10 Acts of Resistance on Inauguration Day - by Jon Pavlovitz
On the 20th of January, over 65 million people (well more than half of those who voted in America’s election) will be grieving.
We will be lamenting the elevation to the highest level of our Government, a man who is simply unqualified for and undeserving of it; a man who has already shown himself unable to respect the gravity of the moment and unwilling to act in the interest of the whole of the American people.
And so for us, this Inauguration day is indeed a funeral; a mourning over the country we might have had, the future we could have been building—the President we should have been welcoming.
And the question is, what do we do with this day that might be redemptive, that might bring life? Here are a few suggestions:
1) Serve someone. Step out into your neighborhoods, alone or with other-like hearted people and perform acts of service today, especially for those who are often overlooked or excluded. These will be the same communities ignored by the coming Administration and we will need to make sure that no one is rendered invisible, that everyone is cared for. With a President-Elect whose life, career, and campaign have been marked by such greed and ego—compassion and kindness will now be acts of bold resistance.
More at: http://johnpavlovitz.com/2017/01/14/10-acts-of-resistance-on-inauguration-day/
From Jon Pavlovitz' blog site "Stuff That Needs to be Said" http://jonpavlovitz.com
I've really been enjoying his blog and twitter posts.
Twitter: @jonpavlovitz
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