Tag: Getting started
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The Case for Hope
“I never have been in despair about the world. Enraged. I’ve been enraged by the world, but never despair. I cannot afford despair… you can’t tell the children that there is no hope.” – James Baldwin As I write this, we are about a month and a half into the FOTUS’s (Felon of the United…
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Not Ready to Make Nice
“Nice people made the best Nazis. My mom grew up next to them. They got along, refused to make waves, looked the other way when things got ugly and focused on happier things than “politics.” They were lovely people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away. You know who weren’t nice people?…
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Getting Started
“The first step is the hardest.” – Marie Anne de Vichy Before I launch into sharing perspectives or giving advice, I should start out by clarifying that I’m far from an expert in activism or getting involved in political movements. For the last several years, I’ve tried hard to be an ally to the disenfranchised,…
All We Have To Decide 