As we navigate these challenging times, we respond with ease as my son Jeff does while ziplining.  We slip into our meditation posture and organize our communities. We unite.

Lydia Polgreen says let’s not label these people in Minneapolis protestors.  Let’s call them what they are: community organizers.  Her words: 

But what I saw in Minneapolis is better described as organizing and concerted action. It is an important distinction because so much of what is happening is invisible — people engaging in a form of neighborhood watch, walking vulnerable kids to school to shield them from Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Church groups organizing food parcels for families too afraid to leave home. Community groups using encrypted messaging to compile spreadsheets of suspected ICE vehicles and activity. Others are logging and archiving endless amounts of evidence of ICE atrocities. This is the product of deep community organizing, not merely spontaneous actions driven by immediate anger.