In The Midst Of Chaos... Let's Find A Way Forward
This year is crap. This moment bites. Another war happening is tragic. Hate spreads.
There are so, so many things happening. It’s overwhelming, and I suspect it’s escalating — both domestically and internationally. In fact, I think we’re in a super challenging era.
I also think we’re in a sort of state of freeze and shock. I definitely am; especially after the advent of a brand-new war. A war which is going to bring complexity and stress and societal tension and world upheaval in ways that I suspect we are not going to be ready for.
Seems like we’re collectively holding our breath, although that’s not going to last.
My point is — we can get together and work on options for getting through all of this stuff, for countering it where we can, and for making pivots and shifts where we can.
This whole operation here at Shift the Country is set up to help with all that, but we’ve been in a holding pattern for a few months. We’re fixing to break out of it.
We have this bold idea that we can get volunteers together and create something new out of the aether. We think we can build on everything political that’s already been done, that helps us get through new crises and chaos, and that helps to move us in a new direction. We’ve got a rare framework for it. We’ve been iterating and trying different things to get this going. Seems like we’ve reached the time where now we need to do it, in earnest.
We’re asking you to join us. Help out.
If you’re looking for something to do that hasn’t been done to help us all collectively deal with this unprecedented state of the world… join us. We were getting ready for this sort of moment in the world — just didn’t know the specifics of how it would look. It’s not been magic. It’s risk analysis, systems science, politics, sociology, ecology… all the things. The point is: we’ve been getting ready.
Join us on a volunteer Zoom call. There’s one this Friday, and then every Tuesday evening and Friday afternoon through the whole fall. See the whole list here. Signing up for one gets you the codes for all of them, because logistics are a challenge so that makes it easier.
It’s time.
We won’t get traction and forward movement unless we get started.
Let’s leverage the power you all bring in yourselves to this mail list.
Let’s leverage the power of ideas and connections and coalitions and community.
Let’s get started on something new; here in the midst of unfolding chaos.
Let’s take a leap. Let’s get out of our comfort zone.
I don’t know what this is going to look like in the end. I’m here to start the beginning.
We build the path together.
You in?