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“My Name Is _________,
and I Am a Racist.”

by Sari

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This is my all-time favorite protest sign. Treat racism like COVID-19. Assume you have it. Change your behavior & don’t spread the disease. “Assume you have the disease and don’t spread it.” To do so, you have to change your behavior. You may be thinking: “But I’M not a racist.” Here’s the good/bad news. In this country, racism is something…

Living in Transformative Times

Posted on June 7, 2020

by Marion

Here we are in the midst of what Transition Town Media has been preparing for since 2009, although not for the reasons we anticipated. We were preparing for climate change, resource depletion and economic instability. Instead, we were blindsided by a global pandemic, racial justice protests that included excessive force from law inforcement on peaceful demonstrators, and a dysfunctional federal government—all occurring…

Local Business Stimulus

Posted on May 21, 2020

by Sari

One of the things that makes our community so great is how much people care: about the town, about its civic life, about each other. Something that makes Media stand out is its unique and friendly businesses, many of them owned and operated by people who live in or near Media. Transition Town Media‘s mission is to work at the community level to increase…

Collective Resilience

Posted on April 16, 2020

by Sari

Reflections on what we can learn from COVID-19, by Sari Steuber These are difficult times for many of us. Our hearts go out to those who have been stricken with the COVID-19 disease or have lost loved ones to it, to those who are struggling economically because of losing their incomes, and to those who are working long hours in…

2020 Vision for the Year

Posted on February 17, 2020

by Sari

Wow! Our Annual Planning Summit on February 1st, 2020 was even more exciting than we had hoped! Thirty-six intrepid souls, TTM members as well as some of our favorite partners, joined us for a day-long exercise in visioning and empowering each other to make a difference on our planet. It was a day of honoring those who have made our…