Week Four: February 5 - February 11
Theme - Resilience: Democracy & Electoral Justice
Reflection
by Nora Rasman
In our final week of 30 Days of Love, we explore the theme of “democracy and electoral justice” and how it is situated within our broader organizing.
As we begin our electoral work of 2024 together, I return to recent remarks by Working Families Party National Director Maurice Mitchell: the organizing principle that we build trust by telling the truth about the world we share. The core truth that I’m reckoning with this year is that democracy—the promise of our elected officials feeling a direct and accountable tie to us, their electorate—has always been aspirational.
I acknowledge the fear that many of us hold–that the threads of democracy we’ve had will fully unravel, and we will lose the pieces of representation we rely on. And I ground in the possibility that with the millions of people who have come into social movements in the past four years, we might push closer to a more just world.
Blessing
Blessing for Resilience by Nico Van Ostrand
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TIME FOR ALL AGES
“Who’s At Your Table?” by Rev. Stevie Carmody
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BODY PRACTICE
Body Practice for Resilience by Rev. Lane-Mairéad Campbell and Rev. Shari Halliday Quan
grounding
“Yes and Let's” (Circle Edition) by Canedy
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prayer
Prayer for Resilience by Mitra Rahnema.
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