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Voter Empowerment Project

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As should be obvious from our relatively infrequent posts, as of January, 2019 this blog has shifted its focus from shorter, more “newsworthy” explorations and announcements to long form, in-depth, mostly psycho-philosophical posts. However, when we received the weekly post from Jen Hofmann (Americans of Conscience Checklist), we could not help but consider suspending our reticence for a brief shout out to someone worthy of praise for her diligence and support for the worthwhile endeavors she sends our way.

Specifically, you might want to check out Jen’s site to learn more about the June 2019 event focusing on “strengthening the integrity of the 2020 elections”.

Sing the Human, Electric

“It is not our difference that divides us.
It is our inability to recognize, accept and celebrate those differences”
~Audre Lorde

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We live in an era in which our individual and collective identities appear to have taken on an increased importance in their presumed ability to establish who we are—and who we believe we are not. But who are we really? Whomever we decide to be, we tend to construct such stories in terms of what we have come to call identity politics. Take a look at these “food for thought” articles related to this issue.  Then consider some of the ramifications of such methods of self-recognition and, indeed, self-creation.

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Tales of Self-Recognition

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Who are we?  Who are we as individuals?  Who are we as a national collective? Who are we as a  world community?  Who are we as a species?

For several month, we at seekingGood have been researching and discussing these questions.  For the next few months, we will begin to share some of our emerging findings, insights and ideas.  To begin, consider the following video by Robert Reich in which he asks “What is the Real American Story?”  His proposal can serve as a means of framing a certain way of thinking about the question “Who are we?

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Truth Matters

“Like it or not, people will have to acquire their own news to a certain extent and must therefore learn journalistic techniques and various tricks of the trade”
~Bruce Bartlett

In the current era of “fake news” and a general mood of “alternate fact” inaccuracies and slights of hand, many of us who truly seek the positive in life—“Good” and “Truth”, for instance—we sometimes can feel overwhelmed by a lack of reliable sources of information about the world.  Bruce Bartlett has written a book—The Truth Matters–to partially address this situation.

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