As parents, we know better than most that just because something’s damaged, doesn’t make it useless. So when Zane from Cannador mentioned that he had a perfectly good unit sitting in his warehouse wit…
With Love in our Hearts: Happy Valentine’s Day
Image by: Sierra Rivers Hollister Happy Valentine’s Day, Splimm community! Shower the world with your love, love, love! …
This Cynical, Petrified Heart: Marching in Montpelier
By Nathaniel Miller, Northfield, VT We took our just-4-yr-old to the Women’s March in Montpelier. He carried a sign that said “We are the Storm” on one side and “This is…
May It Be So: Women’s March, Faith & Intersectional Feminism
By Rev. Courtney Stange-Tregear, Seattle, WA I will remember it as a glorious, exhilarating, dreadful kind of day. The kind of experience that defies categorization. I was thrilled to be there and hon…
How Are You Feeling?: Post Inauguration Reflections
By Myra Sessions, Boston, MA How have I been feeling since the inauguration of Donald Trump to our highest office? It’s complicated. I feel angry that our most sacred values are being violated.…
Photos from the Women’s March in Denver
Photos of the Denver Women’s March, taken by Barry Lauder. Signs and people line the streets. And if you don’t have one, maybe be quiet and listen? Everyone gets involved. Ground level. &n…
I Had to Show Up: Intergenerational Action in Baltimore
By Kimberlee Reiter Swift, Baltimore, MD When I woke up to the news that Donald Trump would be our next president I, along with millions of my fellow Americans sobbed. I felt fear, anger, confu…
Boston Will March
By Nichole Gregg, Boston, MA The sound of beating hearts has pulled me from my slumber, a once sweet slumber now bitter and encumbered by the rhetoric of the right, a growing parasite, who use the spo…
A First Protest: Women’s March on Washington
Rani Wilder, Baltimore, MD This was my first protest march ever and I knew I had to do this, to be with like minded women who believed in basic human decency. It was truly a wonderful and eye-opening …
Compassion, Conversation & Action
By Samantha Montanaro, Portland, OR The Women’s March was one of the most powerful experiences of my life. Knowing that at on the same day millions of people all around the world on EVERY…