Three weeks ago I joined a local group of people who were ready to work. They were activated, energized, and passionate; I needed to be in this group. My husband told me about the clandestine meeting that was going to happen and I immediately jumped on board.
We attended the meeting with no expectations but found many familiar faces. Faces that I’d seen at rallies, events, and around town. There were nurses, law enforcement, business owners, mothers, fathers, even suckling children but there were no masks. I listened to the speaker tell us their vision of creating a team of activated people around the city to help nudge the city leaders to take a public stand and defend our freedom, especially surrounding the vaccine mandates and passports proposed by the overreaching County of Los Angeles. That night we all were offered the sign up for the email list, and to join specific teams.
Media – Responsible for creating/maintaining social media presence
Information – Gather and direct information to all involved via the Communique
Legal – Research and develop law based protections
Street – Gather Petitions/Signatures
Sign – Create signs and flyers for street corners and protests
Faith – Prayer Warriors and Faith Leaders
Every team meets at a different day and time to discuss and develop strategies for the coalition and in eight weeks the Wednesday meeting of forty people has exploded into a meeting of 150 and growing. I joined the information team.
This week the coalition was brought a flyer from the Northrup Grumman employees who were protesting the vaccination mandate that now affected them. The Antelope Valley is the home of aerospace and many of the employees are former military or highly educated workers. They undergo rigorous background checks and have an already over intrusive employer, but the injection of a body with a foreign substance was where they drew the line. The crowd swelled to over 300 by the estimate of ABC7’s Leo Stallworth, who drove by at it’s peak to take his daughter to school. We are making a difference and we have ANOTHER BIGGER event planned for next week.
I can honestly say that I’m proud to be information leader but I’m even more humbled by the fact that this group of people, all walks of life, all colors, all religions welcomed me and elevates me more than I ever dreamed. I will gladly use my energy for their cause, because our visions run parallel. They don’t ask for money every meeting or at all, nor do they force their faith onto others. They ask for time and if you can afford it, supplies. Teams need things like markers, posters, tape, paint, bedsheets, flags, and paper to make our machine run but more than anything in the world this group wants you to be engaged. If you want to speak to the school board, but feel alone and need support, we’ll be there. If you want places to shop that will NEVER ask for you medical information, we have a map. If you want a place where you can be yourself because freedom is a cornerstone to liberty, it’s in the name.
The same way that I have a group of rally friends and family that I created in Los Angeles is naturally coming together through the Palmdale Freedom Coalition. We pray in and out of every official meeting (or onsite if we want), we provide newsworthy information, legal guidance, and hope that we can turn our community into a bastion of defiance against Los Angeles County. Our near goal is to force a vote on our city’s council. They have three choices. Adopt the proposed ordinance, reject the proposed ordinance, or table it for the next meeting, but ultimately they will need to make a choice, especially as our numbers grow. If they reject our ordinance, we will know which members to campaign against, and replace immediately. The Council is bothered.
Emails are being sent from accounts across the city, people are speaking up online. The Mayor showed up today to rub elbows with the protestors and maintain that the city needs to weigh the risks of legal actions if residents get sick from an unvaccinated city worker against the County’s mandates. The banality was enough for people to take pictures and marvel that the mayor was showing his unmasked face among the protestors. We hugged on camera and I went to work collecting more signatures to present to the council for our petition. Every meeting grows and I’ve volunteered my extra folding chairs to the coffee shop because we rented an extra thirty this week and still had people standing.
The world will not make us pariahs but if it does, we’re prepared, because we have faith and until our last breath, Freedom.
MARIO!
This is amazing. Even made me cry! So honored to be a part of such a worthy cause! Keep being you!
Christine with Sign Building
Wow! This is awesome Mario! I am Blessed to be part of a great team. Not just any team but a Team that believes in Our God Given Right… Freedom!!!
Magaly from the Media Team.
Very well written, Mario!
I came to the meeting last week with my husband and our son. We were all “first timers”. I was personally impressed at how well organized the meeting was. There’s almost nothing worse than a meeting that wastes your precious time. There was so much information given and received. The prevailing atmosphere at the meeting was that everyone there was valued and respected. As a newcomer, I very much appreciated that. A big bonus for me was that the meeting began and ended in prayer. Philippians 4:13 “I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me”.
I’ve ordered my bullhorn (we were told to be loud 😉) and am ready for Wednesday!
As a side note, I’m not sure how one can prove for certain who made them ill…..