Jamelle Bouie, NY Times - A few years ago, I wrote that “some of the most important and impactful work we can do as citizens takes place in our own communities.”
I still think that is true.
It is incredibly easy, in our modern political environment, to get caught up in the spectacle of national politics — to obsess over the twists and turns of events in Washington and to treat the consumption of political media as a kind of civic engagement. But watching politics transpire on our screens isn’t political participation any more than watching an N.F.L. game is playing football. We’re just spectators. To be involved in a real way, we have to take it to the streets, as it were. We have to join our neighbors in a common endeavor. We have to step away, go outside and make ourselves active members of our communities.
As you think about your holiday giving, I want you to consider local organizations — people and institutions that are doing work in your area, for the people around you. For my part, I am sharing three organizations near me in Charlottesville, Va., that are doing work to try to mitigate some of the worst harms perpetrated by the administration in Washington.
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