NOTICINGS: Parallel polis
Let’s talk a minute about being an activist.
Who WANTS ME?, Unknown artist, 1792 | Sarasota Herald-Tribune, August 1964
That was then. This is now.
Activist.
Am I an activist? Yes.
What kind of activist? Let’s talk about it in a minute. But first, a little history. Not all activists do dissent in the same way.
Is an activist whose intense despair, that I hope to god I never know, and ardent desire to wake people up, immolates himself?
Source: Bettmann/CORBIS, October 1963
Is an activist one who registers voters in zones of danger that result, as it did for Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, in murder?
Source: FBI Missing Poster, June 1964Or is an activist the postcard writer? Or the citizen who attends rallies with clear and provocative placards?
Getting out the vote by writing postcards. 2016.Consider artists who make art.
Robin Bernstein, The White Rose, 2019.Our current activism out on the streets like the No Kings rallies across the country, and small daily rallies of a few standing in front of social security offices, is working. Staking yard signs, too. Our efforts are working. Yes!
Source: Jonathan House / Portland Tribune | Gelliottmorris.comCalling your congressperson is the most effective way to influence policy.
Make 5 Calls. Use the resources provided by Indivisible.
What two activist actions represent your private life and public dissent?
Do you wonder what the similarities and differences of our lives are, as together, all of us struggle every day to protect and love what we love? Post two photos in the chat here.
Wherever we are, we are here.
Gaza Sunrise by Malak Mattar (b. Gaza 1999)_________
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