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morgandawnI 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 love. With resolve. With fierceness. This week:
-I read about anti-Semitic graffiti appearing on the sidewalks in my neighborhood. When neighbors on the community forum alerted the community and reached out to our anti-graffiti city services, their posts were flagged. As I am a moderator in our neighborhood, I was able to remove the flags. And I reported the person who flagged every single post in the thread (over flagging is a violation of the terms of service). I also wrote to each of the people who were flagged to thank them for speaking out.
-my mother and I bought a small menorah to replace the one stolen from her senior center holiday display. My mother also bought one for the neighbor - it was her personal menorah that had been stolen.
-I listened to an African America friend talk about the hostile reaction she got from a white police officer while waiting in line for an oil change. He was ticketing someone and blocked her from moving (for 15 minutes) and then glared at her and ostentatiously ran her plates. All she was doing was sitting in her car, in line, with her windows rolled up, waiting for an oil change.
-We reached out to a local LGBT teen group to start discussions on funding self-defense classes.
We live in California, in a very liberal area. The graffiti was removed in 24 hrs, someone else put another menorah in the community area so now there will be two, I invited my friend to have dinner with us over the winter break, and we will see what happens with the LGBT youth center.
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 love. With resolve. With fierceness. This week:
-I read about anti-Semitic graffiti appearing on the sidewalks in my neighborhood. When neighbors on the community forum alerted the community and reached out to our anti-graffiti city services, their posts were flagged. As I am a moderator in our neighborhood, I was able to remove the flags. And I reported the person who flagged every single post in the thread (over flagging is a violation of the terms of service). I also wrote to each of the people who were flagged to thank them for speaking out.
-my mother and I bought a small menorah to replace the one stolen from her senior center holiday display. My mother also bought one for the neighbor - it was her personal menorah that had been stolen.
-I listened to an African America friend talk about the hostile reaction she got from a white police officer while waiting in line for an oil change. He was ticketing someone and blocked her from moving (for 15 minutes) and then glared at her and ostentatiously ran her plates. All she was doing was sitting in her car, in line, with her windows rolled up, waiting for an oil change.
-We reached out to a local LGBT teen group to start discussions on funding self-defense classes.
We live in California, in a very liberal area. The graffiti was removed in 24 hrs, someone else put another menorah in the community area so now there will be two, I invited my friend to have dinner with us over the winter break, and we will see what happens with the LGBT youth center.
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Date: 2016-12-10 03:19 pm (UTC)