sonia | Vote Forward letters

I joined Vote Forward and just wrote 5 letters! I heard about it via

swan_tower, who said it's proven to make a difference, reaches out to youth and/or minority voters, and has a small initial commitment.

Here's what I added to each letter: I'm voting this year because "I care! I want all of us to have our basic needs met and feel safe and valued. I hope you will vote too!"

I mean it SO HARD. Maybe each recipient will feel how much I want them individually to feel safe and valued, and exercise their right to vote in that direction.

Things I'm not writing, but I also mean: I am so goddamn scared. PLEASE vote. PLEASE. Please let my small effort flow with the larger stream of everyone's efforts and turn the tide.

Maybe I'll do 5 letters each day until they get mailed out on October 17th. I'm using the pretty "American Gardens" stamps that I bought to support the post office earlier this year. (Will need to acquire more business size envelopes and stamps if I'm really going to do it every day!)