Courtney Jacquin

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Hi I’m Courtney and I’m a writer turned public policy student living in Chicago. If you’re interested in my work, check out my clips or my resume in the menu above. Want to know more? Email me at courtneyjacquin12@gmail.com, follow me on Twitter or find me on LinkedIn.

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Two years ago I went to my same polling place around the corner from my apartment, so excited to vote. It was the beginning of a long day — I was in charge of organizing our coverage of Election Night at 22CM and would be at Brad Schneider’s campaign, the only race of the night we expected to be a nail biter. Well, we all know what happened next. I cried many times that night, thinking not only of the unsure path the country was racing down, but thinking of the friends and family I’d assured this wouldn’t happen. I cried again the next morning watching Hillary’s speech from my bed, and when I finally made it to work on Wednesday I was at a loss. Today, I have a different feeling voting. There’s a little less optimism, but a hell of a lot more fight. In two years time our country’s been through some shit, and today I hope we start to put back together the broken pieces. But in two years I’ve changed too — it was in those vulnerable days in November 2016 I decided to take my life into uncharted waters. 2016 me didn’t expect a lot of things, but she most certainly didn’t think that I’d be halfway to a master’s degree at @harrispolicy and be working for a badass senator for Illinois. Since 2016 I phone banked for the first time, canvassed for the first time and donated what I could to races here and around the country. I learned to fight like hell. So tonight’s my first time not working as a journalist on election night — I’ll just be watching from home with my color-coded spreadsheet in hand (and probably a lot of alcohol in the other). There’s a lot on the line today for all of us, and I hope you’ll take the time to vote today if you haven’t and you’re able. Our political system isn’t always perfect, but it can never get even close without us. So here’s to the future, even if it looks different than we could have ever expected. (And yes, since Chicago doesn’t give out I Voted stickers I had to buy this @read_receipts shirt, duh)

Corn, but make it fashion 🌽🌾 #midwestisbest

New resume skills include: creating photo experiences at baby showers

Year 2: we’re gonna need a bigger boat #oneharris

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