Day Two

I was on campus yesterday (November 9 - my post dates are off due to internet access issues) - the day after the election. The mood was so somber, but people came together. It's a scary time for so many on my campus. 

I attend school at UIC - one of the most diverse college campuses in the country. Many of the students in my classes are of a race or ethnicity or religion, or gender which Trump has expressed issue with. Some are undocumented but here safely under DACA - an executive order my president enacted because Congress has been unable to pass the DREAM Act, even though they've had it over a decade. Trump has said he will remove all Obama executive orders. 

There was a gathering on the quad and the first words were that it would be peaceful. I appreciate that. Whatever comes next can easily escalate.

Aaron Sorkin to his daughter Roxy:

“Well the world changed late last night in a way I couldn’t protect us from. That’s a terrible feeling for a father. I won’t sugarcoat it—this is truly horrible,” Sorkin wrote in the strongly-worded letter.

Sorkin called out president-elect Trump, along with his supporters, with angry words and highlighted the fear many groups are feeling for the future of the country.

“Hate was given hope,” Sorkin said.
But after that, he offered a plan to turn despair at the outcome of the election into a positive force for change.
“We’ll fucking fight,” he wrote. “We’re not powerless, we’re not voiceless... We get involved. We do what we can to fight injustice anywhere we see it.”
The 2020 election will be Roxy’s first chance to vote after turning 18 and Sorkin, like any father, wants to make sure she has hope for the future.
“The battle isn’t over, it’s just begun,” he said. “Grandpa fought in World War II and when he came home this country handed him an opportunity to make a great life for his family. I will not hand his granddaughter a country shaped by hateful and stupid men.”

 



INTAKE

4oz OJ with multivitamins
40oz water
12oz iced tea
2 eggs with spinach
1/2 cupcake :(