Are you a busy person who wishes you could resist more? Start where you are and take one step forward. Choose a schedule you can keep and commit to one five minute act of resistance. It can be daily (while you wait for the coffee to perk) or weekly (during your lunch break Wednesday) or even monthly. It can be five minutes of a larger task, or discrete, individual actions. What’s key is this: do just a little more than you were doing.
If you’re feeling hope, spread that like free samples at Costco! If you’re in your despair, treat it like the flu: treat the symptoms, and try not to spread it. Hope and Despair are feelings, not objective facts. Share your hope, and ask for help with your despair when you need it.
Build a pool of friends you can talk things over with. Take turns processing, start a book club, or just check in once a month over wine. Reach out to someone today for a casual walk, or to plan a get-together.
Instead of a resolution, could we suggest a recollection? Pause to remember everything you’ve done to resist! If you’re just getting started or always draw a blank, then start a “did-it diary” for the coming year!
From medical records to Canvas, the common academic software, ransomware attacks have shut down major industries, sometimes for days. Back up important information, from your Mom’s address to the insurance policy number, on paper.
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Remember when CBS pulled a 60-minutes segment on CECOT, the foreign prison we “deported” immigrants to? A bootleg version from Canada circulated, and eventually a modified segment aired here. It’s important we witness what is being done in our names, so if you never saw the segment, take 14 minutes to watch it now. (Link to bootleg on site.)
The National Association of Black Storytellers “promotes and perpetuates the art of Black storytelling—an art form which embodies the history, heritage, and culture of African Americans.” Donate to support NABS’s annual conference and free storytelling for qualifying institutions: nabsgriots.org
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