I know that the election has depressed many of us. It has terrified even more of us and with good reason. Day by day the news gets grimmer and the Trump  Drumpf presidency has not even begun.

But there is something each of us can do. Also day by day. It is something we control - ourselves. We can can choose how we respond to those around us.  With ( Read more... )

 Link dump: http://snickfic.dreamwidth.org/632228.html

Tutorials in making calls to your reps, racist cereal, and Resist tshirts: http://rydra-wong.dreamwidth.org/463128.html

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 Another way to do something small every day is this site:

http://www.resistance365.com/home

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Here is a group of activists who worked on Hillary Clinton's campaign that has started "Flip The House, Senate, President Blue"

They offer daily action calls and a newsletter.

https://www.flippable.org/act-now/

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We have glamorized the way of the warrior for millennia. We have identified it as the supreme test and example of courage, strength, duty, generosity, and manhood. If I turn from the way of the warrior, where am I to seek those qualities? What way have I to go?

Lao Tzu says: the way of water.

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We’ve Got Your Back

Recent events have left many thousands of our San José residents - about forty percent of whom were born in a foreign country - in fear. Some of our neighbors, friends, and family fear changes in immigration rules or enforcement that could separate their families. Others voice concerns about proposed federal “registries” of ( Read more... )

 ever since 9/11, we have always understood the need for the passengers to rush the cockpit.

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What we need:

more kindness, more history, more context, more empathy, more listening skills, more good faith

less blame, less assumptions, less zero sum conclusions, less bridge-burning, less finger pointing
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 Some of the paths suggested by people like Ghandi, MLK etc are not an option for many people for many different reasons and I certainly do not know what experiences have led people to this point in their lives.  But this brings me back to my original position: The only person I can change is myself. (usually poorly, slowly, and with less success ( Read more... )