digging for answers

The one constant that I continually come up against, as I'm diving into activism and local politics, is how little I know.

Truly. I know almost nothing.

Actually, I knew almost nothing. The learning curve to all this can be fast and steep when necessary. And in times like this, expanding bandwidth and knowledge should be mandatory.

Sadly, it isn't. Even while countless people watch MSNBC and write angry posts on Facebook, not  nearly as many are voting in primaries, coming out to protests and/or meetings, or educating themselves about how to make change happen.

Change can happen. But it'll take initiative and involvement.

I'm finding too, as I delve in, that I have tons of questions about how things work. Local politics is messy and often confusing, with much happening behind closed doors. I'm  thinking, from this vantage point, it's because not many actually pay attention or care. But, perhaps by putting info out into the world, more people will ask questions, get interested, and start participating.

One can hope.

Ben Yee and I put out our first Real Politics: The Show video up on youtube last week. We'll keep making and posting them and perhaps will make a tiny dent:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=66Eodds31v0

I'm also hoping that we can slightly up production value, not shoot at such an unflattering angle, and perhaps manage to not have tree branches shooting up out of my head.