A message from our Chair

If you changed your last name after getting married, your right to vote is at risk.

About every Tuesday, I and a couple of other well-meaning but perhaps overly hopeful volunteers set out for Sierra College to inquire after the opinions of the young scholars regarding democracy—a subject that is often debated these days, but it appears to me to be rarely practiced. Now, the school gives us a permit because of we also register voters.

People of sound reason and an appreciation for the future would expect an administration to possess at least the barest modicum of respect for the land on which it governs.

 One useful way to show human dignity, courtesy, and respect to each other is to first accept that all of us have a human right to find self-empowerment. As in the olden days of mass media, the chaotic Information Age shows that if you have information you have power. But today, the de-massified Social Media ecosystems challenge is identifying truthful and relevant information. With truthful and relevant information, voters can make thoughtful political decisions rather than decisions based on fear and hate. Ideally, they will make selections of political leaders that will respect human rights and freedoms for themselves and others.