Jan 19 2025 54 mins
Meet Michelle Higgs. She was a candidate for a Indiana State House District 60 in Morgan, Monroe & Johnson counties in southern Indiana. We have some post election talk that also includes great talk about "right sized candidates & messenger candidates." We do have the freedom to loose forward. We have so much work to do. We know we are dealing with a democracy that is being sold away. We cover a lot of subjects in this episode. We provide some links below so you can learn more too. Our favorite quote from Michelle Higgs "A government of the people, means working with the people."
Find her on the Socials here
Find her on BlueSky as MichelleHiggs linked here.
On Facebook her campaign last fall had this page.
On YouTube you can find Michelle, follow the link here.
Michelle Higgs campaign website from 2024 is here.
Her Facebook page Michelle Higgs is linked here.
We mention the Poor Peoples Campaign - a link to learn more about their work is here.
We talk about Moms Demand Indiana - a link to their work is here.
We also get into the Indiana Rural Summit and the work they are doing, follow the link here. In addition there was a great article last fall printed by In These Times Magazine the article was about the down ballot candidates in American rural areas and Michelle Higgs campaign was included in the article linked here.
We also talk about the Dirt Road Revival book and the plan to do more Dirt Road Organizing follow these links to learn more about the book, and how you can be a part of the future you want to see.
We talk about the work being done by the MAD Voters .org team - follow this link to learn more. This site is amazing and updated everyday during the 2025 Indiana legislative session. MAD in their name stands for Mutually Assured Democracy.
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