident and those who make the laws know it’s no accident, let’s correct the language being used. The system is not broken. It is working the way it was intended to. Locking up people of color and locking us out of our Democracy.
But a problem that is people made can be people solved. People on all sides of the political spectrum using our vote and our voice is the only way we can change the way things are.
But sometimes this problem can feel bigger than an elephant.
How do you eat an elephant? One bite a time! How do you eat a donkey? One bite at a time! I don’t see me eating any elephants or donkeys but I do know that the system has made a meal off of our communities for too long. It’s time that WE THE PEOPLE change what’s on the menu and demand #Justice4All!
It’s our responsibility to ensure that change happens. Join us on Wednesday to rally at the Capitol to restore the vote!
Nathanal recently spoke at National Peoples Action’s conference in Washington D.C. You can see Nathanal’s speech from DC at this link: https://www.facebook.com/yungcheckalep/videos/896320103721736/?fref=nf
