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outside, commune with nature, and calm your central nervous system. Adopt a companion animal from your local shelter and meet your new best friend. Ɣ Consider volunteering for a cause you feel passionately about. <RXZLOOPDNHDGL̆ HUHQFH¿QGDQHZFLUFOHRINLQGUHGVRXOV and enjoy the “feel-good” chemicals your brain will produce. Ɣ Lean into an ethical, plant-based, vegan diet for the planet, our animal brethren, hungry people throughout the world, and our OLWHUDODQG¿JXUDWLYHKHDUWV7KHGHFLVLRQWRGLVHQJDJHIURPFRU - porate cruelty is a tremendous act of daily resistance. Ɣ Expand and encourage resistance actions with others. Start a discussion amongst colleagues, acquaintances, family, and IULHQGVWRH[FKDQJHUHVLVWDQFHDFWLYLVPLGHDV:HQHHGFUHDWLYH EUDLQVWRUPLQJFDULQJDQGNLQGEDGDVVMXVWLFHGHPRFUDF\ZDU - ULRUVDQGFROODERUDWLYHFRPPXQLW\ERQGLQJ:HFDQ¶WD̆ RUGWR be apathetic or complacent as much as we may want to disen- gage. Ɣ Stay informed. Protest. Write letters to the editor. Share rele- YDQW PHVVDJLQJ RQ VRFLDO PHGLD 6LJQ SHWLWLRQV 'RQDWH 6XS - SRUWLQGHSHQGHQWSXEOLFPHGLD7DNHSDUWLQJUDVVURRWVH̆ RUWV Ɣ Call your representatives. Lobby. Attend city council and school ERDUGPHHWLQJV6SHDNXS5HPHPEHU\RXFDQLQÀXHQFHORFDO and statewide decisions that tend to have a bigger impact on your day-to-day life. Ɣ %H DQ DOO\ 'HIHQG 'LYHUVLW\ (TXLW\ ,QFOXVLRQ 3URWHFW \RXU neighbor, coworker, classmate. No one is “illegal” — everyone EHORQJV$GYRFDWHIRUZRPHQ¶VULJKWV KHDOWKFDUH/*%74$, rights, and the right to a living wage. The animals and the planet QHHG\RXWRR+XPDQVKDYHERXQGOHVVFRPSDVVLRQ²\RXGRQ¶W have to pick one cause — you can choose a life that encompasses all forms of progressive, compassionate issues. Ɣ *HW UHDG\ IRU 5HJLVWHU WR YRWH DQG QHYHU PLVV DQ HOHF - tion. Contact your local Board of Elections and train to work the SROOV5XQIRUṘ FH9ROXQWHHUIRUDFDQGLGDWHRUDWDFDPSDLJQ headquarters. Canvass. Explore how to start your own ballot initiative. Ɣ /HDUQKRZWRJURZ\RXURZQIRRG²VSURXWLQJLVDJUHDW¿UVW step and can be done indoors. Build a community garden. Ɣ Create art, compose resistance music, poems, and chants. Ɣ Love yourself. Be gentle with yourself and others. Let go of per- IHFWLRQ5HVW%UHDWKH9LVXDOL]HDSHUIHFWXQLRQDQGDKDUPRQL - ous world. Ɣ .HHS\RXUH\HVRQWKHSUL]H)LOOLQWKHEODQNV²WKHUHLVVRPXFK more. Just do something and don’t stop. We need everybody, everywhere, engaged all at once. Finally, while we navigate the current madness, let the recent words of Progressive leader AOC be a guiding mantra for regulating frayed emotions and cultivating self-compassion, “A conscious choice to be happy is a form of resistance.” When we rise up together, happier and VWURQJHULQRXUDELOLW\WRUHVLVWZHFDQ¿JKWWKHJRRG¿JKWIRUDSHDFH - ful, inclusive, equitable, sustainable, compassionate world — for as ORQJDVLWWDNHV²DQG:(:,//:,1 For the calendar year, “Cultivating Compassion” will focus on topics related to resistance. Send your resistance ideas and stories to Cam at QFPDGYRFDF\#JPDLOFRP &DP0DF4XHHQ06:LVWKHFUHDWRUDQGPDQDJHURIWKH³&XOWLYDWLQJ&RP - SDVVLRQ´ FROXPQ 6KH LV GHOLJKWHG WR FRQJUDWXODWH 3DWKZD\V RQ \HDUV DV D beloved institution and a vitally important resource dedicated to community en- JDJHPHQWVHUYLFHDQGXSOLIW6KHLVKRQRUHGWREHSDUWRIWKLVDPD]LQJPLOHVWRQH DQQLYHUVDU\
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