Jen Cox talks about her experience in creating a liberal activist organization called PaveItBlue for women in the Atlanta area. She explains how she created a community for women similar to her in an area that is generally conservative, emphasizing how people must create communities for themselves rather than waiting to find one. She also describes the importance of social media and press as she built her organization and the unique ways that everyone can participate in political activism. Jen Cox, one of the Founders and Director of Communications for the grassroots political activism group, PaveItBlue, has tapped into an energy that grew quickly out of the response to the current political climate we live in. Using the power of social media, she is helping to educate, activate, and engage women in Metro Atlanta to become politically involved. Jen moved to the northern suburbs of Atlanta from Denver in 2009 and recognized the need to create a space for progressives to build community in this region. She has her B.A. in Interpersonal Communication from Tulane University and her M.A. in Sociology with a Women's Studies focus from the University of South Florida. She is a mom of two girls, a REALTOR® by trade, and a feminist activist at heart. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx