Resist Refresh Reset Resist
Thank you all for attending
The Gray Hairs The Babies in strollers and their parents Young activists
In school we learned about the 3 R’s Now we are in a new school — Learning how to Renew the Democracy Learning how to Renew the Dream
I am not going to talk about the 3 R’s —— NO I urge you on to the 4 R’s
Resist Refresh Reset Resist Resist No Kings … not now … not ever Stop the Lies, the Corruption, the Cruelty Stop Selling our future to the oligarchs
This Resistance is not just an occasional demonstration This Resistance is now a way of Life
Our life’s work requires refreshment
Refresh My commitment to you … to the healing necessary is Poetry Emergency Services This is my way to join others
Sharing the words and inspirations of our poets believing our dream, becoming our best selves renewing our commitment to the struggle Langston Hughes in 1935 wrote:
Let America Be America Again Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death, The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies, We the people must redeem The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers The Mountains and the endless plain— All, all the stretch of these great green states— And make America again!
Reset We commit to deep connections with each other and the roots of our wisdom tradition: renewed insights and refreshed energy for the ongoing work of building vision, community and neighborliness.
From Wendell Berry’s Manifesto — Mad Farmer Liberation Front
Ask the questions that have no answers. Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest.
Prepare for a Life Committed to Justice, Equity, Beauty, and Community
Resist
Now — today, tomorrow, and November 10th
Resist. Plant sequoias. never give up. We will not surrender the Dream of a Better America
November 10th. Vote for Change — inspire 7 friends to vote, team up and drive others to Vote.
We the people must redeem the land.