With Donald Trump no longer the president, Montgomery County progressives are trying to keep the momentum going by shifting their focus to local activism, writes Andrew Seidman for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

This sustained engagement was best evident during a February lunchtime Zoom meeting held by Turn PA Blue.

“We had 300 people at noon on Wednesday to hear [two party activists] talk about political mapping,” said Turn PA Blue executive director Jamie Perrapato, a former commercial litigator from Bala Cynwyd.

The Indivisible chapter in Montgomery County also updated its charter from fighting Trump to electing more Democrats to the state legislature as well as more people of color to positions of leadership in the local Democratic Party.

There are still plenty of issues “in terms of lack of representation that you see elsewhere in the state,” said Spencer Lewis, the chapter’s founder.

Other activists, such as co-founders of the Movement for Black and Brown Lives in Montgomery County Christopher Jaramillo, Veronica Moeller, and Carmina Taylor are organizing community meetings with police chiefs to talk about juvenile justice issues. In addition they are holding forums for school board candidates.

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