Hello again.

It has been rough. I have thought about blogging the last month and a half, but I just couldn't bring myself to write about anything.

The elections results have been incredibly, incredibly devastating to me. The emotions have been that raw, and I'm surprised at myself for feeling so committed and so devastated.  This really is a first.  And I continue to live with a sort of dread of what is going to happen to this country in the coming years. When I look at the long list of policies this incoming administration has planned to do away with...I'm left speechless.

School lunches, women serving in the military, net neutrality, many policies around immigration--it's mind boggling.  Truly mind-blowing.  More to come on this later.

But today!! I celebrate coming back to this blog and I leave behind a message from our ED the morning after the election results rolled in.

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"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." MLK

This morning we have to have faith.

It would have been great to have 4 or 8 years of the easier part of the path... to be on cruise control towards justice....but like generations upon generations before us, moving forward will require our hard work.

And like generations before us, we will rise to the occasion, to create a better future for ourselves and for those who will come after us, even if that takes time. Even if for awhile we lose more than we win.

We did not misread the promise of our country. We did not misread the promise in ourselves. We are still in the long process of creating who we are. It is still ours to realize.

This morning we are still stronger together.

The only shot we have for resisting and moving forward is to come together with even more understanding and enthusiasm to fight for our common rights and welfare, and to take care of each other.

We are going to have to be smart and focused; look for opportunities at the local and state level; flex civil disobedience when necessary, but most important...we have to show up for each other.

This morning we can mourn, of course, but then we need to prepare to get ready to work.

Welcome to the long part of the arc. We are here together.