Okay, I can't keep quiet a moment longer. While this site has been dedicated (primarily) to getting all us women out to the polls in various local, regional and national elections, the need has become too great - and too immediate - to be ignored.
Our country, our states, our cities and towns no matter how large or small, it seems, are all at a critical juncture. How will we move forward to get people back to work? To provide healthcare that works - and that we ALL can afford? How can we keep our teachers at work AND getting paid not just their current salaries, but what they truly deserve for the critical job they do in educating the next generations?
It's time to re-start the Never Too Busy To Vote engine, girls. Beginning today, this blog will welcome your comments, input, ideas and help in getting women not only to VOTE with their ballots, but make their VOICES count and BE HEARD!
Join us, please. Add your name, your group, your friends to this effort NOW. Put the NTBTV logo on your sites, blogs, bumpers - everywhere you can let our representatives in government know that WOMEN's VOICES MUST BE HEARD and that OUR VOTES COUNT!
Friday, July 24, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
What was it like to actually BE THERE?
Here’s the latest from Ellen:
“Yes, it was bitter cold. Yes, we shared the Washington Mall with 2 million people. Yes, it was difficult to see with people standing shoulder to shoulder and only a Megatron TV screen to view. Yes, we had to walk several miles to get out of the Mall after Inauguration was over and the buses were nowhere to be found. BUT it was an incredible day!!!
I met people standing around me from Philadelphia, Puerto Rico and nearby in the DC area. We listened, laughed, and cried through all the speeches, prayers and songs. The day was full of sharing snack foods and dancing to any music just to stay warm. Thousands of us sang an impromptu "Goodbye Song" to George Bush as he flew one last time around the Mall in the helicopter.
The day began at 7:30 am and ended by 4 pm when we finished lunch in Arlington and made our way back.
We have souvenir bus passes, newspapers, t-shirts, and posters. Now we make our way home to Atlanta - happy and very tired - and feeling a little more connected to the new administration.”
Ellen, thanks to you, all us Multi-Tasking Women here at home who couldn’t make it to DC now feel it, too!
Safe travels home…and as we face the hard work of the days ahead, let’s remember that – YES, we can!
“Yes, it was bitter cold. Yes, we shared the Washington Mall with 2 million people. Yes, it was difficult to see with people standing shoulder to shoulder and only a Megatron TV screen to view. Yes, we had to walk several miles to get out of the Mall after Inauguration was over and the buses were nowhere to be found. BUT it was an incredible day!!!
I met people standing around me from Philadelphia, Puerto Rico and nearby in the DC area. We listened, laughed, and cried through all the speeches, prayers and songs. The day was full of sharing snack foods and dancing to any music just to stay warm. Thousands of us sang an impromptu "Goodbye Song" to George Bush as he flew one last time around the Mall in the helicopter.
The day began at 7:30 am and ended by 4 pm when we finished lunch in Arlington and made our way back.
We have souvenir bus passes, newspapers, t-shirts, and posters. Now we make our way home to Atlanta - happy and very tired - and feeling a little more connected to the new administration.”
Ellen, thanks to you, all us Multi-Tasking Women here at home who couldn’t make it to DC now feel it, too!
Safe travels home…and as we face the hard work of the days ahead, let’s remember that – YES, we can!
Monday, January 19, 2009
MLK Day in DC
Checking-in with our MTW on the Scene:
“Not as cold today - a few random snowflakes.
We are experimenting with the best way to get to the Inauguration tomorrow and had several "dry runs" on Sunday. My sister-in-law ventured in to the city via the Metro and joined the 400,000 at the Opening of the Inaugural Ceremonies. They heard Obama's welcome address and two hours of star-studded musicians playing in front of The Lincoln Memorial.
There is something to do everywhere you look: "Quilts for Obama" at the Washington Historical Society, "Songs for Presidents" - a performance of 43 songs about 43 presidents, and an exhibit of 40 of the most historic front pages of the Washington Post.
Meanwhile my brother rode his bike 7 miles to the Mall to see which bridges are open. The strangest sight he took in was the lines of soldiers along the pathways and security fencing. It didn’t feel like the United States to see so many army personnel so highly present and visible, but much care is being taken in hopes that we can all enjoy "This Moment, This Time.”
Ellen
“Not as cold today - a few random snowflakes.
