Activist Thinking I became one as I planted my first seed in my garden. Know I stepped into myself as an activist the moment Crystal Laman shared her experiences with packed crowd at Busboys and Poets. As tears spilled onto my crouched knees upon the floor, I continued to listen to others share more. I lost all feelings of defeatism as Eleanor and Julia shared their Texas nightmares. I had shared some time with the social media machine when I learned about Stop the Machine, Create a New World and spread the word about their October 6, 2011 action to shut down Wall Street. With a very young child, I had never physically joined at that time. Since that Occupy momentum, I still felt helpless and hopeless. As I adjusted weary legs on a cold floor in DC I raised my hand and started to really PARTICIPATE. That moment I nervously shared an idea to write NO KXL in sticks from the storm all over tristate area devasted from Sandy....I became hopeful and I think helpful. It truly feels like ten years, these last...not even two!! years. Thanks to Kenneth Collins -inviting me and carpooling to Climate Forward February 17th, 2013 - I became an activist that day. How about you? Would you either share your brief story here too? Or share any action we participated in together these last years? Or if you prefer - share with me the directions youd like to see me follow in 2015? Thank you.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 15:57:23 +0000