Today, as I was leaving the Building Change conference, a young person stopped me, and said they recognized me from the Bloomfield Homophobia Rally. That, they have been reading my blog, and while some of the comments had become quite attacking, they really valued how I had had kept an open mind and even welcomed different perspectives. This allowed everyone’s voices into the mix. Few things could have meant more to me today that this comment. An activist friend has said to me that she is always surprised: that just when it loks like someone has pushed way over the line enough that some people would give up, I always seem to find some way to see it asll in a new light and see things to learn, no matter how contentious the discussion has become. For me, these two sentiments are connected. Blogging has been a real gift to myself. It has allowed me a voice and an ability to speak out, and it has always given me a window with which to look inward too. It just sems to make it all the more worthwhile when a blog reader appreciates  the results of the hard work.

I love blogging, and while some folks in social media believe that blogging is going to fall away as a tool for communication, I think just the opposite. I think blogging will increase and it will be an essential tool in the growing uprising against anything that stops the Social Justice movement from advancing.

Thanks for reading!