We are experimenting with the best way to get to the Inauguration tomorrow and had several "dry runs" on Sunday. My sister-in-law ventured in to the city via the Metro and joined the 400,000 at the Opening of the Inaugural Ceremonies. They heard Obama's welcome address and two hours of star-studded musicians playing in front of The Lincoln Memorial.
There is something to do everywhere you look: "Quilts for Obama" at the Washington Historical Society, "Songs for Presidents" - a performance of 43 songs about 43 presidents, and an exhibit of 40 of the most historic front pages of the Washington Post.
Meanwhile my brother rode his bike 7 miles to the Mall to see which bridges are open. The strangest sight he took in was the lines of soldiers along the pathways and security fencing. It didn’t feel like the United States to see so many army personnel so highly present and visible, but much care is being taken in hopes that we can all enjoy "This Moment, This Time.”
Ellen
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Hello from Washington D.C.!
"It is extremely cold here.
We encountered no traffic on our drive up from Atlanta today, but many cars sporting Obama bumper stickers. In the McDonald's in Gastonia, NC we struck up a conversation with a woman and swapped info we had learned about Inauguration Day. She's heard that the Metro was running out of tickets. We knew about the concert on the Mall tomorrow starring Mary Blige, Bono, and Bruce Springsteen.
The excitement is everywhere. As George Washington said upon his inauguration in 1789:
“I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love.”
We are here to be a part of this love. Stay tuned."
Ellen
We encountered no traffic on our drive up from Atlanta today, but many cars sporting Obama bumper stickers. In the McDonald's in Gastonia, NC we struck up a conversation with a woman and swapped info we had learned about Inauguration Day. She's heard that the Metro was running out of tickets. We knew about the concert on the Mall tomorrow starring Mary Blige, Bono, and Bruce Springsteen.
The excitement is everywhere. As George Washington said upon his inauguration in 1789:
“I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love.”
We are here to be a part of this love. Stay tuned."
Ellen
Friday, January 16, 2009
Getting ready...
"I’m sitting here in my long underwear plus two more layers of clothing over that.
It is 24 degrees in Atlanta – what on earth is the weather going to be like in Washington DC tomorrow?
I am driving north in the morning with my sister-in-law and two of my nieces age 12 and 15. We are determined to witness the inauguration of our 44th president of the United States. We have a full tank of gas, plenty of reading material, snacks, and pillows. We will stay at my brother’s house in Falls Church, VA.
The rest of my family has other priorities; camping in FL, playing roller hockey, attending an Atlanta Thrashers game. But for me, this feels important. I want to be a part of the crowd of Americans who also want to be there. Does that make sense?
My mother thinks I am nuts to go; too cold, too many crowds, too dangerous. We will see."
MTW Ellen Hayes is posting her experiences at this week's Historic Inauguration. Check back for more, and thanks for sharing with us, Ellen!
It is 24 degrees in Atlanta – what on earth is the weather going to be like in Washington DC tomorrow?
I am driving north in the morning with my sister-in-law and two of my nieces age 12 and 15. We are determined to witness the inauguration of our 44th president of the United States. We have a full tank of gas, plenty of reading material, snacks, and pillows. We will stay at my brother’s house in Falls Church, VA.
The rest of my family has other priorities; camping in FL, playing roller hockey, attending an Atlanta Thrashers game. But for me, this feels important. I want to be a part of the crowd of Americans who also want to be there. Does that make sense?
My mother thinks I am nuts to go; too cold, too many crowds, too dangerous. We will see."
MTW Ellen Hayes is posting her experiences at this week's Historic Inauguration. Check back for more, and thanks for sharing with us, Ellen!
This MTW's Making History!
No matter what your political position, I believe we can all agree that history is being made this week with the Inauguration in Washington. This unique 'first' makes me think of other moments in our country's time line. Times of impact. Times of change. Times of historic note, like "Where were you when Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon?"
I've been feeling a rising tide of excitement and find myself glued to all my various screens for the latest reports of what's about to happen. I want to be 'there.'
Well, for all of us watching from afar, Multi-Tasking woman IS there! Our good friend and Multi-Tasking Woman team mate Ellen Hayes is on her way to D.C. with her own small group of participants in history. She's made the plans and all the arrangements to take five days out of her very multi-tasking daily life with all its commitments to be there, experience it for herself - and share it with all of us. The feelings, the excitement, the moments that will stand out in her memory.
When history asks her, "Where were you when..." Ellen will have the stories she's living with us. Thanks, Ellen, for being our eyes on the scene! We can't wait to hear about it....
Read Ellen's post today.
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