Why I March

By Jan Manolis During this extraordinary 2018 midterm election season, Democratic candidates throughout Arizona have advocated specific, commonsense remedies to redirect our State and its people on a path toward a stronger and healthier democracy. In the moving words of progressive activist Ady Barkan , “T he cure to what ails American democracy is more American democracy.” We must join together to stop the train going down the track of authoritarianism, racism and kleptocracy. Yes, The People must vote, but The People must also get organized and take action — individual and community action —  in redirecting our future to an Arizona that respects, honors and cares for its lands and  all  its people, not just a few wealthy elites. During my campaign for Arizona House, I have joined thousands of good women and men who have chosen to participate in redirecting Arizona away from a diseased, weakened condition to one of recovered and restored good health. What ef...

by Abby Brill While I was raised in a household where social justice was valued and those who fought for it were admired, I myself was never particularly politically active apart from voting regularly. I enjoyed a privileged life in a demographic where my rights as a woman were taken for granted. It was simply assumed that I would go to college, marry whom I chose, and be treated always with respect. What I failed to remember as a young person was that many, many others fought and even died for my civil rights. Like many women, I had a rude awakening in November 2016 and have watched in horror and rising outrage the unfolding of the current administration's agenda. I was part of  a large group that formed in the Prescott area in January 2017 to resist the inhumane, backwards-thinking policies of this administration, which negates the rights that so many of us have thus far taken for granted. I marched with many other kindred spirits in the Women's March, the March f...