Original Title: Change This! My Wish List for Accomplishing the Changes We Need By Gramma Willi
Note: I am re-posting this because someone deleted the old one.
It is wonderful to have a chance to reach you. I am known in some circles as a legendary activist. This means that many of you will not have heard of me; to those who have, I pray that you find good ways to share truths, good analysis and facts with the next generation of legendary activists.
Here's my wish list for accomplishing the changes we need:
1. Find a way to value the contributions of legendary activists. It is not enough to solicit our ideas and opinions and simply run away with them, to apply without the benefit of proper context and analysis. Activists are not enemies - they tend to be wise, giving and in need of a thank you every so often... a nice contract now and again would be even better.
2. Place the long term health of the people and the natural environment that we depend on at the top of all priority lists. Long term means the next 7 generations.
3. Always plan for peace - including economic plans. We have to get away from war economies.
4. Move away from reliance on fulltime staff as decision makers for social institutions. They poison social programs because their main priority becomes their personal financial health and not the success of the programs. The best staff will include putting themselves out of a job as their main priority, because this will mean that the goals have been accomplished. The best staff will never undermine volunteer Boards of Directors or Citizen Task Forces.
5. Fire the architects of the failed economic system and their cronies. Replace them with the people who have been predicting the collapse and offer well-thought out constructs for designing our emerging social economy.
6. Find ways to value legendary activists - you will find the best friends of humanity among their number.
All My Relations, Gramma Willi
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