Easy Action For Busy Families - April

Transform despair into overwhelm - one little step at a time

Hey friends!

This April we embrace hope & mischief, building a better future together. I’ve got SUPER EASY QUICK ACTIONS FOR YOU.

But first! - a quick question

Is my work just kinda shitty?

You know when your cousin whines about her failing photography business - “No one will hire me to photograph their wedding! I can’t understand why!!!”

But you know why. It’s because she’s a terrible photographer. But she’s just so bad, she can’t tell she is terrible at her job.

If you don’t care, just do the quick actions. Otherwise - I would really love your feedback below.

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This month’s 1-Minute Actions include:

• 5-second petitions on protecting neurodivergent & LGBTQiA2S+ kids, securing affordable housing, and saving the planet

• Free 1-hour workshops on back-yard biodiversity, bystander intervention for youth, and chill parenting

• Support groups for community caregivers (that’s you) and BIPOC adults.

• Advocacy letter templates to ward off Labor Vampires

• Progress & good news!

You are smart and strong and powerful, and you can find one action here that will make a big impact.

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Halp - I’m trying to find out if I’m just… bad at this?

Honestly I would love it if you got brutally honest about how none of what I’m doing is helpful or impactful. I’d free up over 40 hours every week, and I can stop paying so much for hosting, software, tedious nonsense like that.

No more threats and haters and trolls and people who keep appropriating my work. I could hang out with my kids and putter in the garden! I could take weekends off!

No matter how you answer - I still like you and will support the work you’re doing.

(If you’re feeling the compulsion to reply and be like “How dare you feel unappreciated and expect payment for your labor - this makes you a whiny person who sucks!” YES, I already know that! Please don’t bother.)

No judgement, I just need honest data to inform my next moves.

Okay thanks for reciprocating with your honest feedback.

Back to the thing where I give you stuff, tell you how great you are, and send you on your way!

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Coming up next

I’ve been working on a new toolkit for Arab American Heritage month, but I’ve got about 500 resources to vet and I got sidetracked by way too many IRL advocacy projects - so it probably won’t be ready by next week. Thank you for your patience!

But I will be restarting our annual Spring Listening sessions - to find out what challenges you’re facing as a parent in advocacy, what tools you need from me, and how I can help.

with you,

Ashia

PS: We lost 4 paid subscribers this month (which is about the average). Not sure why. Please do tell so I can stop messing up!

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