It overwhelming to feel the burden of knowing all the injustices in the world. While taking care of ourselves we can also plan and reflect where we can help. We need solidarity and to oraganise and work within our sphere of influence. Maybe it’s just resharing posts on some days, it’s going to marches, signing or starting petitions, writing to representatives, or sharing and donating to fundraisers. I have a couple group chats where we encourage each other to donate to MAP /PRCS and share and sign various petitions. We do what we can

I know how you mean. I feel at times guilty enjoying my life in safety too :(

Mutual aids can help as well if you find such initiatives to help people seek refuge

really appreciate your response @yve. It’s crazy because my career is in the nonprofit sector, and I did a master’s in humanitarian aid/international development, where I essentially spent a year studying why the system keeps things the way they are, and how institutions and incentives drive injustice. It was disillusioning to say THE LEAST. The field of systems thinking (understanding social change as part of complex adaptive systems) saved me, and now I help nonprofits and networks of nonprofits think and work more systemically. It’s just, lately with USAID funding gone, I see colleagues and nonprofits losing their work left and right. It is a massacre of the sector. Knowing the preventable disease and death that is being welcomed back. Watching hate be normalized. It kills me to watch this. Trying to keep up the hope, do small things locally and continue to post resistance to the Trump admin as I know my former Mormon community (yeah haha) see it. I tell myself if I can help one person feel less alone, find courage to stand up, or hope to keep going, it is worth it. But sometimes the staggering cruelty just leaves me feeling so angry and dead inside. I didn’t sign up to witness this, that I am aware of! Anyway, thank you 💖 💖 💖

Run for office?

Also, beautiful