Just a little (link) love: in Memory of RBG edition
September 24, 2020
If you’d like to join me in helping Lakota families and/or rural libraries this year, please read this post. Over 6 weeks in 2019, we raised $2669.94 for the Lakota families, touching 27 lives. What can we do in 2020?
Current total: Lakota, $1,816.35; Rural libraries, $321.62.
I hate that Ruth Bader Ginsberg has passed, and I hate that she cannot be mourned simply for the powerhouse for rights that she was.
Instead her memory is coinciding with fear: fear for the loss of rights when she’s replaced on SCOTUS, fear for the loss of the ACA, fear that the 45 will put in another disastrous pick that will determine the election. There’s just too much to worry about in the wake of her loss, and it feels impossible to simply mourn and honor her memory.
And this: “The current state of the Senate has come to this: Senators can’t even agree on a nonbinding resolution to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life, despite bipartisan praise for the late Supreme Court justice.”
I need to take a moment to honor what she fought for. Tribute: The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and WRP Staff
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s army of clerks to stand guard at the Supreme Court: “Besides her family and written opinions, Ginsburg’s clerks are her most lasting legacy. They began their tenures as young inexperienced lawyers and emerged with unparalleled legal credentials that will mark their resumes for a lifetime: Supreme Court clerk.”
Some of you may want to see the piece that Justice Ginsburg and Rabbi Holtzblatt (who officiated today) wrote together on the heroic and visionary women of Passover. The ones who resisted tyranny, at great risk, to fight for the most vulnerable. https://t.co/c1YUqcBEDH
— Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (@TheRaDR) September 24, 2020
and here: Jewish tradition calls on the rest of us to act in Ginsburg’s memory
Which leads me to Nicole and Maggie’s call to action.
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Done by Forty: FIRE Buys You Class…Whether You Want it or Not
Done By Forty again with a whole bunch of reasons America is depressing: The justice we choose.
Chuck Feeney, former billionaire, has finally given all his money away. I find it interesting that he actually stuck to his intention to give it all away during his lifetime and how the fellow billionaires who applaud him haven’t made anything like a dent in their fortunes.
A good recommendation for seeking mental health support right now, and useful resources from Abby here.
RBG: Equality
