I wish all journalists would have this epiphany. Rather than being fed news that constantly frightens us and leaves us in despair, we need news that inspires us to be different, encourages us to be better, act to our full potential. News has the power to embolden us, make us grow with ideas, passion and energy rather than shrink with fear, seek refuge in isolation, or be eaten up with rage. I really enjoyed this - thanks 🙏
Hi Grace. Great to read this and discover you here. Sounds like you are articulating the difference between socialist politics and Green politics.
We don’t always do it as well as we could but working collaboratively, bringing people together, empowering people to work together as a movement and be supported by the movement and having hope knowing you are part of a movement that extends through space and time; and making decisions collaboratively is core to the Greens. In Australia making decisions by consensus is in our Greens party constitution and to me is the most importantly part of our politics. It means people have to deeply listen to the views of others and respect each other and be always willing to bring people in rather than dividing into us and them.
This is so core in the type of community building that you are describing here, where supporting and facilitating people to work well together is critical.
Working in tech and seeing its transformational possibilities leads to deep despair when I see the oligarchy that's emerged. Power really does corrupt our race's brightest hearts and minds. Thanks for all the research and bringing these threads together for us!
Love this Grace. Thank you for your honesty and vulnerability. The insight and resolve you share as a result of your newly galvanised collective endeavour is inspiring and I’m here for it. Individualistic despair is so disabling and unhelpful. Didn’t realise how much I for one needed to reframe my own narrative from the ‘I’ to the ‘we’, and from the passive to the active. Can’t wait to get started…
What an uplifting and thoughtfully motivating read. Thank you Grace, for sharing your personal experience, which I know so many can relate to. Sometimes the perfect piece of writing comes along at just the right time. Im so glad to have discovered you here.
I wish all journalists would have this epiphany. Rather than being fed news that constantly frightens us and leaves us in despair, we need news that inspires us to be different, encourages us to be better, act to our full potential. News has the power to embolden us, make us grow with ideas, passion and energy rather than shrink with fear, seek refuge in isolation, or be eaten up with rage. I really enjoyed this - thanks 🙏
I so agree ❤️
Hi Grace. Great to read this and discover you here. Sounds like you are articulating the difference between socialist politics and Green politics.
We don’t always do it as well as we could but working collaboratively, bringing people together, empowering people to work together as a movement and be supported by the movement and having hope knowing you are part of a movement that extends through space and time; and making decisions collaboratively is core to the Greens. In Australia making decisions by consensus is in our Greens party constitution and to me is the most importantly part of our politics. It means people have to deeply listen to the views of others and respect each other and be always willing to bring people in rather than dividing into us and them.
This is so core in the type of community building that you are describing here, where supporting and facilitating people to work well together is critical.
Working in tech and seeing its transformational possibilities leads to deep despair when I see the oligarchy that's emerged. Power really does corrupt our race's brightest hearts and minds. Thanks for all the research and bringing these threads together for us!
Love this Grace. Thank you for your honesty and vulnerability. The insight and resolve you share as a result of your newly galvanised collective endeavour is inspiring and I’m here for it. Individualistic despair is so disabling and unhelpful. Didn’t realise how much I for one needed to reframe my own narrative from the ‘I’ to the ‘we’, and from the passive to the active. Can’t wait to get started…
What an uplifting and thoughtfully motivating read. Thank you Grace, for sharing your personal experience, which I know so many can relate to. Sometimes the perfect piece of writing comes along at just the right time. Im so glad to have discovered you here.
Arohanui, Lyn
Hi Grace! Where can I access this newsletter? I only find this article on the topic "What Can We do?"
Love to see North Wales spoken about! With elections in May, let’s hope community spirit and togetherness can overcome the darkness of reform.
The events in this world feel like a mental disorder just keeping track of. Thank you.