Maybe your spot is keeping your local school board out of the hands of bigots or organizing people to advocate for climate policy or providing tech services to a local candidate's campaign. Maybe it's writing postcards to voters or phone banking or doing jail support. Pick something. Anything.
Don't let it be the only thing you do, but have something that is concrete and specific that you can go work on when you're feeling despair that isn't doomposting! It is critical for not succumbing to the despair!
It is hard as hell to keep going after seeing every effort fail.
I've led voter drives. I've been involved in the Cirt Councils and School Boards of numerous districts. I've knocked on doors. All in Texas, where the state always seems like maybe, this time, we can make some headway.
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