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May 14Liked by Andra Watkins

I was on the Nova video call last friday, you did great...... it was a very informative cross-panel of people.....that is actually where I learned about Shenandoah County Virginia changing the names of the two Public Schools back to the racist bigoted Confederate soldiers. This is what happens when people don't show up to vote for school board, but then again maybe the locals actually did and this is actually what they wanted, which is super unfortunate. Too many in the south consider Confederate soldiers heroes.....it is an absurdity that I just can't figure out, fighting a civil war to maintain slavery is not heroic...... it's horrendous.

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Thank you for watching. I love grassroots groups, because I learn about things I wouldn't find anywhere else.

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May 14Liked by Andra Watkins

I really like this idea, it's a great way for readers located across the United States to share local or state level bills, laws that might not hit national publications.

I submitted two of them. I see that my comments pop up on the map, so I shall be careful with my language and proof my grammar. 😁

For the interactive state map link and form, where will this be housed centrally so that anyone can click on it at any time? Meaning, so we don't have to go back into this particular article.

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Coming back to say I put a link on my homepage. At the top, you'll see "Report P2025 Incident," which takes you directly to the reporting form. I'll promote this separately too but wanted to let you know directly.

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May 14Liked by Andra Watkins

Sorry but I'm not seeing the link on your homepage

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I can't insert an image here, but I'll DM you one so that you can see where it is.

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I'm going to figure out a way to let a link live on my homepage, and I'm sharing the form link directly with various groups (like Network NOVA) to encourage more people to participate. Until we get some traffic, it will be hard to do an online search to find it, but we'll get there.

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May 14Liked by Andra Watkins

Friendly Atheist on substack has a lot of relevant cases/issues happening now. Pretty much each day his articles focus on a specific incident in a specific city-state that can be dropped into the form.

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I need to support his Substack. I'd like to interview him.

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May 13Liked by Andra Watkins

I like the reporting map. It's a great idea. Thank you for this!

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It will take some promoting, but I hope Americans will use it. Lots of valid pins could be visually persuasive for voters.

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