π‘ We've got some ideas here. ποΈ Let us know what you think, and if you want to be involved if you haven't already signed up.
The next move is to set up a few key Zoom events to get things started... with more lead time so we can socialize them a bit and get more participants.
Where to start is a question.
π₯π₯ We'd like to have people help set them up if you're interested. Like talking through ideas and how to go about it. We'll do the tech. Comment below or send a private message if interested. Weβll also be using the volunteer list.
I also think we need to get the vision out more about what we want to do.
π€οΈπ³π€ΈπΌββοΈ We have this dream that we could have events outside around the country in communities all over the place.
People doing storytelling or community vision work or service projects or something supportive for humans who are getting targeted by the "anti-woke" yahoos which could be just about anything.
Picnics and parades and rallies. π£
Huge pushback against the hate.
πͺ ππ Celebrations of awesome and diversity and humanity and people being mixed up and beautiful. And happy. And thriving.
A demonstration of what flourishing looks like and can look like. π³
Neighborhood get-togethers in backyards and streets and community rooms.
New teams that are going to work on cool stuff meeting up in people's living rooms and in coffee shops or restaurant patios.
β Tea groups and wine groups and biscuits or cookies or cooking or whatever gets people together. π§ Bake sales. π₯ Food donations.
Symbolic events that demonstrate what we have, what we've lost, and what we can gain.
π¨πΆ Color and art and music and being together and creating community and creating things and embracing people.
Whatever we all come up with together and whatever other people come up with on their own.
β©οΈ This work here is about taking politics in new directions.
Moving past canvassing and postcards and phone banks to really getting into people's real life social networks. Working the sociology.
When you're facing overpowering hate and fear, you can flood the zone with good.
^^ That's the plan here.
Flood the zone with good and with service and with vision and with inclusion and with celebrating our humanity and with love and with big ideas and with big vision.
We cannot just be against the hate.
We also have to be for each other.
We have to be for a government that works and that serves everyone not just the super rich and the powerful and the hateful.
ποΈ Democracy in its best form is supposed to protect the oppressed.
Ours never has but it could. It should. If it doesn't get completely broken down by hatemongers, selfish politicians, dark money, and huge media empires.
All of this big vision stuff that we want to pull off depends on people.
It can't just be our tiny intrepid crew that have helped us get this far.
πβ‘ We need big participation and big sharing and big ideas and big volunteering.
It depends on people.
It's not going to be anything if we don't get a whole bunch of people involved and fired up.
You know what pushes back the dark?
πβ‘π€οΈ Lightning and stars and sunshine and brilliance and amazing people.
Happiness and love and big vision and taking care of humans. ππ§‘β€οΈ
Sound cheesy?
Hell yes it is.
Is it worth doing?
Hell yes it is. Plus look what we get out of the process. Beautiful thriving communities and connections and cool stuff for the people where we live. On top of that we could also get a better democracy.
Hell yes it's worth doing.
Or are we going to keep hoping someone else saves the day?
Because so far they're not. So far we're barely holding the line. β
There's a lot of big talk about all the success in the last election... the election held the democracy together.
But Republicans won the US House and they are going to crazy town with it right now. βοΈ They're actively eroding government and driving the national narrative with hate and intolerance and taking the government apart. And protecting criminals. And straight-up bigotry.
How is that an overwhelming election success? No no no no no no.
βοΈ Okay so you get the idea.
Pass this along. Donate if you can here or on ActBlue so we can move this work from a spark to a wildfire. Help us get subscribers so when we announce events again weβll have a bigger audience. Help us get plan events and get them going. Leave comments with ideas or interest.
Time to light it up.
Onward.
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