Lightworkers

I posed that question to fifty-two people I respect and they immediately understood what I meant. They acknowledged our country has been taken over by fascists. Our democracy is being disassembled.  Forces from a formerly disenfranchised, but aggressive minority are destroying every aspect of decency and the rule of law. 

 

I posed ten questions to a diverse and dynamic group of American citizens who I considered positive forces and recognized them as LIGHTWORKERS I first asked what constitutes “activism” and followed with “what can you do?”  I was interested in how “good people” lived their lives.  I asked how people  became who they were.  I asked what is courage, empathy and joy.  I approached these questions from a socio-historic perspective that I thought would be the best context for my audience, but who was I trying to reach?

 

Despite my desire for inclusivity, I knew I could not reach everyone, but I wanted to reach the widest swath of Americana that was possible.  I decided to focus on the voting public, particularly those who might shift the balance of power in the congress… those voting in the midterms. 

 

As I have never been active in party politics I was flying blind.  I tried to use my ignorance as a springboard for an educational exercise.  This was a journey.  I would use the very tools I was trying to examine, particularly the “kindness of strangers.”  As in GOOD MEN, I interviewed fifty citizens I identified as “do-gooders,”people who lived their lives prioritizing helping others… people who saw themselves as part of a social order they felt an allegiance to.  I call them LIGHTWORKERS.  This is the story of my journey.