Dear Friend,

 

As you may have heard, civil rights hero John Lewis passed away last night. An original Freedom Rider, leader of the March on Washington and the march from Selma to Montgomery, and a Congressman from Georgia for over 30 years, John fought his whole life to make our union more perfect. 

 

I’d never met a living Saint until I met John Lewis. He lived the virtues of humility, empathy, and kindness more than anyone alive today. He also dearly loved Nashville from his school days at American Baptist and Fisk. He learned his activism here and the radical strategy of non-violence taught by Rev. James Lawson. We are still far from the Beloved Community my friend John worked so hard to build, but we are much, much closer than we would have been without him.

 

John made it his life’s mission to fight for equality and fairness in all aspects of life — but most of all at the ballot box. There was no fiercer champion for voting rights than John Lewis. Literally, he was beaten and jailed because he fought for it. 

 

I’ve brought this fight to Tennessee where we’re embarrassingly one of the three hardest states to vote in. That’s why I’ve held the Secretary of State’s feet to the fire on issues like purging Tennesseans from the voter rolls and, more recently, allowing all Tennesseans to vote absentee during Covid-19. 

 

I’ve never met anyone who could turn the other cheek like John, but that didn’t mean he ever wavered in his fight. Let’s honor his legacy by carrying on his fight, which he liked to call Good Trouble. 

 

The fastest way all of us can do that is to make our voices heard in this upcoming election in August and then again in November. Find your early voting locations below, and let’s all make John proud by making a little Good Trouble in his memory. 

 

 

Jim

 

Davidson County residents can vote early at any of the locations below. Check times here.

 

 

And here are the locations for Dickson and Cheatham County residents. Find the times for Dickson early voting here and Cheatham early voting here. 

 

 

 

 

P.S. Please don't hesitate to ever reach out if you need anything from me. My cell phone number is 615-714-1719. 

 

 

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