Resisting in a Post-Roe World: Stand Up for Our Rights
Some thoughts on the overturning of Roe v. Wade and what we can do to resist.
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Make Activism a Sustainable Habit
How do we keep up the fight for change when it’s all just too much? How do we make activism a sustainable habit? A simple approach I’ve started doing just
Enough: We Need Gun Control NOW
Until we decide to do something about it, gun violence will continue. We deserve better. Take action.
We Must Do Better. I Must Do Better
Another mass shooting, fueled by white supremacy and abetted by a failure to enact gun reform. We must do better. I must do better. Actions to take today and going
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Why Should I Support?
The ACLU defends civil rights and liberties. I’ve been a member for decades, and I support them monthly.
Everytown for Gun Safety works to end gun violence by mobilizing at the very local level.
The Planned Parenthood Action Fund works to advance access to sexual health care and defend reproductive rights.
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Another organization I support monthly, Rosie’s Place provides meals, shelter, housing, education, and other services to poor and unhoused women. Rosie’s Place was the first such organization in the US to focus on women. Rosie’s Place is a great place to volunteer, if you’re in the Boston area (check for Covid-specific info).
Sustainable Harvest International is an environmental nonprofit with 25 years of experience partnering with smallholder farmers to adopt regenerative practices that nourish people and the planet. I used to work for them, and their mission is inspiring.
World Central Kitchen is on the ground in Ukraine, providing meals where needed. They are also working at borders, providing food to refugees. WCK has a 100% rating with Charity Navigator.
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General
Solnit, Rebecca. Hope in the Dark. Chicago, Ill.: Haymarket Books, 2016.
Policing
Lepore, Jill. “The Invention of the Police.” New Yorker. 13 July 2020.
McIntosh, Peggy. “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.” Peace and Freedom, July/August 1989.
Muhammad, Khalil. The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America, with a New Preface. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2019.
Racism in the US
Oluo, Ijeoma. So You Want to Talk about Race. Seattle, WA: Seal Press, 2019.
Suggestions encouraged!
I’d love to hear your suggestions for how we can engage with the world more effectively.