Thank you, Kathleen, for this weekly balm. I keep you in mind and word when I coordinate and attend meetings at our new Democracy Coop office here in Kennebunk, a beautiful space filled with all the community care you write of. We host many meetings on various topics, and had our first Frontline Friday meeting this week. So many new people showed up, traumatized yet sharing strategies , resources, action plans, new ideas. We are host meetings for local and state representatives to talk about what they are doing legislatively, how they are working to help stop this crime. We flood the local, state, and national phone lines with our voices. People reserve time to workshop new ways of resistance. We have raised funds through lots of hard work to support this effort for free and donations continue to pour in. This community center speaks to your sage advice. We are not shutting down! We are not caving in to what these sinister forces hope for: fear and complacency We will not capitulate to the evil! Come to Kennebunk when you can for a Frontline Friday. We want to join forces with other groups around the state. 💪🔥
Great stuff, Daphne. I hope to be able to tell my readers more about your work down there and inspire them. Exactly what is called for now! Collective, community action inspired by imagination and care and the variety of skills that exist in a community!
Thank you, Kathleen! I’m a master of dissociation due to having to survive as a child in very difficult situations. As an adult & therapist, I know what worked as a child doesn’t serve us well as adults. Your words allow us to grieve, pick ourselves up, engage with our community, and move forward. I wake up thinking I’ve had a nightmare, but reality is the nightmare. This trauma shows up in so many ways- I’ve had severe back pain these last two days. I know partly due to stress. It slowed me down and reminded me self-care is crucial in order to help others. Community is so important now!
I appreciate you naming what I am experiencing, Kathleen. Trauma. It’s good to call it what it is and then find ways to treat it. Taking action, caring, community, hope, staying informed, and compassion for self and others during this horrific time.
Thank you, Kathleen. Your words help me understand better the reactions of friends and family who are shying away from “making good trouble.” My need to “fix things,” a different inheritance, comes to the fore when I’m afraid.
Ah! We must be related, Nancy! Love your raising that idea, that some of us are more inclined to cope with our fears by moving right into fix it mode and get more anxious when we sit around and eat chocolate.
You are entirely right Tom. Next week I will write about the good trouble. I mistakenly left out our visit to Collins and Kings' offices in my first edition this morning. But I have edited it now to include that action. More to come!!
Maybe because a large group of geezers called King's office and showed up there did he finally awaken and give a fiery speech. Unfortunately, that tactic had no effect on Collins as she voted to confirm the architect of all of this trauma, Vought. We must defeat her. We must reach beyond our circle of friends and make "good trouble".
Keep lending us your support and wisdom K. We are badly in need of it. We have as a country been kidnapped, blindfolded, and waken to find ourselves in a dark stygian night.
But the dawn will surely come if we don't sit in our hands, dispairing. We must resist the tyrants with all our strength. And we shall prevail.
Thank you, Kathleen, for this weekly balm. I keep you in mind and word when I coordinate and attend meetings at our new Democracy Coop office here in Kennebunk, a beautiful space filled with all the community care you write of. We host many meetings on various topics, and had our first Frontline Friday meeting this week. So many new people showed up, traumatized yet sharing strategies , resources, action plans, new ideas. We are host meetings for local and state representatives to talk about what they are doing legislatively, how they are working to help stop this crime. We flood the local, state, and national phone lines with our voices. People reserve time to workshop new ways of resistance. We have raised funds through lots of hard work to support this effort for free and donations continue to pour in. This community center speaks to your sage advice. We are not shutting down! We are not caving in to what these sinister forces hope for: fear and complacency We will not capitulate to the evil! Come to Kennebunk when you can for a Frontline Friday. We want to join forces with other groups around the state. 💪🔥
Great stuff, Daphne. I hope to be able to tell my readers more about your work down there and inspire them. Exactly what is called for now! Collective, community action inspired by imagination and care and the variety of skills that exist in a community!
Thank you, Kathleen! I’m a master of dissociation due to having to survive as a child in very difficult situations. As an adult & therapist, I know what worked as a child doesn’t serve us well as adults. Your words allow us to grieve, pick ourselves up, engage with our community, and move forward. I wake up thinking I’ve had a nightmare, but reality is the nightmare. This trauma shows up in so many ways- I’ve had severe back pain these last two days. I know partly due to stress. It slowed me down and reminded me self-care is crucial in order to help others. Community is so important now!
I appreciate you naming what I am experiencing, Kathleen. Trauma. It’s good to call it what it is and then find ways to treat it. Taking action, caring, community, hope, staying informed, and compassion for self and others during this horrific time.
Thank you, Kathleen. Your words help me understand better the reactions of friends and family who are shying away from “making good trouble.” My need to “fix things,” a different inheritance, comes to the fore when I’m afraid.
Many thanks, Kathleen. I’ve shared this with my Book Club. We need to take care of ourselves in order to most effective as we move toward resistance.
You are calling it what it is, and that is the first step forward. Thank you, Kathleen.
Ah! We must be related, Nancy! Love your raising that idea, that some of us are more inclined to cope with our fears by moving right into fix it mode and get more anxious when we sit around and eat chocolate.
You are entirely right Tom. Next week I will write about the good trouble. I mistakenly left out our visit to Collins and Kings' offices in my first edition this morning. But I have edited it now to include that action. More to come!!
Maybe because a large group of geezers called King's office and showed up there did he finally awaken and give a fiery speech. Unfortunately, that tactic had no effect on Collins as she voted to confirm the architect of all of this trauma, Vought. We must defeat her. We must reach beyond our circle of friends and make "good trouble".
Thank you! I love that! Good trouble. Agreed. I was shocked she voted to confirm.
We needed this! now! Many thanks.
Keep lending us your support and wisdom K. We are badly in need of it. We have as a country been kidnapped, blindfolded, and waken to find ourselves in a dark stygian night.
But the dawn will surely come if we don't sit in our hands, dispairing. We must resist the tyrants with all our strength. And we shall prevail.