On Sunday (19 November), the Rusthof community enjoyed a spectacular performance from the combined Methodist Church Boys’ Brigade. Participating companies were from Eerste River, Sir Lowry’s Pass and Macassar Methodist churches. This marked the start of the 175th year anniversary, of Methodist witness, in Strand.
hour. folks are working two or three jobs in order to make ends meet. their window to vote may be 2:00 to 3:00 a.m. the voter suppression effort in texas would cancel 24-hour voting, drive-through voting, make it harder to vote by mail, and it would intimidate voters at the polling places because partisan poll watchers would be given free rein to do just that. voters, everyday texans, republicans, democrats, independents as well, are trying to get us back to one person, one vote. the bedrock, fundamental principle of our democracy. so alicia, yes, it is urgent in texas. this is the front lines in the fight half it is harder to vote here in texas than in any other state in the union. if we re going to get the right to vote back, let us lead it here in texas better than another place. thanks to reverend harris and
fight, making sure that while they re doing the great work in d.c., that we re doing what we need to do in texas to make sure that we win the right to vote for every eligible american. that s the genius of our democracy and we ve got to make sure we fight for it, realize it, and win. that s what we re doing from georgetown to austin, culminating at the state capitol on the 31st of july, 10:00 a.m., austin, texas. we want everyone in the state to stand up and be counted. i have a question for you, when you talk to voters in texas, do you get the sense this feels as timely, as imminent, as it does to you and reverend harris? absolutely. we talk to voters who only voted for the first time in their lives in, say, harris county, because they opened up 24-hour voting. the minimum wage in texas is seven bucks and 25 cents an
to move the needle, and what type of support it is they are going to need on the ground back home. they re absolute heroes. when they broke quorum back in may to deny the republican majority in the regular session of the texas legislature, the attempt to pass voter suppression bills, not only did they galvanize the conscience of the country, but i have to think they helped get senator manchin back to the negotiating table. he went from a no on the for the people act, the major voting rights legislation before the senate, to offer a compromise that had major tenets of the for the people act in it. i think this latest act of courage, denying a quorum during the special session, and more than 50 members going to d.c., which is the one place where we can win this fight, is going to move us even further in the right direction. what reverend harris and bishop barber and the poor people s campaign are doing in texas is opening up another front in this