Be the Light

There is no easy way to begin this one except to jump right in. Once again, misogyny, xenophobia, white supremacy, homophobia, transphobia, and all their accompanying lies are being uncovered and brought back out from under their primordial, slime-covered rocks without fear of repercussion.

The notion of the resulting blatant contempt and violence against the 'other' may be utterly overwhelming and numbing, leaving you feeling vulnerable and powerless - if (when) you allow your mind to go there.

Now is the precise moment when hopefulness - grounded in positive, thoughtful action is required.

You can stand up and confront hate head-on - by firmly and calmly announcing, "Rudeness, disrespect, brutality, and rhetoric have no place here.  Not on my watch!"  

In the next breath, you can offer loving support, kindness, compassion, understanding, and hugs to the many people who need it, especially our most defenseless and those at risk.

Your skills, talents, creativity, vision, love, and bright light are what we so desperately need to create the world we want to live in. Shine on! 

DRC News

We had a short week at DRC Canton that included plenty of kitchen, art room, and outdoor adventures - not to mention tons of card games and some wild and crazy creative energy.

The DRC-POP-UPS crew had a great time this week. At the Massena Library on Thursday their time together included discussions about holiday foods, a late Dio de los Muertos project, a really cool collaboration happened on a comic book project (story line and illustrations) and will be ongoing into next week....and a couple of intense rounds of Battleship also took place! Also very proud of one of our kids who made a big step in self-confidence, successfully negotiating a conversation with someone they were nervous about speaking with.

On Friday they played a variation of Life, made honey mug cakes, worked on projects together and individually, and explored the stacks at the Norwood Library.

Thanks to both libraries for hosting us this week.

Pop-ups postcards will be distributed throughout the NoCo in the next couple of weeks. You can also learn more here. 

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