Hello! I tried to fix the formatting of the last post so that you didn't have to scroll too much to read the text that I had copied and pasted from a document of a different form... I hope it's easier to read now!
When I wrote my talk, I was careful not to include action steps because I really am serious - I want people to think about what you can do with your own brain. But since I have something to say about pretty much anything, I have decided to share my thoughts on what you can, in fact, do. There are, however, two conditions:
1. Do not tell me that this isn't good enough. We as individuals can't individually fix the system, but we need to start somewhere. So... here's somewhere.
2. Do not tell me why you aren't doing it (if you aren't doing it). It's OK if you can't do everything you read on the internet. You probably shouldn't, anyways. But if you have the time to tell me you aren't doing it, you probably had the time to just do it.
With that in mind, my first suggestion is to call your senators and politicians regularly. At NEYM Sessions, I heard from Diane Randall herself - leader of FCNL - that our politicians do, in fact, like to hear from us - the humble and busy citizens. So we should write to them and/or call them regularly. I admit that I have used work as an excuse for being too busy to do anything, but I'm trying to make time to call or write to one politician once every other week. And when I get into that groove, I'm going to try to make it once a week.
Some of you may have seen posts on social media asking that we call to arrest the cops that killed Breonna Taylor, and I think that is essential. And I don't think there's anything wrong with continually calling and asking. But as much as I want justice for Ms. Taylor, I also want to see more money spent on education and food for children and other social services. So I am trying to call my politicians about a variety of topics that matter year-round in addition to the daily crises (police murder victims, a crumbling post office, etc).
If this doesn't seem like enough, then I want to know what's stopping you from running for government office yourself!
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