April 25, 2017
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Comments Off on People’s Climate March Signs: Days 14-25
For Days 14 through 25 of 28 brainstorming signs for the People’s Climate March, I tried to focus especially on the self-reinforcing cycles and feedback loops of climate change. The tendency of climate change to reinforce itself once it gets … Continue reading
April 22, 2017
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Comments Off on March for Science/ Happy Earth Day
Wow, I’ve been watching the speeches from the DC March for Science this morning, and it’s truly inspirational. Bi-partisan, positive, and actionable. It’s streaming on facebook (Washington post) and on DemocracyNow. I’m sure you can also go back and watch … Continue reading
April 21, 2017
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Once I got started thinking of signs for the People’s Climate March, I began to feel remiss that I wasn’t doing anything for the March for Science (this Saturday, 4/22). I find this one a little trickier– since, as one … Continue reading
April 19, 2017
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Comments Off on Climate March Signs: Days 7-13
Below (on website for email subscribers) are the concepts for 7-12 of 28 days brainstorming sign ideas for the People’s Climate March. I wish I could say that I was running out of ideas… This batch of signs is focused … Continue reading
April 13, 2017
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Comments Off on Signs for the People’s Climate March: Days 1-6
One of the ironies of my sign brainstorming project for the Women’s March was that in an effort to cover the many different reasons for that protest, I really didn’t have time to get deep into developing signs or postcards … Continue reading
March 1, 2017
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Yesterday I attended my local #ResistTrumpTuesday action in front of my Senator’s Los Angeles office. It sounds noble, but I live 2 blocks from the corner where we go to protest, so it’s an easy lunchtime break from work. Because … Continue reading
February 25, 2017
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Comments Off on More Buildings (Closer Together) = Fewer Cars
I’m taking a quick break from resisting our national political situation to focus on some local, Los Angeles-based issues. Though I don’t tend to write about it much here on the blog, I have my master’s degree in City Planning, and … Continue reading
February 13, 2017
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Comments Off on Postcards for Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Last night I finally got around to watching Ava DuVernay’s film 13th on Netflix. It chronicles the rise of mass incarceration in the United States since the 1960s, and makes the argument that the the “except for punishment of a … Continue reading
January 26, 2017
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Comments Off on 1.25.17 Build Bridges Not Walls
Today Donald Trump signed Executive Orders to “build the wall,” and to step up deportations. He is contemplating action to ban Syrian refugees seeking asylum here. Each of these actions infuriates me. The Wall I’ve addressed here. The deportations here. … Continue reading
January 23, 2017
by cablackmar@yahoo.com
Comments Off on 10 Actions for 100 Days, Action 1: Postcards
I’m excited that the brilliant Women’s March organizers are continuing the momentum we experienced on Saturday with a “10 Actions in 100 Days” campaign. The first action is “Sending a Postcard to your Representative.” The campaign has printable postcards, or … Continue reading