Amy’s main focus as a volunteer with C19files has been in connecting our organization with attorneys and professional organizations who focus on Covid19 related issues. She has been following cases in her home state of Washington for a while now and has gained some knowledge on how the legal system works and what kind of developments are on the horizon for Covid related litigation.
An introduction, professional and/or personal history:
As a Regulatory Compliance and Internal Audit Manager for over thirty years, “Trust, but verify.” has been a dependable moto. Daily I consult on risk assessments, controls, and mitigation strategies. I have to be accurate, thoughtful, and take many different perspectives into consideration. I try to discern truth in ever changing environments.
Do you have a personal Covid Story?
My husband was fired from the City of Bellingham (WA) a month shy of 27 years for not injecting a drug into his body. He was an exemplary employee for the city as the Letter of Commendation in his personnel records, right next to his Termination Letter, attests. It was devastating watching my spouse have his career ripped from him, and witnessing that no amount of logic or reason was going to prevent his termination. For me, it was extremely stressful having the things I always believed in turned up-side down, and to witness so many great and loyal employees be discarded. It was terrible seeing the ugly side of a handful of arrogant leaders, harm people and the community that I love. It has been three years of working though my anger and grief, and I’m still working on forgiveness.
Many people at the City of Bellingham resigned, retired early, or like my husband, were fired, and my community is paying for those terminations through poor, delayed, or cancelled services. As difficult as it was, my heart also aches for his co-workers who felt like they didn’t have options. To stay employed, they had to either take the shot, or submit a counterfeit covid vaccination card. Everyone lost – the community lost hundreds of years of experienced and knowledgeable employees, families lost their livelihoods, and others were coerced into irreversible health decisions they never wanted to make, with some resulting in illness and injury. There was no benefit to anyone.
Was that your motivation for volunteering?
I committed to do everything in my power to help my family understand the injustice, and in that I discovered an opportunity to help others at the same time. For me, it’s more empowering to take productive action, and volunteering with c19files became part of my healing process. I can seek answers to my personal questions, while simultaneously expanding the c19files database. In Washington, attorneys are at full capacity with covid related cases. Developing a covid related database for attorneys, researchers and journalists to access is a way I can use my curiosity and skills to help my family and others impacted by covid related issues.
What are you working on here at C19files?
I encourage and support anyone in the fight.
For the past three years I’ve been collecting legal cases, articles of interest and government documents specifically for the state of Washington. I continue to research the 287 cities that received CARES Act and ARPA funds in Washington, and learning why nine of them mandated the shot. It’s exhilarating receiving replies that “ We don’t have anything ready. We have not previously had a business purpose for the information.” Which helps confirm that respect for personal decisions, bodily autonomy and religious freedom are still of high-value to most people.
I also have other side topics of interest that I collect and curate, such as curating publications of shot incentives. I’ve found everything from fee marijuana, crawfish boils, to a free year of airline travel and college tuition for getting injected.
The curation process is easy and I’ve contributed over 1,000 documents.
Are you using skills you already had or learning new ones?
Both, my research and organizational skills are transferrable, but working closely with software developers and people in the legal field are new to me.
What thoughts/hopes do you have for the future of the C19Files project?
Being behind the scenes I get to interact with an amazing network of warriors, volunteering their skills and talents, collaborating and creating something that will be useful for so many.
I believe everyone holds a unique piece to this puzzle. Everyone has their own experience and story to share. Their own skills and talents that are needed. It takes all types of people and data to be successful in our venture, and c19files is a place for everyone to connect through sharing their collections of research and documents. My hope is that attorneys, psychologists, academics, historians, medical professionals, ethicists, scientists, journalists – everyone will find the facts and network of support to help them in their work. Ultimately, that people will find what they need to fully heal, and that any future attempts will quickly be thwarted with the help of everyone’s interesting and amazing data collections.
How did you initially connect with the lawyers you are collaborating with?
I happen upon a live conversation with Warner Mendenhall a while back. He mentioned Freedom Counsel is growing and they need volunteers to assist attorneys in every element of their organization from marketing, database work, computer work, sharing status updates on Twitter about lawsuits being fought and won, etc. I instantly knew the c19files.org database, that so many have been working to build over the past couple of years, would be a wonderful resource for them. I reached out and connected with the Executive Director, and we began developing a relationship.
What is the most common reaction/response from them when they first connect with you?
Where c19files has been able to provide referrals or supporting documentation, the attorneys have been appreciative, and I suspect a little surprised. They will be learning who the c19files.org liaison is overtime, but I’m confident if we are able to deliver valuable content, research and connections attorney engagement will exponentially increase.
How do you communicate with attorneys?
Attorneys communicate via an online platform where they post their requests, comments, questions. I review them with an eye towards ways c19files.org may be able to assist. C19files.org was able to supply links to supporting materials, information for their strategy development, and even provided a direct referral to an expert in a very specific field.
Can you describe your most notable interactions, issues or initiatives with these lawyers?
I have the utmost respect for the attorneys collaborating within Freedom Counsel. There isn’t a single aspect of covid that is not being tackled by them. The most notable thing to me is the extensive list of covid related topics they are involved in, including vaccine injuries, mandates, medical kidnapping, PREP Act, medical licensing, etc. Also, as a curator, I’ve only been able to guess at what might be valuable content for c19files.org target markets. Having active cases and questions quickly reveals the areas of strength and weaknesses in our database, which is valuable knowledge for our leadership as they direct c19files.org’s continued growth. Sometimes I can be overwhelmed by the immense evil that has been perpetrated on humanity, through humanity, and I try to remind myself to look for the good too. This collaborative group, c19files.org and Freedom Counsel, are the caring, generous people that will make a difference. It’s people offering their skills, talents, time and resources to fight against pervasive evil. Everyone is learning as they go, working together, offering help where they can. I see God working through each person in unique ways to help restore hope, give purpose, and heal wounds. It is a blessing to be apart of.