aftermath

“Don't accept the world as it is. Dream of what the world could be - and then help make it happen.” - Peter Tatchell

November 8th, standing on a busy street corner, encouraging my fellow citizens to vote... and being flipped off by passing drivers.

It has been three weeks since the 2016 presidential election, and I'm still moving through the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. I am currently standing on that "and" caught between acceptance and depression.

I know there is no such thing as innocent bystanding; and I need to move on past acceptance and into action. It feels too  hard to do. But, I can do hard things.

Here are some Articles, Podcasts and Videos that I have found helpful...  that have moved me along:

What you - yes, you - can do to save America from tyranny 

What the world looks like - with and without fact checkers

Call Your Girlfriend (a podcast by Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow)  Episode 68: Rage Phase


How Do I Comfort My Frightened Son After the Election? I Tell Him How Our People Have Survived by Jacqueline Woodson


On Being podcast: How to live beyond this election (Natasha Trethewey and Eboo Patel)


Colum McCann Letter to a Young Writer


It's Now Our Time to Stand For Love (start at minute 3)


Trump Changed Everything. Now Everything Counts by Barbara Kingsolver


Hillary Clinton delivers first public address since the election: Children's Defense Fund Award Ceremony (start at minute 20)

And this just makes me so hopeful even when I feel things are hopeless...

Be kind to one another. 

I am especially grateful for all of you who are taking action for equality, empathy, inclusion, compassion, and justice for all.