Hey there, joyful warriors! How’s your week? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably been exposed to what’s happened in Chicago last week. And no, it’s not that the Cubs are now in second-to-last place in the MLB NL Central Division, thank you very much. It’s the Democratic National Convention (DNC), and I gotta tell you, it was kinda dope.
I wasn’t sure the DNC would be able to pull off such a joyful event, especially after the Paris Olympics left most people feeling joyous, and left evangelical weirdos feeling persecuted.
I’d say the best thing to come out of the Olympics was the fact that we haven’t been subjected to JK Rowling’s transphobic tweets in over two weeks because she’s facing prison time for wrongly identifying Olympic Gold Medalist, Imane Khelif, as trans.
I don’t know if the organizers of the event wanted to carry all that Snoop Dogg and Flavor Flav energy from the City of Lights to the Windy City or what, but so far, they’ve delivered pure, unadulterated joy.
The Republican National Convention (RNC) took place last month, and the difference couldn’t be more stark.
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Jeanne Casteen, Secular AZ Executive Director
JEANNE CASTEEN has a bachelor’s degree in human communication and history from the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at ASU and a master’s in education, also from ASU. Jeanne has over 11 years of experience teaching in Maricopa County’s public schools. In 2011, Jeanne completed the Emerge Arizona program and in 2012 became a school board member of the Creighton School District. She served as Board President from 2016 through 2020. In 2020, Ms. Casteen ran for Maricopa County School Superintendent, and came within 12,000 votes of winning. She has been awarded the Arizona School Public Relations Association Award for Excellence in Advocacy and Political Contributions to Education as well as the Arizona School Board Association’s All-Arizona School Board Member Award.
