#2017yearofaction

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https://www.buzzfeed.com/remysmidt/this-familys-blessing-box-is-so-pure-and-so-sweet?utm_term=.whoD73pXE#.upke1ODd3

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On empathy

Through discomfort.

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/jan/06/what-learned-sleeping-rough-london

Impressive and powerful. 

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Balance at the top

Taking a look at the make-up of the teams behind politicians to understand policy-making and balance in UK politics is an important exercise. 

BuzzFeed’s Marie Le Conte does this over here, and includes some great insights from Ayesha Hazarika:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/marieleconte/female-spads?utm_term=.klP6j8zLv#.yeRkzxwv2

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Taking it to the streets

“Movements are born in the moments when abstract principles become concrete concerns.” 

An interesting read on the foundations of campaigns that drive change - Jelani Cobb writing in The New Yorker. And the role of purpose and focus. 

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/09/the-return-of-civil-disobedience

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Get up. Go out. Be in the world. Engage. Make yourself uncomfortable.

Yes, @suzanne_moore!

“Go find the places where you can make a difference – local campaigns or issues that you feel strongly about. Campaign, volunteer, organise. Fighting isn’t always dramatic. It is about many of us doing these small things.Once you turn and face the world and become involved, then you will be with other people. Complicated, flawed, lovely, argumentative people. This indeed is what the world is.”

https://www.the-pool.com/news-views/opinion/2016/52/suzanne-moore-a-lesson-learnt-in-2016-we-can-t-look-inwards-even-when-the-world-is-a-scary-place