WASHINGTON ― In his final speech as president, Barack Obama issued an impassioned call to action and urged Americans to be wary of several “challenges to our democracy” in the coming years. Most attendees who spoke with The Huffington Post said they took the president’s words to heart, saying that they planned to organize and stand up for their rights during Donald Trump’s presidency. Illingworth wasted no time after the election. She immediately signed up to work at a domestic violence women’s shelter and volunteered for a Meals on Wheels program to help take care of the elderly ― groups she said she believed wouldn’t “thrive” during Trump’s presidency. “Yesterday, I spent an evening with the Democrats of Arlington County,” she added, who were hoping to combat impressive Republican gains across local and state party offices across the country.

Source: Huffington Post January 20, 2017 02:03 UTC