work for social justice

is to post things on my FB profile. It seems too easy in a way, but also it is potentially reaching 200+ people, and some of the things I’ve posted, other people have reposted, so it’s a great way to get the word out. I’m currently putting a lot of articles about our health care system and calls for action.

One caught my eye that a couple of friends are doing, ‘16 Days of Protest Against Gender Violence’.

On this day of your life, dear friend, I believe God wants you to know…

....that you best serve humanity by getting out of the
coffee shop and the bookstore and into the street.

The world awaits your contribution; your city, your
town, your neighbor, your friend awaits that help
from you that will make everything easier. There is
more that you can do than you know. Just get out
there and look for it.

Of course, you already know that life is not about
what comes to you, but what comes through you.
So now decide to make this the year that this idea
manifests itself at the highest level ever.

I did some volunteer work for Moveon. I went with a small group of people to the 61st Street Farmer’s Market, and gathered signatures from people and took pictures of people holding up a sign that said “I stand by Barack Obama on (health care, ending the Iraq war, etc.).. Whatever issue they felt was important to them.

We were asked to stop (nicely) by the program manager because there we weren’t supposed to do political work on the market grounds, but people asked us if they could go outside with us and sign the petition and get their picture taken.

It turned out to be a fun day. I look forward to doing more volunteering.