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When taylorswift comes to town, you go. And then you go again. You sing. You dance. You feel happiness and joy with 45 thousand other people who are feeling all that too. Two amazing shows. Two completely different experiences - once from the field and once from the stands. Lorde night 1. Jason DeRulo night 2. Meeting Taylor’s Mom and helping some young Swifties get into Loft ‘89! (No, really!) Listening to Taylor’s great commentary on love, friendship and giving yourself grace. Dancing. Singing. And lots and lots of smiles. Thank you, Taylor for bringing your music and your tour to DC! It was a blast!
Our Not in Harry’s Name victory against child slavery is over four years in the making. Here’s the story of how it happened.
Tiny Desk Entrant: Kristen Reilly
City: Brooklyn, NY
Original song: “Things You Don’t Wanna Hear”
In the spirit of the holidays, we’re sharing contest entries that were filmed in delightfully cozy settings!
By the “South Pole.” River Glen and Kaylee Rose joke that they picked this spot to film their song "Bitter Truth" after recording on a “working carousel on top of parking garages in prison.” Now that’s a concert we’d like to see.
In a candlelit room. Mateo Lugo, Nika Aila States, Tim Kim of TOTONOKO perform the lovely original song "Free to Find."
Next to some nutcrackers. Not to mention the candles, Christmas tree, wreaths… and a typewriter! Brian Batty, Alyssa Capps, Brian Kerr and Steve Stinchcomb share their tune ”Florentina Was Flabbergasted.”
Love this. via npr:
So many good entries, how’re they going to choose?! -Ariel
You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love.
Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things
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On Community, Organizing and the Internet
The following was an email I wrote for The Listserve about the incredible community I get to be a part of thanks to the New Organizing Institute.
About 10 years ago a bunch of people who worked on the Internet team of John Kerry’s US presidential campaign got together after the election. It was the first time digital technology played a major role in a campaign and they knew it was the future of politics. They also knew there was a long road ahead. They founded a scrappy organization, the New Organizing Institute, to define, train and recruit new organizers who could continue to expand and innovate. In 2006, NOI held a small unconference, Rootscamp, to spread the word. This weekend in Washington, DC that conference is happening again. It’s grown from a gathering that filled a couple of classrooms at a community college in Brooklyn to a weekend that brings together more than a thousand progressive organizers from across the US and the world. But it’s more than the size of the event that has changed. I’ve worked in this space all that time. When I began, just after the 2004 elections, it was in its infancy. Few people understood what we did or why we did it. Most people thought if you worked on the Internet team you would fix their computer. We regularly heard people say they “didn’t do the Internet.” Yet, we knew what it would be. We knew the power of the Internet had the ability to influence every single aspect of the campaigns we worked on. We know it was a tool for change. A way to bring people together. To find common ground. To build power. To make the world a better place. We also knew we couldn’t do it alone. We needed allies. We needed more of us. We needed the powers-that-be who controlled the budgets and everything else to give a damn and pay attention. Rootscamp was where we came to figure out how to make that happen. Yesterday I walked the halls of the Rootscamp2014 that buzzed with energy. There were happy reunions. The opportunity to run into a colleague you worked alongside years back and hadn’t seen lately. Hugs from friends whose lives had taken them away from DC. But most striking was I saw more faces I didn’t recognize than those that I did. I was struck by how far we’d come. How the community we had hoped to create had become a reality. How that collective work had blossomed into a community that was beautifully diverse and inclusive. It’s given careers to people who had passion and purpose. It’s been a launching pad for companies, nonprofits and campaigns and individuals that work to elect our representatives from school board to president, stop climate change, end gun violence, increase women’s equality, give a voice to the voiceless, and much more. It’s where we want to solve big problems and answer hard questions. It’s a place where we know we are more powerful when we do that together. Of course, we still have work to do. We continue to strive for more. But we have a place where that happens – a community where we learn from each other and challenge ourselves to be and do better. If you’ve ever wondered about doing this type of work. if you’ve wanted a way in, I encourage you to google the New Organizing Institute. You could be walking the halls next year alongside us, full of energy and empowered to create change. That would be a beautiful thing.
Advice from Amy Poehler’s Yes Please.
(fun fact: the dots and lines next to the letters in “even demons gotta sleep” are the letters in morse code)
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'Do I Look Like A Slut' Video Explains Why The Answer Is Always No
Videoblogger Hannah Witton breaks down the phenomena of slut-shaming and judging a woman’s sexual activity by her clothing choices.
Watch the full video here where Witton shares definitions of the word “slut” provided by her Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr followers, many of whom believe that the term was simply invented to shame women for their sexual choices.
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Destroy the idea that men should respect women because we are their daughters, mothers, and sisters. Reinforce the idea that men should respect women because we are people.
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Joe is Safe
Joe has been found. He is in contact with his family. Thank you for all your help in this search.
Official Missing Person Flyer for Joe Madden.
If you are in DC, PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND PRINT OUT THIS FLYER and put them up in high traffic areas today. Think: the place you get lunch, the coffee shop you go to, outside your office, the metro station, the bar.
By working virtually on the search like this we can cover way more ground.THANK YOU
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3TwKTZwZQfEYnFvbFplbkxTMWs/view
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