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My First Political Act

My First Political Act: Clipped from the Pages of the Local Newspaper

My First Political Act: Clipped from the Pages of the Local Newspaper

I have a reputation as a bit of a rabble-rouser. I’d like to think I am a more measured and thoughtful version of this but my family photo…
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Shellee O'Brien
What was your first political act?

What was your first political act?

Connecting to an idea of something bigger than yourself
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Shellee O'Brien
My First Political Act: Cat fights and political awakenings

My First Political Act: Cat fights and political awakenings

“The country at large takes a natural interest in the President’s dogs and judges him by the taste and discrimination he shows in his…
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Lena Hunsicker
My First Political Act: Stand-Up, Neck Ties and the Civil War

My First Political Act: Stand-Up, Neck Ties and the Civil War

Submitted by Keith Gall
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Shellee O'Brien
My First Political Act: — A Story of Love, Justice, and Worms

My First Political Act: — A Story of Love, Justice, and Worms

This past summer, I read Cicero for the first time and felt like Roberta Flack in Killing Me Softly. I bumbled through academic discussions…
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Laura Honeywood

My First Political Act: The Donkey, The Elephant, and Da Bears

It was 1992 — a big year for me. We moved to a new town and I started second grade at a new school. “Newness” wasn’t really my thing, so…
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Heidi Wilbrandt
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