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| Dear Friends, I admit this week to being short on inspiration. This has, perhaps, in all these years, been the most difficult week yet. We saw Trump – clearly unwell, clearly unfit – leading the country and the world to the edge of destruction. Meanwhile, those closest to him, whether out of abject cowardice or a simple lust for power, chose (and continue to choose) to indulge Trump’s delusional narcissism rather than do what is necessary to stop a tyrant gone mad. These are dark times, indeed. When I find myself falling deep into the darkness, I look to those who have come before us, who have shown us a path toward courage, strength and hope. One of those who speaks most to my heart is Albert Camus, the philosopher who joined the French resistance during World War II. In his Letters to A German Friend, Camus wrote: And I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice. I don’t want any greatness for it, particularly a greatness born of blood and falsehood. I want to keep it alive by keeping justice alive. Even in these dark days when everything we love about America is being threatened and dirtied and blasphemed, I still hold onto the promise of what and who we can be, as a nation, as a country. I refuse to relinquish the promise of America. And the way we keep the promise alive is by fighting to keep justice alive. We meet the fight for justice where we find it. Sometimes it is at the State House. Sometimes it is in the streets. Sometimes it is at the ballot box. But wherever it is, I am forever grateful – especially during a week such as this – for each of you that fight to keep justice, and the promise of America, alive. Thank you. With eyes on the prize, Louise |
Kent Street Coalition 
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