When Enough Is Enough. Karen McClelland welcomes Jen Emmerich and Janis Mock-Jones to discuss their community activism and the success of their recent “No Kings” march in the Village of Oak Creek.
Mock-Jones has been involved in all of the “No Kings” protests in VOC and she notes that they are getting larger each time.
Asked why they chose to get involved in the protests, Emmerich says, “I come from another place where protest is a vital part of life. And sitting here looking at the warped value system of racism, prejudice, materialism, self-aggrandizement, vulgarity, pseudo-Christianity, I’m not going to sit here and say nothing. It’s time to speak out.” She adds, “This is part of the tyranny playbook. There’s an emboldening of hate with a blatant disregard of the facts.”
As for the continuing growth of protests against the regime, Mock-Jones explains it this way, “He’s offending more and more people every day. And people are starting to realize, hey, this is going to affect me.”
For those who want to get involved, the two encourage everyone to join a local chapter of Indivisible and to get out and vote.