I’m getting to the point where I get emotional when I meet wonderful candidates like Melissa Bird. She and others give me hope! More than once during this talk, she used phrases that I’ve been using in many of my conversations. We think alike, we see the same problems, and that is so gratifying.

I was also so happy to have Margaret Williams, MS, ACC join me for this talk. I only mentioned it to her at the last minute and she was able to find the time.

I know that everyone is working really hard and that we’re all tired. Dr. Bird mentioned that we’re all exhausted and we’re all stretched out, but we don’t have to live like this! We have the power to select representatives that actually show up for us!

I feel the momentum building. Do you feel it too? To keep it rolling, just restack this article. Share it. Like it. Leave comments. Share it on your other socials. But most important of all, TALK TO PEOPLE! Talk to your neighbors. We win by building community.

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I’m so grateful that she’s out there and that she’s working to represent us. We need to move on from do-nothing Democrats and vote in a generation of FOR THE PEOPLE Democrats.

Dr. Melissa Bird is one of them. She’s fantastic!

Thank you Lynette, Frances Joyce, Jason Gael, Mary Kostanski, Millie Jones-Cowles, and many others for tuning into my live video with Margaret Williams, MS, ACC and Melissa Bird! Join me for my next live video in the app.

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Meet Congressional Candidate Dr. Melissa Bird