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A true village requires a level of sacrifice: If you want a village, you have to be willing to act as a villager. That means accepting duties to others that feel compelling not because we’ve opted in, but because we’re bound by something messier than choice — blood, history, proximity, need.
– Anonymous
Dear Reader,
I wish Dot had been more careful when first jotting down today’s quote to include who said it, because I would like to give appropriate credit for the wisdom (my super-sleuth copyeditor Laura discovered a reference to Dawn McSweeney, who ostensibly popularized this sentiment in her newsletter McSweeney’s List. Building a community or “true village,” she insisted, requires intentional showing up, participation, and personal boundaries).
This notion speaks to Dot’s conviction that we must come together and navigate this rapidly changing world together. If we want a village — loneliness is not just miserable, it’s deadly — we must act as villagers: tending to each other, supporting each other, celebrating with each other.
Communally,
Dot
Cultivating support is crucial. Try Climate Cafés, the Climate Psychology Alliance, Climate Awakening, Climate Psychiatry Alliance, the Work That Reconnects Network, Climate Critical Earth (focusing largely on support for BIPOC), and the Good Grief Network, which operates something like a 12-step group.
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