This is the Time (2/2/26)

This is the time. Not someday. Not when it’s more convenient or more comfortable. This moment is asking something of each of us, and we don’t get to sit it out. Across the country, people are stepping into that call with courage and resolve, nowhere more visibly than in Minnesota, where communities are showing up, standing together, and refusing to be silent in the face of injustice. It is a reminder that bravery is not abstract. It is lived, daily, by ordinary people who decide to act.

If there’s a protest, go. If there’s a boycott, honor it. If a musician writes a song that names the truth, let it move you, and then move your feet. History doesn’t turn on grand gestures alone; it turns when regular people decide they will no longer look away.

Everyone has something to give. If you’re an artist, create. If you’re a writer, write the letter, send it to the editor, post it, make it impossible to ignore. If you draw, make signs your friends and neighbors can carry. This is how we rise to the moment: not by waiting to be perfect, but by being brave.

And if you’re a postcarder, know this: what we do matters. There are active campaigns right now on Postcards For Democracy and Postcards To Voters. Writing postcards is doing something. Showing up to daily memorials for Renee Nicole Good or Alex Pretti is doing something. Taking to the streets in peaceful protest when grassroots organizations put out the call is doing something. Calling your elected officials, again and again, until the phone lines melt, is doing something.

Joining the MFD 2026 Giving Circle for Arizona and Pennsylvania is another way we act together. Matching funds are still available, and however you’re able to participate, any amount, at any level, you are part of a collective effort to strengthen democracy where it will be won or lost. When we show up as a community, our impact multiplies. This is what shared commitment looks like.

This is how change happens: when we take care of one another and refuse to disappear. When we keep showing up, together, even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard.