Actions Matter Clairity Click-it: Useful Nonprofit Links, Free Resources
It will take all of us together to keep all of us safe.
Intolerance is a tough nut to crack.
It turns out tolerance is too.
Tolerance is not enough.
Tolerance just looks at what’s broken and steps around it.
Nothing gets fixed.
Tolerating evil beliefs allows evil beliefs to spread.
Sitting back is akin to stepping away. Without thought.
Thought matters.
Beliefs matter.
Give people something to think about and consider.
Action matters.
Inaction matters.
Galvanizing moments create leaders. And followers.
If you sit by passively, don’t think about it, and do nothing, who are you?
Hillel wrote: If I am not for myself, who will be for me. And if I am only for myself, who am I? And if not now, when?
Indeed.
James Baldwin wrote: Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
Indeed.
We struggle every day to do the hard work. Perhaps today seems a little harder than yesterday. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.
It’s difficult to find the right words. And easy to find the wrong ones.
We have a lot to learn. And a lot of work to do.
I hope you find some of these resources I’ve collected for you will be helpful.
Thank you for making the world a better, more caring, more just, more hopeful, more inspiring place.
Yours with gratitude,
P.S. Many thanks to Bloomerang for sponsoring the Clairity Click-it. Please remember to bookmark the Ask an Expert page — my fundraising advice column on their website! Ask your question here!