What is alive in you that could play a role in what we need to discover and do?
Collaborative Notes
I am good at"throwing parties" - bringing people together
a huge question... main interest: subtle activism; tracking how life wants to move... working with others in a cloud of potential
welcoming shadow and trauma and grief to the conversation... healing becomes only possible then
registration of futility(business-as-usual cannot work): we need to register that, on a level of body & mind - so that we can release the unhealthy repetitive patterns(compulsions) such as continually responding with aggression, overconsumption(addictions). Like in AA - the feeling of"This isn't working" is the first step in allowing change to occur.
How to go beyond"preaching to the choir"? to have more people involved, inspired...
In the jungle, that is Congress, they often do not hear from their constituents. But many people don't even know what district they are in, let alone write or call.
a concern - everyone gets one vote, but many do not find this conversation even available. Reaching up to worrying about how to make a difference on a broader level is not within their scope....
My vote is the one direct handle/lever that I have. Could some initiative be tried on a larger level?
Training, internship, following others around and learning from them.
In Europe, we have been trying to create simple spaces where normal citizens can meet with those who work in various formal institutions(European Commission). Trying to include multigenerational groups, teens, etc... in participatory gatherings. We sent out invitations, and others realize that they can also do this. Change starts with these small things.
How to help people wake up to the larger issues, working at a more local level
you do not HAVE to know where you are going? if you can figure out how to disrupt a pattern, as people wake up, they will move to a better state.
then, they are changed, they influence people differently....
Showing up big, what started tiny.
Voting with our bodies, voting with our money...