S.ToriAm I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.
MrAndrewD@MrAndrewD I was writing letters to the government to stop ignoring Long Covid but then I ran out of energy (ironically). In reality all I can do as little chips away at things rather than achieve concrete results on my own, but I did manage to get my building to put a bench in the foyer for people to sit on rather than the floor. A small win but a tangeable one!
@Torithom I watched a cycling advocacy video yesterday and one of the points they made is to avoid ",you vs the world".
Connect you to others with the similar issues and suddenly you have a community of people who politicians are going to find it much more difficult to ignore (vs ignoring an individual).
@MrAndrewD also are you able to share that video? I probably need to see it to keep my cycling rage in check
5 Mistakes That Kill Bike Advocacy (And How to Fix Them)
@Torithom It's a bit North American, but the key message about getting critical mass (pardon the pun) of transport reinvention is relevant globally
@MrAndrewD well it is disconcerting to see people riding on the other side but it seems pretty relevant to here, and ideas transferrable to other advocacy contexts too.