Three Wins Today Feb 23, 2025
Sen Jerry Moran's Kansas constituents held an Empty Chair Virtual Town Hall on Zoom. If you can’t do in person, that doesn’t mean you can’t make a lot of noise. Empty Chair Town Halls come in all shapes and sizes.
National Park Service workers protested the job cuts by hanging an upside-down American flag on El Capitan in Yosemite, which, as I hope yu know by now, is the universal sign of distress of for a nation, and they released a statement as well
The purpose of this exercise of free speech is to disrupt without violence and draw attention to the fact that public lands in the United States are under attack. The Department of the Interior issued a series of secretarial orders that position drilling and mining interests as the favored uses of America’s public lands and threaten to scrap existing land protections and conservation measures. Firing 1,000s of staff regardless of position or performance across the nation is the first step in destabilizing the protections in place for these great places. These losses, while deeply personal and impactful, may also be invisible to visitors and members of the public — we are shining a spotlight on them by putting a distress flag on El Capitan in view of Firefall. Think of it as your public lands on strike.
Indiana tried to cut funding for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, but due to backlash, including from Dolly herself, the IN first lady will make sure the program has the budget it needs.
I can’t wait to see what wins you had in the comments!
Our voices are our superpower, but only when we use them!