Read on Twitter
(Note the @PAStandsUp model of regional chapters is very much in line with the ongoing & sustained (rather than one-off/light-touch) engagement model @Fisher_DanaR & I wrote about here: https://prospect.org/politics/door-knocking-in-a-life-or-death-campaign/
2) The impact of new grassroots groups in PA suburbs! Yes that includes the Philly collar counties but no that is not *only* the Philly collar counties https://www.americancommunities.org/in-pennsylvanias-exurbs-and-urban-suburbs-political-organizing-has-been-intense-since-2016-what-could-it-mean-for-2020/
3) Political change in rural/rust belt PA. @MrWalterShapiro called out the Carville/Alabama quote=zombie that refuses to die. This
was my effort to tell the story of politics in the real rust belt in 2020: nurses, retirees, subdivisions; alienation, hope https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/57/rust-belt-in-transition/
was my effort to tell the story of politics in the real rust belt in 2020: nurses, retirees, subdivisions; alienation, hope https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/57/rust-belt-in-transition/
4) the new generation of young leaders of color who stepped forward to lead local protests in support of racial justice in 230+ different PA cities & towns this summer https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/08/black-lives-matter-beyond-americas-big-cities/
I'll add here links to the video of the whole event, & to @NikilSaval's new @newrepublic piece on Pennsylvania as a model for the Democratic Party's future, on Monday when each are out
Ah—one more topic came up: the inadequacy of Democratc outreach towards the very diverse Hispanic electorate, in PA as elsewhere. @AmandiOnAir spoke to us at @CLASPITT last week about what the GOP have been doing differently & I learned so much! Video here
