Hi,
While I've been reading a little Cornel West and a few other greats as of late, something stood out for me. During an interview with Christopher Lydon, West said:
"I'm highly suspicious of the discourses of hope, I think that's too abstract. The question's not having hope. The question is
being
a hope. Having hope is still too detached, too spectatorial.
You gotta be a participant, you gotta be an agent.
'Keep on pushing!' Curtis Mayfield says.
'Be a force for good!' Coltrane says.
'Mississippi, Goddam!' says Nina Simone.
That ain't 'having hope'. That's being a hope. Courageously bearing witness regardless of what the circumstances are
because you're choosing to be a kind of person of integrity
, to the best of your ability, before the worms get your body.
Boom! That's Blues, a beautiful tradition.”
Now
how does that apply to us - defenders of democracy, protectors of the environment, and advocates of justice?
How do we
become hope?
At Community Rights US (CRUS), we are not spectating. As part of the Community Rights movement, we are leading a revolution. Like so many leaders before us who simply
would not be excluded
from the freedoms that democracy touts,
CRUS is guiding communities toward claiming their rightful authority to decide what corporations may and may not do.
It's our work of
being hope
that inspired an incredibly generous member of our movement to
match all year end donations to CRUS 2:1
. This anonymous person has agreed to donate up to $8000 if our individual supporters can collectively donate at least $4000, for a grand total of $12,000.
When you donate
$20, CRUS gets $60! When you donate $50, CRUS receives $150!
Donate $200, and we’ll receive $600!!
Every dollar you donate goes triple the distance, ensuring that CRUS can continue to reach, inspire, motivate and guide even more communities standing up to stop corporate harm. Your donation directly affects communities that are
being hope
in the name of democracy and justice.
As we collectively bear witness to rampant corruption and sullying of the land,
WE can act
with the might of We the People, using our civic powers justly, peacefully and with love.
The civil powers bestowed upon US are OUR greatest tool.
Various nonviolent movements have shown how to expand our tool box for today's fights - because WE are not one person acting for good, but whole communities banding together acting as ONE.
There are over 200 communities and counting that have already passed Community Rights ordinances.
Will yours become one of the next taking action toward realizing the greatest aspirations of the American Revolution and the promises made and implied at the founding of our Republic?
As a society that is in a rut of acting in response to crises and emergencies, what would it feel like to step ahead of the problems, preventing them from happening in the first place? What if WE acted proactively? The Community Rights movement
is
this opportunity.
The Community Rights movement
is
hope.
And your donation will help broaden our reach and deepen our services in order to realize more democracy in action. We at Community Rights US are grateful for YOU and your support along the way.
