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Yes, You Can
11/23/2009 10:29am
November 23, 2009
To all of you who recognize the need for action on a host of issues - ranging from global warming to animal cruelty, from urban sprawl to energy efficiency, from homelessness to healthcare - NOW is the time to act. We must speak truth to power with a unified voice. Policies are made by people. To change our systems into those that are fair, economically viable, and environmentally-sustainable, we all must participate in the policy-making process. If we the people do not speak, if we allow our voices to remain unheard we will be governed by those who have the most money to spend, by those whose interests are short term and short sighted.
Change is not easy but it is impossible if we do not act - if we do not get beyond our despair and our feelings of hopelessness. Change has occurred in the country and globally. Our nation came to be as a result of people who would not stand for the status quo. Slavery was abolished, womend fought for and gained the vote, civil rights are now enshrined as legal rights - all these things happened because people who gave a damn did something - they acted.
We, the people, can accomplish much - but only by raising our voices and acting on issues large and small. Join an advocacy organization, get involved in local politics, write to or call your legislator - you can make a difference.
On this Thanksgiving, as you give thanks for the roof above your head, for the food on your table, for family and friends please make a pledge to express your thanks through action. Together we can change the world.
"I am only one
But still, I am one
I cannot do everything
But still, I can so something
And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something I can do." EE Hale
Change is not easy but it is impossible if we do not act - if we do not get beyond our despair and our feelings of hopelessness. Change has occurred in the country and globally. Our nation came to be as a result of people who would not stand for the status quo. Slavery was abolished, womend fought for and gained the vote, civil rights are now enshrined as legal rights - all these things happened because people who gave a damn did something - they acted.
We, the people, can accomplish much - but only by raising our voices and acting on issues large and small. Join an advocacy organization, get involved in local politics, write to or call your legislator - you can make a difference.
On this Thanksgiving, as you give thanks for the roof above your head, for the food on your table, for family and friends please make a pledge to express your thanks through action. Together we can change the world.
"I am only one
But still, I am one
I cannot do everything
But still, I can so something
And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something I can do." EE Hale
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