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Here are some examples of extraordinary actions:
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#1 EMBRACE YOUR POWER.
We so often view ourselves as powerless in an overwhelming world but we are all POWERFUL.
For example: Every decision we make with our money has power: at home and on vacation. Supporting businesses that align with your values while choosing to not support the ones that do not is using your POWER.
Choosing to go to Lowe!s rather than Home Depot, Michaels instead of Hobby Lobby and Canes instead of Chick-fil-A can easily become second nature.
And yes, your $5.95 Chick-fil-A Sandwich Combo does add to the money used to attack the LGBTQIA+ community.
Using your power with purpose is EXTRAORDINARY!
#2 CHANGE YOUR MIND AND CHANGE THE WORLD.
We so often view change as something complicated when a simple shift in thinking or perspective leads to change in actions.
For example: Stop thinking of activism and allyship as difficult and something you only use when you vote. Think of it as something that needs to be done daily and incorporate it into your life and not added to an overflowing list that never gets checked off. One daily action to consider is understanding, respecting and using pronouns regularly will normalize this for you and others. Stop thinking because your pronouns might be obvious that it’s not important. In that instance it is even more important and an extraordinary act for someone who is often misgendered.
Shifting your thinking is EXTRAORDINARY!
#3 GET OUT OF YOUR BUBBLE.
Venturing outside your bubble can be as simple as knowing about current events that may not directly affect you.
For example: It is not difficult to know something about the persistent attacks targeting the LGBTQIA+ Community. It is all over national news (print and video) and social media. You don!t have to be a subject matter expert, politician or legal expert to understand that restricting a human being's civil rights is wrong.
When you live in a bubble, surrounded by a world that looks the same in every direction, you become oblivious to the outside world.
When you look beyond your bubble, it’s not just problems that you will find, you will also find solutions.
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