In February, Andi Smith stood alone in the cold in Edwardsville with a protest sign.
Then someone walking their dog stopped. The next day, more people joined. And they kept coming.
Now, that one-person protest has grown into a weekly Friday gatheringโand nearly 2,000 people showed up for the latest No Kings event. She's been talked about by our Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and he counts her as an inspiration. Rachel Maddow has also mentioned the Edwardsville protest on her talk show.
๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฑ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐๐. ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ:
โ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น, ๐๐ข ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐!โ
So she did.
We sat down with Andi to talk about activism, community, protest, and what can happen when one person decides to show upโand keeps showing up.
This is the FULL EPISODE with Andi Smith. Get cozy - its an hour long, in- depth conversation with our "small town famous" hero.
Turn it up. Letโs go. ๐
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