05/08/2024
I am honored to be featured this week on the cover of the Kansas Community Voice!
"Jeanna's ask of Community Voice Readers:
Repass says she realizes not everyone will get involved with party-level politics, but she has a few asks for our readers.
VOTE: "That's not an option, that's a requirement of being a citizen of this country," Repass says, "but as an African American [and Latina] woman, our very lives depend on us voting."
RUN FOR OFFICE: "Why not you," she asks, particularly of young people. "The future of the country is on your shoulders." To those who say they are too old to run, or that's not for them, she says to encourage someone you know to run. "Barack Obama didn't just fall out of nowhere. Someone encouraged him."
VOLUNTEER: "I'm not going to the 'please donate,' because I get it, money's hard and times are hard, but you can volunteer your time, which is really the best resource you have." Repass says, "Find a candidate. Find a Black candidate, find a female candidate, find a Democrat, but volunteer. Pick up the phone, takj to a neighbor, knock on a dor, but volunteer. Put sweat equity into your country, put some sweat equity into your community, put some sweat equity into yourself."
Remember, she's a preacher's daughter. Preach, Jeanna, Preach.