{"id":1596,"date":"2020-10-15T10:40:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T14:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/?p=1596"},"modified":"2020-10-15T10:40:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T14:40:12","slug":"dear-friends-stand-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/dear-friends-stand-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Friends&#8230; stand up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Writing_a_letter.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1598\" src=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Writing_a_letter-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Writing_a_letter-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Writing_a_letter-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Writing_a_letter-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Writing_a_letter-600x399.jpg 600w, http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Writing_a_letter.jpg 1390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dear Friends,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Well, there&#8217;s 19 days to go before the election<br \/>\nand we are holding our collective breath.<br \/>\nIt looks good but we must persist.<br \/>\nVote early if you can.<br \/>\nI worry about disrupters at the polls on Election Day.<br \/>\nMake sure your friends are voting.<br \/>\nOffer rides.<br \/>\nTake water to those waiting in line.<br \/>\nPhone bank.<br \/>\nPray.<br \/>\nNow is the time to stand up<br \/>\nto do all we can however we can wherever we can.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It cannot be said too often:<br \/>\nthis is the most important election of our lifetimes.<br \/>\nBe a hero for our time.<br \/>\nDo the best you can with what you have and who you are.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Together, let us stand<br \/>\nto make a country that insists on justice<br \/>\nand relies on science<br \/>\na country that celebrates differences<br \/>\nprotects the weak<br \/>\nfrees children<br \/>\nfights systemic racism and sexism<br \/>\nfeeds the hungry<br \/>\na country where we tell ourselves difficult truths<a href=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/stand-up.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\nNow is the time<br \/>\nif ever there was one.<br \/>\nStand up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Connie<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends, Well, there&#8217;s 19 days to go before the election and we are holding our collective breath. It looks good but we must persist. Vote early if you can. I worry about disrupters at the polls on Election Day. Make sure your friends are voting. Offer rides. Take water to those waiting in line. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/dear-friends-stand-up\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dear Friends&#8230; stand up<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,28,23,25,19,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1596"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1596"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1607,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1596\/revisions\/1607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}