PRIN(IPIET TO GUIDE FAMILY A(TIVI'AA ll v earnest involvement in family activism, even though I lilito"'t identify it as such, began when I was twenty-six years rrlrl 'l'hat is when I decided to consciously apply my knowledge rrlrnrl communication and organizing to make my family more r llr.r l, rrurturing, and mutually supportive, including my networks ,,1 lricrrrls and colleagues whom I also considered as family' My llrrrrrpilrt was to strengthen my immediate community so we could l,r, rrron, available to create positive change in our society. During llrlrrr, yr',u's, there was no articulated idea of family activism, just a lurr,llrrl of friends believing that a better world somehow begins wtllr lrr,,rltlricr families, so we just learned from our doing. Now, as I rr,lllr I ott my activism thirty years later, I recognize that I was r r r
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