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Women's March on Washington, January 2017

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Hello and Happy Spring!

Friendly reminder: It might take a generation—or even several generations—for our efforts to blossom. As Rebecca Solnit recently wrote, "To know history is to be able to see beyond the present, to remember the past gives you capacity to look forward as well, it’s to see that everything changes and the most dramatic changes are often the most unforeseen."

We don't know what will come of our work. But when we look at the history of movements for greater peace and freedom, we can get an urgent sense of why the work we're doing now matters: We could be laying the groundwork for tomorrow's activists to succeed. We plant the seeds, they reap the harvest.

Where would we be if incredible people before us hadn't stood up and used their voices? The seeds they sowed take root in me, often in unforeseen ways. Like when a remembrance of their courage pops into mind and I find my determination suddenly strengthening.

Look forward: Whose hearts are blooming because of the seeds you plant today?

Cheering you on,

Kimberlyn David, Director of Communications

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Plus: Michael Nagler and Stephanie Van Hook discuss the importance of community media, how emotion affects our actions, how advertising affects our inner core, and more... Listen now.

Workshop in CA: April 8

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