Evelyn Thomsen had to have one of her legs amputated after a tumour was found growing - but had it not been for the family s pet Labrador, she may not have discovered it so quickly.
and my mission because in a way that it s absolutely necessary that we continue to work that we do so i went through a range of feelings doing, um, the hearings as well. and one of the feelings i felt was defeat and that s something that i know that is broad across the state of tennessee. there are so many people in our state that feels like our, um system does not work. the constitution that s supposed to we re supposed to uphold. we are not adhering to and so they ve given up and in that for a moment i hadn t given up but i was reignited and re expire. inspired to go forward and continue to be boots on the ground in the community raising awareness building connection and empowering people to get out and fight for our democracy because it is at at state. um lisa, do you do you feel like,
was both and raging but also incredibly inspiring to see so many tennessee and fighting for democracy, fighting for gun reform and really, just the energy that that this has led to in our movement here in tennessee. okay take tequila johnson for you. i mean, there were a lot of tears taking place. i think you know lisa describes. i mean there. you know, there were there were different kinds of moments of anticipation. but as it happened , especially with a jason johnson s being the first who was expelled. there were, you know people who are crying. and then when gloria johnson was spared expulsion, she was crying. but then people embraced. were you experiencing? what did you feel? you know, i felt so many emotions partially because this is not just a moment for us organizes here in tennessee. this is a part of a movement. we ve been on the ground knocking doors. we ve