Repost of Standing in the Gap, aka Brolly Lady, as the Empathy-Building Part of Project Do Better

Everyone can learn to stop hiding under the table, given the right tools…

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

    This narrative short, which I neglected to mention is nonfiction, at first, will be part of an autobiographical short short anthology I am releasing later this year.   I was stunned at the reception this one got, and even more surprised to find, a few months ago, that it has been republished (yes, my name is credited, but it is incorrectly labeled as fiction) by an online magazine, entirely without my knowledge.  I hope that this short short inspires others to stand together, to protect one another, and to help build more empathy in this world.  Empathy building is the ongoing part of Project Do Better that runs concurrently with all four phases of this project.  Please share widely. 

   …  Memories of a “Brolly Lady” …

—

     There it was again.  I knew that sound.

 

“Oy, they’re having a fight down there!”

 

     That was…

View original post 1,132 more words

By DestinieShira

Shira Destinie Jones Booth Hall Porter Faxio Mayo Manzilla West, author of the Community and 4 Freedoms blog, is a published academic and community author and an aspiring Historical Fantasy novelist. She has also been a community organizer, Voluntary Simplicity adherent, RankedChoiceVoting advocate, and educator. She is still working to build strong Public Domain social Infrastructure (#PublicDomainInfrastructure), and welcomes others to join in this work: 1.) Public Transportation, 2.) Public Libraries, 3.) ProBono Legal & Consumer Education particularly around housing issues, & 4.) Universal Health Care. She believes that our Public Domain social Infrastructure, starting with these four key parts, need to be under girded by adopting a Universal Basic Income, possibly supplemented by a Federal Jobs Guarantee. She has organized community events such as film discussions, multi-ethnic song events and cooperative presentations in her native city of Washington, DC and abroad.

Design a site like this with WordPress.com
Get started