If there was ever a time to step up… it's now.

It’s time to get our hands dirty and our souls engaged.

It’s time to become educated.

It's time to not put all our hopes and dreams into the hands of one person, let alone our fears or future.

Finally, we must learn how to take action. We have no choice; Donald Trump is our president. It is not okay to just check out or flee.

Instead of fear, fury, and denial, I am requesting that you RISE UP. Let us all RISE UP.

I do not want a divided nation. I do not want to leave my country. I do not want to lose my rights as a female.

Nor can I accept an all out attack (and denial of rights) on my family and friends of different ethnicity, religions, and sexuality.

I cannot accept being paid less for the same work as my male colleagues.

And lastly, I cannot accept the steady, relentless destruction of beautiful Mother Earth.

So what do I want? I want the social and environmental progress of the last decade, to not be in vain.

In simple words, I want to have a voice.

Let us use our voices and energy, not just on social media... BUT OUT THERE, in the real world. Let us volunteer, protest, speak up, and be the change that we need to see in this world.

Instead of feeling defeated and helpless, I am choosing to RISE UP, take action, listen, and hopefully collaborate with those who hold opposing views, whatever it takes.

I shall leave you with this quote from a great leader:

“It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

Peace, love, light, & requesting that you RISE UP with me, my loves.

-e.e.