Michelle Lasley:
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Well, I made a mistake.
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I thought I had scheduled the 2022 Chinese
New Year forecast for today, but I didn't.
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I scheduled it for next week.
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And since I keep forgetting to write
to my sub stack, I thought I would come
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on here and just say, It's Wednesday
and how are you doing in the world?
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How are you showing up in the world?
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I am really curious about what's going
to happen in this upcoming election.
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If you haven't been here in a while, I get
to work in child care and I work to build
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power by bringing parents and providers
together so that we can demand the child
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care system that we know we deserve.
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One where there's affordability
and accessibility for all parents,
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where all providers are thriving.
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And In order to do that, we know
that the system is set up on racist
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and sexist policies embedded for
hundreds and even thousands of years
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of bias and rules and things and
we have a lot to do to break that.
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So, we want our new system
to be based on a new route.
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anti racist, anti sexist, anti classist.
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And that takes a lot of work, and
it takes a lot of conversations.
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And one way we can show
our values is when we vote.
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And it's never perfect.
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No single candidate will ever represent
all of what is important to us.
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And there's a piece of understanding that
the United States government reinforces,
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for example, the two party system.
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The majority party is the one
who gets to set the agenda.
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And so a lot of times you're doing a power
analysis to see which elected officials
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are more amenable to your issues and
then choosing them, not because they're
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the greatest human, but because they
align closer to the values you hold dear.
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And then it is our job to hold
them accountable to either
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what they said, what we need.
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and certainly what we're striving for.
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So yesterday September 17th was
National Voter Registration Day.
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It's not too late.
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Check your voter registration.
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I'll put a link in the comments.
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And then I want you to
share it with five friends.
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And let's get bolder about
talking about our values.
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I've been talking for many years now
about the importance of how we have to
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have conversations with one another.
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And we have to really reach out
and listen, especially when we're
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talking to somebody and they're
sharing a piece of their story that
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We think they should just get over.
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This is hard.
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I certainly am not a prime example of that
when maybe it comes to my husband, right?
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Definitely want people to work
on their healing journeys.
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And then when we're looking at the
wider systemic challenges in our world,
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if you're feeling triggered, like
somebody should just get over a thing.
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That is your invitation to
step back and listen more.
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So let's listen more.
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Let's talk about our values and let's
make sure that we are working to elect
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people who closely align with our values
so that we can really build the world
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that we want, where our families can
thrive, where we have bodily autonomy,
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and where we can walk in any place
without fear because of the identity
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that we Have a great Wednesday and
I will see you on the other side.
