Joan Blades

People think of us as an information distributor because that's how they relate to the Internet. But most of the time people already have pretty well established opinions. ↗

— Joan Blades

#because #distributor #established #how #information

The purpose of The Motherhood Manifesto is mothers really need to be given the ability to parent. ↗

— Joan Blades

#given #manifesto #motherhood #mothers #need

Touch screen voting is a fine thing so long as they have a voter-verified paper trail. ↗

— Joan Blades

#fine thing #long #paper #screen #thing

We aim to express the passion of our members in something actionable that we can all in fact do. ↗

— Joan Blades

#aim #express #fact #in fact #members

We are mortgaging our future. ↗

— Joan Blades

#our

We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better. ↗

— Joan Blades

#better #elections #got #much #percent

What we do is not going to be successful unless our members care about it. ↗

— Joan Blades

#care #going #members #our #successful

When we compile a petition, we often have members go to their representative's or Senator's offices and deliver it in person. This way they can experience a real connection with the staff. ↗

— Joan Blades

#connection #deliver #experience #go #his way

When you become active in the system and communicate to your representatives, and they don't vote in accordance with your values, your responsibility is to support candidates who will. ↗

— Joan Blades

#active #become #candidates #communicate #representatives