In December and January, Lore and Eugenia Kalnay, a climate scientist from Greenbelt, helped organize house parties in Greenbelt as part of a national campaign focused on overturning Citizens United. The parties drew in members of the Resilience Circles as well as the wider community, and folks talked about local, state, and federal strategies to overturn the decision.

Jennifer attended two of the parties. “A man from the Sierra Club talked about how he can’t accomplish any of his goals because of Citizens United and abusive corporate power,” she says. “I was really moved by that, because protecting and caring for the environment is near and dear to me.”