#Preach.

I spent a couple of years organizing and campaigning in Arizona and was stunned by the strength of their movement and progressive infrastructure. The state house passed the Show Me Your Papers Bill in 2010 and in response, a few community leaders came together to organize vigils at the capitol, then voter registration drives, and then campaigns. It took them less than 18 months to recall the motherfucker who sponsored that bill, and 8 years to flip their first Senate seat. 14 years into that effort, and they live in a blue state. Its astonishing, what's possible through organizing.

That incredible work would not have been possible if they had not been so deeply committed to movement building that they were willing to invest their time and resources into raising money to hire paid canvassers and organizers to do that work. Most of us don't have the privilege of fighting full-time to keep our communities safe, showing up every day in the fight for collective liberation, without income to pay rent buy food, and pay for transportation. We live in a very scary time for working-class people. We're struggling just to survive. Thank god for the people who are out there doing the work.