With all the emotions that are weighing on me, I will create the disruption needed to win bold policies, protect our voices and rights. I am relying on my community, because we are going to need each other now more than ever. Mutual aid groups, checking in on my family, friends and mobilizing collectively gives me hope. Moving forward I will continue fighting for my neighbors, the people I see on the bus ride home and the students I go to class with.

~ Ariela Lara

Be mindful about how you talk to yourself and others, and don’t force toxic positivity. Sometimes, there isn’t a silver lining. For many of us, this isn’t surprising. This isn’t the first time we’ve been confronted with a sense of a lack of safety, or have felt the effects of hatred. When we try to soothe ourselves or others prematurely it's not helpful. Sometimes, it’s just shit, and that’s what this is. We can sit with that, hold that, and then turn to mobilizing and activism.

~ Sadie Salazar

Cycles of structural violence are nothing new here on stolen land built upon by stolen lives. Indigenous and Black communities especially have resisted, fought back and created amazing systems of care for generations.

Your fear and overwhelm are real and valid. Be gentle with yourself. Surround yourself with chosen family and kin that honor your feelings and experiences. Create soft spaces for you and your community to grieve and tend to your hearts.

~ Melody Li

To keep ourselves grounded, we need to resist the urge to internalize the weight of these policies as personal failures. It’s crucial to remain focused on the long view: our collective history of resistance, our shared capacity for resilience and our ability to create change despite being systematically undermined.
We're not passive victims of these systems. We are active participants in shaping a different future, even when it feels like the system is stacked against us.

~ Madison Nardy

As therapists, we need to walk the walk that we teach people. That means using coping skills like breathing, mindfulness and meditation to remain in the present so that we’re responsive versus reactive. If we let ourselves spin out, what are the next four years going to look like?

I think about what I can control and what I can’t. What are the positive things I can do to affect me and others in a positive way? Then I can put energy into that.

~ Nancy Lumb

But after I get over the hump of this shock, I do feel an urgency around mobilizing. Maybe that’s shifting our services to more group models so that we can reach more people. I think there’s going to be higher rates of anxiety and distress, and we’re going to need more access to mental health, especially in marginalized communities.

I want to stay hopeful for society. Especially for our teens, because they feel so much existential despair. I still want to choose hope.

~ Tamika Lewis

Unfortunately the LGBT community has always faced darkness and people pushing against us. So what we always need to do is circle back – check in on yourself and check in on those you love. And be aware of your own limitations. If you need to take a break, take a break. Are you doomscrolling right now? If that’s making you feel worse, take a step back.

~ Aaron Almanza

#News #SelfCare #Stress

https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2024/nov/12/election-anxiety-therapist-advice

Coping With Election Stress

Remember that you have the agency to rebuff today’s cries for resilience. Unyielding strength is something our society demands only of those whose rights we systematically obstruct. So grant yourself the grace and luxury to feel that you’re not going to be okay – but know that you will be. Take the time to grieve, to replenish your body, mind and soul. Then rise up and heed the call to fight for justice once more.

Faisal Al-Juburi

#News #SelfCare #Stress

@Kinnison They will infight and kill each other with their big guns.

It's what they voted for. Some sad shit

@Bliss @Cartephilia

@richieleyland No worries, we can save our dollars. A whole cult of turds will be there on that special day. And they will be marching in with legs and feet.

But here’s what should really trouble us all. It’s not that Donald Trump trampled on the values we’ve lived by our entire lives. We don’t expect any better from him. What’s shocking is that over half the American people said they don’t care.

They don’t care if Trump is a lying, lawless, crude, obscene, serial adulterer and convicted felon who tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power. They’re willing to forget all about that because…Why? They think he’ll lower the cost of a dozen eggs?

Democrats aren’t the only ones who need soul-searching

The problem is much bigger than that. It’s important for the American people to do some soul-searching about what’s wrong with us. It’s especially important to ask: What happened to our sense of values? Like me, you were probably instilled by your parents with a basic sense of what’s right and wrong, a set of values that was far more important than what political party we might someday belong to.

#News #Opinion

https://thehill.com/opinion/4985140-democrats-soul-searching-trump/

Trump’s aspiration isn’t Nazi Germany, it’s feudal Germany

President-elect Donald Trump’s victory has revived the accusation that he is a fascist. Some even fear that he will try to become a dictator for life.

That notion misunderstands the danger he presents. He isn’t aiming or likely to recreate Nazi Germany. Medieval Germany is closer: a collection of unaccountable fiefdoms in which local barons are free to abuse their subjects at will.

#News #Politics #Opinion

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4984604-trumps-aspiration-isnt-nazi-germany-its-feudal-germany/

@gshevlin It's what they voted for.

General Harriet Tubman
💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war, was posthumously awarded the rank of general on Monday.

Dozens gathered on Veterans Day at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park in Maryland’s Dorcester County for a formal ceremony making Tubman a one-star brigadier general in the state’s National Guard.

#News #Maryland #Military

https://apnews.com/article/harriet-tubman-general-maryland-veterans-day-004ad9d09e8ab7ec2f89407618069a23

United States, you in trouble girl.

New Jersey and New York crews join forces to fight spreading wildfire

The Jennings Creek wildfire has burned more than 3,000 acres and caused the death of at least one person

#News #WildFires #NewJersey #NewYork

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/11/new-jersey-new-york-wildfire

There are wild fires in the East. That's something to think about.

@n8evans @TR_forester6291

B for sure. While the majority may have voted for it, we all have to deal with it.