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Finally listened to this truly remarkable conversation between @VarshPrakash and @ezraklein. Blown away. It's not as good as everyone's been saying... it's better.
Varshini talks strategy, building power, what's at stake in ways that are incredibly thoughtful and visionary.
1/https://twitter.com/sunrisemvmt/status/1155817559951908864 …
.@VarshPrakash centers on justice & the importance in communicating climate policy *not* about what's being taken away, but what we're GAINING. If transforming our society is what's required to address the climate crisis (it is), how can we not talk about jobs & healthcare?
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Another thing I loved about @VarshPrakash and @ezraklein's conversation was how organizing transforms you as a person in incredibly powerful ways. YES. Personally, I feel that organizing helps me grow into myself. It expands my heart, and what I feel like I'm/we're capable of. 3/
One of my favorite parts of @VarshPrakash's interview was the discussion of spirituality, emotion, and meaning. Why singing is so important for @sunrisemvmt. Discussing texts like the Tao Te Ching as a source of inspiration but also wisdom for organizing.
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.@VarshPrakash on the Tao Te Ching and organizing with @sunrisemvmt:
"What kind of leader do I want to be? I know leaders who have lost their own humanity in the pursuit of justice."
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"What does it mean to be a good leader?
"Do I want to be the kind of leader that can sit through the fire and emerge as loving and caring as they can be? And relentlessly seeking health and joy right now. Not 30 years in the future, but right now" ~ .@VarshPrakash
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Yes! Wisdom from the Tao Te Ching. Mindfulness as an organizer helps us build successful movements.
"It's put me on a path of mediation and mindfulness, not just 10 minutes a day, but working really hard to permeate into every part of my existence." ~@VarshPrakash
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.@VarshPrakash of @sunrisemvmt on the Tao Te Ching and organizing:
"Incorporating concepts of gratitude - every day, every hour of every day, knowing that it could be taken away in a blink of an eye."
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.@VarshPrakash of @sunrisemvmt on the Tao Te Ching and organizing:
"If you want to lead people the best thing you do is to follow. Humility is extremely important."
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.@VarshPrakash of @sunrisemvmt on the Tao Te Ching and organizing:
"Be good to people who are good and people who are not good. Trusting people who are trustworthy and people who are not trustworthy."
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.@VarshPrakash on Tao Te Ching & organizing:
"If you blame others, there's no end to the blame. Finding ways I can take personal responsibility, and my own actions for who I am in this world rather than putting it on to others. So investing into my own personal development." 11/
.@VarshPrakash of @sunrisemvmt on the Tao Te Ching and organizing:
"I love the metaphor the Tao has for water. It describes water as being really soft, and this liquid quality, but it can break down the hardest and most intransient among us."
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"There's the fear, there's the despair. And there always will be the fear. I also think that there's the knowledge that there's something more important than it." ~@VarshPrakash of @sunrisemvmt
This is why – at its core – #ClimateCrisis organizing is about love and courage.
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