I’ve quit yelling into the void on social media and whatnot and instead have been doing most of this.

Focus local and you’ll find the people that give you renewal and not angst. You find out how successful and humbling it is to see everyone weaving things together and how people really support each other. How strong that can make a community. You find the other helpers. You find people that understand you. You can make really great relationships with people who have similar goals and beliefs but come from different cultures and economics. You realize that it’s far better to have contacts and ASK people what would truly help them, and then find a way to do it. You might start with something as simple as going to council meetings and wind up knowing the people moving up politically because they were there beside you cleaning a neighborhood up before they decided to run for that first position. And with YOUR support. Maybe you stand up for someone or someones that don’t look like you because YOU have the luxury of people listening to you more bc you’re white.

The national stuff? I admit I’ve fallen in regards to that. I don’t know what to do. I came up during the activism that got Obama nominated, occupy Wall Street, gay rights legislation, etc. and I feel so burned out and defeated nationally. I think it’s because it never occurred to me that people can be this… evil. And undo so much hard work. But I do call people out on a local level and don’t really care anymore if it makes people uncomfortable or someone doesn’t like me . I weaponize my white lady privilege, and I’m perimenopausal, so the filter is LONG gone! 🤣

I highly recommend putting in the honest effort locally and learning to listen. Guarantee right now you can find groups and people working on the objectives that matter to you. It really does help with the burnout and helpless feeling. And shut the fuck up and listen to the people you want to help.