Met Jill Biden and Event today

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February 10th-

Today was a fun day at the office! We helped set up for our volunteers and prepare for Dr. Biden's arrival! It is so amazing that within such a short time we were able to meet such amazing people and for the most part all of the candidates. I was extremely eager to meet Dr.Biden as she has been a huge supporter of the community college system which is close to my heart and breaking down barriers and stereotypes that community colleges are not as important as Universities. She took the time to meet all of us individually and took the time to talk to us rather than a simple handshake and a thank you which was very humbling to witness. She genuinely thanked us for all of our work and even went canvasing herself! How cool is it to open your door and Dr. Jill is there?!
Such an Honor to have met Dr. Biden! #womenpower
Then we went to St.George Greek Orthodox event which Biden had a GOTV event. This was not set up by our campaign so the organization of this event was not what we were used to. We tried to help with as much as possible like chairs and helping people get where they need to but the communication with the staff there lacked a bit which made it more difficult but regardless we persevered. This was the first event I had to deal with a disruptive protestor which of course showed up on the news. As Biden went up to speak this man started ranting on and tried to make his way onto the stage and Dr. Biden blocked his way! She is truly amazing! They blocked his way and made a line for him to walk towards the exit which is where I was and during that time he was spitting and shouting while we were all trying to block him from hurting people. That was definitely the most adrenaline I have felt in a while and almost scared of what might happen but the team handled that perfectly and the rest of the event was smooth. I learned from this instance that the best thing you can do in cases like these is to stay calm and collective and maintain the issue quickly and limiting effects to others around the protestor.

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