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IV. Do Your Part: Take Action in Your Own Life...
You may not be able to decrease the suffering taking place in another part of the world--but chances are that there are specific actions you can take in your day-to-day existence that will help in tangible ways. Most frequently, these actions will be economic, since it is through economic activity that we are most directly connected to global situations. But these actions can also be creative, and they can also be personal--having to do with the way we conduct our everyday lives.
9. Insist on keeping joy in your life
10. Don't fall victim to "CNN-ility"
11. Stay connected to your community (or get connected to one)
13. Find the connection between the crisis and your own life:
are you doing anything that contributes to the problem?
14. Vote with your dollars: boycotts (and girlcotts)
15. Vote with your dollars: give money where appropriate
29. Use your creativity: write poems, stories, or songs about the situation
30. Use your creativity: produce a play or street theatre
33. Use your creativity: design something (bumper stickers, T-shirts...)
40. Raise money
50. Share this resource, and add to it
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