The Compulsive Line Talker Let’s take a moment to open the imagination: Imagine the most annoyed teen smirk and brain-breaking eyeroll about your driving (not to mention the music station), your conversation with their grandmother, your merely waking up in the morning… But in this case, your complimenting a fellow shopper’s choice of salsa. MOOOOOMMMMM! Would you STOP talking to …
Yankee Doodle Dogsitter
Fireworks Fear This is Stephanie, celebrating my favorite holiday – July 4th. What’s not to love? Flags, friends, family, freedom, and fireworks – unless you’re a dog who doesn’t. Our Rudy, (pictured below looking tortured in her patriotic dress, ready for this year’s Yankee Doodle parade) would sleep through fireworks and thunder. Meanwhile, her daughter, Lucy, flinched and whimpered. We …
Engage Local
Show Up for Your Neighbors This week’s 60-second public and community service tip is to Save-the-Date! If you’re reading these newsletters and implementing any action steps, consider joining the VoteSharp team to learn about Principles First, a non-profit convening top political thinkers in a principles-based conversation. We tried to find a location close to State Line and easily accessible for both …
Translating Politics Into English
Stephanie feat. with All In Together This week’s service action is to listen and learn tips for making government more accessible. Join Stephanie TODAY (Tuesday, May 20) at NOON Central time over on Instagram LIVE. All In Together’s CEO Lauren Leader and I will be Translating Politics Into English on their HerNextSteps IG: Happy serving! Stephanie Sharp
Ding Dong Ditch…
A Positive Spin! You’ve heard of a Ding Dong Ditch – ringing a doorbell and running off. The advent of camera doorbells has ruined some of the anonymity of it and ruins the fun for those with ill intent, but the best DDD holiday is coming up – MAY DAY! It doesn’t take much – any paper – colored construction …
The Bunnyfication of Easter
The Reason for the Season Walking down the seasonal aisles at your local grocery store in search of Easter basket fillers or decor is akin to a bunny farm with a pastel rainbow Instagram filter. Wherein we combine unpopular opinions of holiday avatars with solemn religious practices… Serve your neighbors by recognizing their religious holidays. Even if you believe something …
Time, Talent, Treasure:
Service Looks Different for Everyone! We work with a lot of groups on how best to engage with elected officials. This tip resonates because everyone has either time, talent, or treasure that can be repurposed to help someone around them. Let’s use recent events to highlight government overreach as an example – and then overlay with how elected officials can …
Block Booster: Be the Resource
This week’s advice is what we’ve told candidates and incumbents for years – AND there’s a lot of space for it right now – be a resource for neighbors to build community right where they are. EVERYONE is trying so hard right now to combat the epidemic of loneliness, isolation, and division. How can YOU serve? Be a resource – share local …
Hackman Horror
In case you’ve been careening down a doom loop of calamitous economic obsession, bureaucratic blowups, and global order meltdown, there was big story you may have missed that hits all of us very close to home. Gene Hackman was 95 and suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease. We don’t know how bad he had become, but with his age, he likely needed …
News Hack
There’s a lot of consternation about where to find the most accurate sources of news. Then, when you do find articles which pique your interest, they’re behind a paywall. This week’s act of service is to share a news hack shared with us a few weeks ago… Copy the URL of the article you want to read and this website cuts through most website paywalls to …