Blue Wave Blogs

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  Democracy Is A Family Affair

  by Sani Field September 25, 2023

  My husband and I are disabled retirees in New Mexico. We moved here 7 1/2 years ago, just before the 2016 election devastation. At the time, we ...

  • democracy reform
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  • local elections
  • path to postcarding
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  Blue Wave Has Achieved Another Milestone!

  by Ning Mosberger-Tang July 27, 2023

  ⚡⚡⚡ We have sold over 5 million postcards ⚡⚡⚡ Initially, our ambitions were modest, mainly intending to engage our local volunteers. However, th...

  • blue wave process
  • civil rights
  • democracy reform
  • elections
  • local elections
  • path to postcarding
  • retrospective
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  Bringing About Change Through Future Generations {Guest Post}

  by Sani Field July 3, 2023

  I have written postcards twice, and feel that it helped in past elections. The postcards are a personal touch and favorite of mine. I was a state...

  • civil rights
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  • path to postcarding
  • retrospective
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  Postcards Make Getting Out The Vote Easier {Guest Post}

  by Sani Field April 8, 2023

  I live in a Continuing Care Residential Community (CCRC) in the Northeast. I was and am very active and informed on political happenings at the L...

  • local elections
  • path to postcarding
  • retrospective
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  When Women Vote...They Also Write Postcards {Guest Post}

  by Sani Field April 8, 2023

    In 2020, as the pandemic started shutting the world down, I joined the Rez Writers postcard group, an assortment of women with varying background...

  • civil rights
  • democracy reform
  • elections
  • local elections
  • pande
  • pandemic
  • path to postcarding
  • retrospective
  • volunteers
  • voting rights
  • women's rights

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  The Future Depends On Progressive Change {Guest Post}

  by Sani Field March 25, 2023

  How did I find Blue Wave? Maybe through DailyKos? Vote Forward? Or NARAL or NOW? I am not sure - but I certainly am grateful to have connected and...

  • civil rights
  • elections
  • local elections
  • path to postcarding
  • retrospective
  • voting rights
  • women's rights

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  Blue Wave Warnock Tsunami in a Box {Guest Post}

  by Sani Field February 19, 2023

  We were ecstatic when the Midterms produced a US Senate majority and a closer blue count in the House than expected! It energized us even more for...

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  • retrospective
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  Blue Wave Postcard Movement's Winter Break 2022/2023 Adventures

  by Sani Field January 17, 2023

  We took a much-needed break over the holiday break, and we are re-energized to get moving for the future of democracy! Here's what a few of us were...

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  Fighting For Future Generations {Guest Post}

  by Sani Field September 28, 2022

  One morning in early April 2018, I tossed aside the morning paper and gazed across the breakfast table at my 12-year-old granddaughter. A haunting...

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  • elections
  • local elections
  • path to postcarding
  • retrospective
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  What Can One Person Do? A Lot! {Guest Post}

  by Sani Field September 12, 2022

  Hubby and I joke that when we moved to “red” Colorado 26 years ago from “Joisey,” we were the reason the state turned blue. Now, having moved t...

  • path to postcarding
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  Interview with Mitch Stahl: Activism For All

  by Lisa Gillespie July 14, 2022

    An Interview with Mitch Stahl: long-time activist, Blue Wave Postcard writer, and group organizer. Mitch’s group are residents of the Frasier Me...

  • abortion
  • Black Lives Matter
  • civil rights
  • climate crisis
  • democracy reform
  • economy
  • elections
  • For The People Act
  • fundraising
  • gun safety legislation
  • local elections
  • pandemic
  • path to postcarding
  • retrospective
  • volunteers
  • voting rights
  • women's rights

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  Moving Upstream {Guest Post}

  by Sani Field April 5, 2022

  I remember so distinctly a conversation I had in one of my moms’ groups the third week of November in 2016, just after 45 was elected. We were all...

  • Black Lives Matter
  • civil rights
  • elections
  • local elections
  • pandemic
  • path to postcarding
  • retrospective
  • volunteers
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