Mastodawn

Just to add more context (too cryptic above): this comes from being thrown into rather a lot of work in our #Eastbourne Green Party exec (only just formed), because of gov decision to hold May local elections after all. We now have to organise candidates, a campaign, leafletting, etc etc.

A certain person (who I live with) remarked: “Now there is a thankless task!”

And yes, it is. But some people do this work.

Pauline von Hellermann Feb 20

Thinking about “civicmindedness”:
thinking and acting beyond your private life and work. Protesting, volunteering, participating in local politics, etc.

How some people have it and others don’t. How our whole Western individualist value system (more so now than even 30 years ago) works to erode it, but how important it actually is, in a deep, psychological way even. We are all part of communities and need to feel it.

(feeling local election U-turn! #GreenParty)

#CivicMindedness #Personhood