Today I am sharing the first six stories I've received. I hope these first six lead others to share similar moments, which I know most all of us in the community experience. Finding others who remind us we are not alone in our thinking or actions. Recognizing the care we actually have for each other. … Continue reading Update: Stories from 100 Evanston Stories
Category: Thinking out loud
My Hands Off! moment for 100 Evanston stories – navigating through Trumpism
I did not plan to write this story/post. But the moment filled my heart, and head. I'm using the question prompts from the 100 Evanston Stories Project - Navigating Though Trumpism to tell the story and what it means to me: How deeply you feel community when it is visible. I wrote more than is … Continue reading My Hands Off! moment for 100 Evanston stories – navigating through Trumpism
Working multiple tracks to hold light for others
An acquaintance of mine, educator and higher ed leader Suzanne Wilson Summers, posted a comment on LinkedIn to an article calling on us all to remember history and to heed current calls for action. Her comment struck me at a moment when I was questioning my own current strategy of action. ""As a historian," Suzanne … Continue reading Working multiple tracks to hold light for others
Small actions, crossing small Rubicons and visibility
One of the items on my initial 2025 actions list - helping produce a newsletter for the complex I live in - came to life this past week. I also crossed a (small) Rubicon by submitting a letter-to-the-editor to the local Evanston newspaper. The letter (unpublished as of today - but I share it at … Continue reading Small actions, crossing small Rubicons and visibility
Jeff Merrell 