Such a timely and beautifully written, pragmatic, actionable and real article. I am with you Kristin, lead on! I highlighted this sentence to confront myself for a tendency I observe in myself to wavier in my optimism about my involvement in solution and sometimes a tendency toward a fatalistic attitude. Light a candle, do my part. If we are going to have a change there is not a “them” — there is “us” and I own my part in “us”. Period.