Resistance. Not just a T-shirt.

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Saturday December 03, 2016 · 12:55 PM PST

2016/12/03 · 12:55

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So this happened on Wednesday: I went to my son’s away basketball game at a high school in Jefferson County, Colorado. When I got there, the home team had a very boisterous cheering section of seniors, intent on having a good time — and taunting the visiting players. This is standard fare and something I’ve come to expect.

Here’s what I didn’t expect: when my son, who has an unusual last name and short, dark curly hair, was announced coming into the game, one of the kids from the seniors cheering section shouted out, “You can play now! Auschwitz is over!”

I chewed on this for a while. My son asked me to please not make a big deal out of this. He just wanted to leave the game, which his team lost, behind.

And I went back to work, thinking about plans for Netroots Nation, even working on promoting the sale of T-shirts that say “We are the Resistance” and “Women are the Resistance, “ to raise money to bring more young activists to the convention.

And then I felt ridiculous. I believe in this message, that I am— that we all are — the resistance. And that means I’m going to take stands every day against this hate that’s all around. You can’t just buy the T-shirt, you’ve got to do something, too.

On Friday, I called the athletic director at this high school, reported what happened, pressed the point that this is not just bad for his kids, but bad for society. He assured me that he’d be talking to them, counseling them about their behavior. We’ll see.

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Wednesday March 04, 2015 · 7:00 AM PST

2015/03/04 · 07:00

I'm running in a half-marathon on March 14 in Washington, D.C. This is a Team in Training fundraising event for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (basically our little piece of the Rock 'n' Roll Full and Half-Marathon).

My Team in Training is led by (and named for) my friend Lynne O'Brien. Lynne and I have known each other for 20 years, since we were young and not-very-successful associates in a prestigious law firm in Washington, D.C. Let's just say: we bonded.

It's sort of impossible for me to acknowledge that she's sick. I remember, the way you remember these things, the day she told me she's sick. I was out walking the dogs, which I do every day. It was snowy, which it often is. I was on a path I walk regularly. And I know it sounds melodramatic, but I suddenly felt lost.

So anyway, it's an important event to me; our fundraising will support research grants focused on immunological therapy — therapy that might help with Lynne's particular kind of cancer and with lots of others.

So what's this got to do with Justin Timberlake?

No One Owns Me

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Tuesday June 25, 2013 · 6:04 PM PDT

2013/06/25 · 18:04

This year, I took a chance: I brought a whole bunch of new people to Netroots Nation. Two of my best buddies, Ron and Larry, are Democrats from Boulder, Colorado, with traditional organizing backgrounds. Ron, especially, has a fine mind of organizing and was once the Senate Minority Leader in Colorado. Larry has a fine mind for the law and has served as the Boulder County Attorney as well as a leader in the bar association’s gay rights section. How did it go?

No One Owns Me

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Wednesday October 31, 2012 · 12:26 PM PDT

2012/10/31 · 12:26

My husband and I recently purchased a Chevy Volt. We're enthusiastic about driving an electric vehicle. At the time we bought the car, we expected that Boulder, with its green energy and transportation policies, would be supportive of this choice. And we thought it was a good sign that Congressman Jared Polis had worked to secure a $500,000 grant from the Department of Energy to establishment 30 charging stations in the city.

Knowing now that there are currently only two charging stations available to the public in the city of Boulder, I recently asked both the city and the Congressman's office to explain why the infrastructure for electric vehicles is so thin. Their reports left me unsatisfied.

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Monday December 05, 2011 · 10:21 AM PST

2011/12/05 · 10:21

I live in Boulder, Colorado -- where two times per year, the local artists in our community open their doors for the Open Studios Tour. This is a great way to see what local artists are working on, and learn from the artists themselves about new techniques they are exploring. This year, I happened upon one artist whose mixed media creations "plugged in" -- and once they warmed up, hidden images appeared. So cool.

No One Owns Me

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Sunday September 12, 2010 · 9:34 AM PDT

2010/09/12 · 09:34

What a week!

On Labor Day, the most devastating wildfire in Colorado history struck just outside the city limits. My family was lucky that, despite being instructed Thursday night to get our stuff together and point the car toward the street, we didn't get the order to evacuate. My mountain neighbors in Boulder County will be working for a long time to recover from the horror -- 169 homes just gone.

But we're pulling together, collecting donations for the people who lost a lot in the fire, and finding ways to thank the firefighters. I've got an idea for a surely indirect ( but meaningful) way for you to show Boulder some love -- while at the same time, help fuel the progressive movement AND get yourself some good stuff. It's a three-fer!

No One Owns Me

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Saturday September 12, 2009 · 8:05 AM PDT

2009/09/12 · 08:05

I've got something unusual to contribute to the Netroots Nation Fundraising Auction this year. For the past 5 years, ever since it was my own special take-home prize from the Boulder County Democratic Party's Annual Truman Dinner (and silent auction) in 2004, I've owned this wonderful item. My friends have admired it and I've displayed it proudly. Now, I enthusiastically launch it into the roiling waters of political memorabilia, confident of its seaworthiness and knowing (actually hoping) that I'll never see its like again. This will impress you.

No One Owns Me

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Sunday June 01, 2008 · 4:22 PM PDT

2008/06/01 · 16:22

I used to be annoyed by the SUVs I see driving all over town. I resented the gas guzzling. I thought it was unfair that an SUV takes a space-and-a-half in every parking lot. I felt like I had to worry about whether, from way up there, the SUV driver could safely see me, way down here (in my Honda Civic --hybrid, of course). And I worried a bit that with SUVs being notoriously less able to cope in snow storms and high winds that some bad weather day, I'd find myself caught up in accident that didn't have to happen. But I've put all this aside. How?

No One Owns Me

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Sunday May 04, 2008 · 9:45 AM PDT

2008/05/04 · 09:45

Josh Orton paid me a courteous and very much appreciated compliment yesterday, did you see it? It was along the lines that since my departure from NN, the organizers are working hard to fill my shoes. This was in the context of explaining the communication problems and delay in announcing NN panels.

And in return, I doff my hat, bow low, and drag the feather across the ground in his direction. My compliments to him for his hard work and resilience. Though I usually lap up this kind of thing like the kids' melted ice cream, I am troubled a bit by the reference to me in all of this kerfluffle. It's this:

No One Owns Me

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Wednesday April 23, 2008 · 4:45 PM PDT

2008/04/23 · 16:45

With some sadness, I left the staff of Netroots Nation last month. If you were a person who submitted a panel proposal, you might have known me as "Carolyn Dulchinos."

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