Blue Wave Blogs

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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
  • voting rights

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  My Path to Postcarding: The Tuck Frump Group {Guest Post}

  by Sani Field March 4, 2022

  It was the summer of 2020, and my husband and I had two young kids and were (still are!) in the midst of a global pandemic as well as a shift in o...

  • Black Lives Matter
  • civil rights
  • climate crisis
  • democracy reform
  • elections
  • pandemic
  • path to postcarding
  • retrospective
  • volunteers

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  Blue Wave's Statement on Ukraine

  by Sha-Mayn Teh February 27, 2022

  Coloradans in support of Ukrainians in front of the Capitol building in Denver on 2/26/22. Photo by Kateryna Lapina. At this very moment, Ukrainia...

  • civil rights
  • fundraising
  • international crisis
  • volunteers

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  Why It Is important To Focus On State Races In The 2022 Midterms

  by Ning Mosberger-Tang February 21, 2022

  If you have been following the disappointing journey of the For the People Act, the #1 priority of the US Congress, you will know that the America...

  • blue wave process
  • democracy reform
  • filibuster
  • For The People Act
  • HR1/S1
  • local elections
  • voting rights

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  Biden’s Top 2021 Accomplishments, Despite Republican Obstruction

  by Sha-Mayn Teh January 31, 2022

    After one year in office, the loudest criticism in the mainstream media is that President Biden is failing to deliver on campaign promises. Howev...

  • climate crisis
  • democracy reform
  • economy
  • elections
  • pandemic

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  Senate Fails to Pass the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act

  by Sani Field January 21, 2022

  Merely two days after celebrating a national icon who championed the right to vote for all Americans, the Senate failed to pass election reform le...

  • civil rights
  • democracy reform
  • elections
  • filibuster
  • retrospective
  • voting rights

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  Marshall Fire Resources

  by Faith Gowan January 7, 2022

  Our hearts go out to all of the families who lost homes in the tragic Marshall Fire in Boulder County on December 30, 2021. Almost a thousand home...

  • climate crisis
  • economy
  • fundraising
  • volunteers

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  Marshall Fire Reflection: Why We Must Break the Filibuster

  by Ning Mosberger-Tang December 31, 2021

  Nine months ago, there was a mass shooting in my grocery store. Ten innocent people died. The store is still closed — a reminder of what happened...

  • climate crisis
  • filibuster
  • gun safety legislation
  • voting rights

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  Everything To Fear

  by Ning Mosberger-Tang December 7, 2021

  We live in a strange and confusing time. It’s helpful to read the book Nothing to Fear, FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Create...

  • civil rights
  • democracy reform
  • elections
  • filibuster
  • For The People Act
  • HR1/S1
  • voting rights

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  BWPM and the Ladies Who Letter {Guest Post}

  by Sani Field November 23, 2021

  Hello! My name is Heather Fisher and here is my Blue Wave Postcard Movement story. During the summer of 2020, as the United States presidential el...

  • elections
  • retrospective
  • volunteers

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  2021 Election Night Reflection

  by Ning Mosberger-Tang November 9, 2021

  (photo courtesy of Element5 Digital) What a night! There're some good news locally: Colorado defeated two fiscal ballot measures that conservati...

  • civil rights
  • climate crisis
  • democracy reform
  • For The People Act
  • voting rights

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  Pushing for a Stronger Democracy

  by Adrianne Middleton October 12, 2021

  Photo courtesy of Luke Stackpoole There isn’t a strong need for get-out-to-vote postcards this year, and in case you hadn’t noticed, stamps are ex...

  • civil rights
  • democracy reform
  • filibuster
  • For The People Act
  • gun safety legislation
  • HR1/S1
  • pandemic
  • voting rights

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