General Discussion

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As far as I'm concerned, Job 1 is to help each other stay connected to hope because hope is a pre-requiste for action. Hope is the life's blood of resistance.

We can have a clear-eyed view of what we are up against, while recognizing the WINS and the fact that an unprecedented number of citizens have been moved -- many for the first time in their lives -- to take action in this face of the lunacy.

If you need a boost, perhaps you'll find it in the Daily Elm: We're NOT Doomed

For me, Hopium Chronicles has been an essential resource. A center of hope and action: Interviews with inspiring candidates, State Democratic Party chairs, activists, election protection experts, including a series with Marc Elias. It is not about mindless optimism, but hope inspired by being engaged and hearing about the great people out there accomplishing some pretty amazing things.

If you can connect locally, that is the most effective way to kick off a virtuous cycle of hope and action as you experience, first hand, working with good people to accomplish some pretty great things in your own community.

Find your own "go to" quotes, songs, or poems.

FWIW, Here are mine:

Quotes:
https://www.greatergoodusa.com/quotes/

Joy as Defiance
https://youtube.com/shorts/Eibfo6IkBhE

Imagine If This Moment Was Not About The Ascent of Authoritarians, But About A New Birth Of Global Freedom...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221186840