Laura Connealy
Librarian, crayon and tissue paper artist, environmental advocate, tango dancer, live music follower, Aptera enthusiast ,student of freedom, enlightenment and community.
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- Reposted by Laura ConnealyYou've marched, you've rallied, you've donated, you've boycotted. Now what? Join us at the Neighbors for Change Civic Action Fair for tools to create sustainable change. Register and join us on Saturday, Feb. 7th, for this free event with the link below: neighborsforshange.eventbrite.com
- robertreich.substack.com/p/what-are-h... —Also a woman temporarily blocking traffic and trying to leave…😢😭🌹
- Freedom of Speech is not a firehose of digital information. Freedom of speech is a ‘fair-flowing fountain’ , to borrow a phrase from Euripides . Its justification is of quality, not quantity. The qualities are truth and risk.” — Timothy Snyder in Freedom p. 190 #freedomofspeech #timothysnyder
- “There can be no virtue without freedom, and no peace without justice.” —Frederick Douglass 1859. “The Habeas Corpus secures every man here, alien or citizen, against everything which is not law, whatever shape it may assume.” –Thomas Jefferson
- I’m loving this Bill Mckibben book about the rapid growth of solar power. With Xmas coming, someone should rewrite the story w/Trump as Scrooge and the ghosts scolding him about Climate Change and Solar Salvation! #ScroogeTrump, #solar, #Xmas, #Climatechange, #billmckibben
- www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/sna... Let’s do it right in PDX And don’t let our neighbors go hungry…Thank you so much, Heretic Coffee!
- Dark Money at its darkest, in our very own Whitehouse.
- Hate Speech should not be protected under “freedom of speech” . It only protects the bully and allows intimidation . The democratic “ right to assemble” and freedom to come to a consensus, is what the work of democracy is about. One is about interaction and creation, the other is about creating fear
- www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c... A tipping point refers to irreversible, catastrophic changes to our life system on earth.
- With the #portlandfrog having a moment, I thought this might be a good time to share this frog #storyteller from Albuquerque, New Mexico!
- Catching the Moon…
- youtu.be/x1btBm-081A This description of what we are going through seems to me to be the clearest with implications for what we can do now.
- www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... Ketanji “Lovely One” will be MCL’s “Everybody Reads” Choice! Pivotal: perfect timing
- faithandleadership.com/shane-lopez-... I was intrigued by this article on hope and its role in creating resilience for beginning again.
- Hiawatha Peacemaker Told his vision To All 5 Nations: Trade goods, not Arrows. but the Twisted Tadodaho loved lawlessness and revenge, hair writhing with snakes spitting venom. Only the unity of 14 Chiefs would subdue him, Comb his hair, Free his mind of greed to keep the fire Teaching Peace.
- Focus on Love and Peace. Do not give them Bait for their hate! #peace #love #defenddemocracy #defendportland
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- Sun-Day in Portland! I especially loved the River Spirit puppet which reminds me of Miyazaki’s Spirited Away. The speaker shown is Jeff Merkley. #Sun-day, #pdx, #billmckibben, #solarpower, #3rdact, #jeffmerkley
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- The North Star To go, when you don’t know The circuitous path Needs a sign Because all you have and known Is where you are So then you go and Look to The North Star! Only with Courage Can your heart move so far As far as to Hope.
