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communityactionusaSo my running this community has been a rough go; I've not had as much time as I've wanted - but I still think it's a good idea.
My gut tells me that I just need to buckle down and post 2-3 times a week (or at least ONCE a week) with a reason to write your local representatives, and even give little scripts on what you should say. I still like this idea. For instance, sending a letter to Trump and Ice Barbie saying, "Your actions resulted in this man being killed. You should resign." But there're a ton of topics out there - this is just one. For me, taking pen to paper is one thing that makes me feel like I'm doing something - even as the world worstens around us.
But are people interested in this? Are you interested in me doing this? I'm always a "big ideas" kind of person, but sometimes big ideas aren't practical. So - if you're so inclinded, give me your two bits about what we should do with this community. Sky's the limit.
And thank you. :)
My gut tells me that I just need to buckle down and post 2-3 times a week (or at least ONCE a week) with a reason to write your local representatives, and even give little scripts on what you should say. I still like this idea. For instance, sending a letter to Trump and Ice Barbie saying, "Your actions resulted in this man being killed. You should resign." But there're a ton of topics out there - this is just one. For me, taking pen to paper is one thing that makes me feel like I'm doing something - even as the world worstens around us.
But are people interested in this? Are you interested in me doing this? I'm always a "big ideas" kind of person, but sometimes big ideas aren't practical. So - if you're so inclinded, give me your two bits about what we should do with this community. Sky's the limit.
And thank you. :)
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Date: 2025-07-26 10:34 am (UTC)I can't lie: everything this administration has done so far has been so enraging & revolting that I've been avoiding the news... And I'm luckily in a pretty thoroughly blue-dominant state (Illinois) with a very progressive governor, so contacting my senators & representatives isn't going to push them to do more than they're already doing (if ineffectually, since they don't have a majority in either the house or senate). Plus I've just joined my union's facility bargaining committee, so I'll be getting info on pressing labor issues of the current administration, at those meetings.
But that doesn't mean I want/intend to do nothing outside of that. I'm hoping to stay informed of other really important stuff going on, and what I should do about it, via this comm. So I would like it to continue!
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Date: 2025-07-27 04:57 pm (UTC)