What could we do if there were more Americans in Congress with Terri Sewell’s enthusiasm for doing the job? For helping their constituents, not themselves? That’s exactly what this administration seems intent on ensuring we never get to find out.
We are living through the gerrymandering race to the bottom, an all but acknowledged effort to restore Jim Crow and eject Black people and other minorities from full participation in the political process. By breaking the compact that is the underlying basis for our democracy, the right to vote, Republicans continue to place the Republic in danger.
Alabama fights back on Saturday, with protests in Montgomery and Selma, the cradle of the fight for voting rights in the 1960s, and now, again. Congresswoman Sewell looks ahead to a nationwide summer of protest in support of democracy.
If you need a reason to vote, or you know someone who does, come listen to my conversation with the Congresswoman who represents Alabama’s Seventh District. She has the answers and the fire. She’s passionate about passing a new Voting Rights Act in honor of her mentor, John Lewis, but she’s also realistic about what it will take for us to get there, including a president in the White House to sign the new Act after Congress passes it. How we get to that place, which can seem daunting, is a big part of our conversation. Don’t mind the sketchy video quality for a few minutes as the Congresswoman makes it home from work while sharing her thoughts with us. She turns off her camera once she gets there, and we hear her message loud and clear: vote and never give up. I’m grateful that she spent so much time with us, offering the antidote to gerrymandering from someone who truly understands the stakes.
We’re in this together,
Joyce
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