REMINDER — Founder’s Day with Melissa Joe Peltier!
Bette Dangerous Founding members are invited to a Founder’s Day zoom salon with award-winning director Melissa Jo Peltier, whose groundbreaking film about former Trump supporters is must-see <3
I woke up this morning to Bette member Oisin Lunny’s Geek Pie Radio, which included a recording of my ‘Wash Our Spirits Clean’ podcast.
He set my words to music, and it ends with the refrain, ‘as long as there’s poetry, we endure.’ Here is the link to his radio show. As always, it’s stunning.
REGISTRATION REMINDER
I am so pleased to invite our Founding Members to meet Bette Founding Member Melissa Jo Peltier — an award-winning filmmaker — who will be joining us this Sunday, at 4 pm PT to talk about her incredible film ‘The Game Is Up’ — where disillusioned Trump supporters share their journey. Quite frankly, it is one of the most important films of the last seven years, joining Jen Senko’s The Brainwashing of My Dad in its importance as a key document of our times.
The registration link for Founders is below the paywall, and here are the details:
Sunday, September 17, 4 pm PT
Founders’ Day — featuring Melissa Jo Peltier, director of the award-winning documentary The Game Is Up — I have written about the brilliant film many times and have been trying to get Melissa to speak with us for months, but she has been film festival hopping to collect more awards and is also directing more films. Here is one of those articles.
Nerd Immunity - Compassionate Resilience
·Tonight, as I listened to Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Jared Yates Sexton interview each other about the things that matter most about the threats to our democracy, Sexton said something very important. The community that gathers together for events like theirs is the community that is informed, that seeks knowledge and truth. And, he said, that makes us the empat…
Melissa is a veteran producer, who is among one of Bette’s first Founding Members, which is such an honor. She has been a featured guest on RadPod, and I can’t wait for you all to meet her!
Do me a favor and please watch her film — which is available on all platforms and free on YouTube — and here is the trailer.
Thanks to all the love I received from around the globe, I added a few more days to our 40% special on a first-year membership, so please consider becoming a member and joining our vibrant pro-democracy community. Among the recent reports you’ll be able to access, is my latest in the American Monster series.
And if you would like to become a Founding Member, support is anything above the $60 annual fee, so for some of you, it’ll only be a few more dollars. Although I must say, those of you who join at the default rate of $210 really allow me to do this work without worrying about keeping the lights on. I am truly indebted.
Registration for Founders below paywall. Looking forward to seeing so many new Founder tomorrow xo
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“We just have to see that the battle for democracy is broader. It's deeper.”—David Pepper
“I need people to see they're on the frontline. Wherever you live, if you’re doing this work, you are the frontline.”—David Pepper
“The message should be a fair deal… fairness everywhere.”—Martin Sheil
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“I say a silent prayer of thanksgiving as I walk upon the earth.”-Audrey Peterman.
“May the viral hope for truth and humanity wash away the chaos of these years.”-S.C., Bette community member
“Something Sacred never dies in almost all of us, who can hear the invitation of Truth…”-words from a Bette Dangerous community member
“Non-violent protest is a life-affirming activity as it seeks to promote a more humane society.”-Ellen Zucker
“Nothing but blue skies from now on…”-Irving Berlin
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FOUNDER’S DAY REGISTER LINK HERE….