
“Black Vote, Black Power,” a collaboration between Keith Boykin and Word In Black,
examines the issues and what’s at stake for Black America.
There’s so much going on right now that it’s impossible to keep track of it all, and that’s the point. They want us to be overwhelmed so we can’t keep up or fight back, but today, I want to give you 10 action steps you can take to stay engaged, make a difference, and protect your peace.
The new administration is breaking laws and pushing boundaries in a desperate attempt to remove the guardrails that protect democracy, weaponize government, repeal civil rights laws, erase Black history, platform billionaires, open up a concentration camp at Guantanamo, revoke LGBT rights, disrupt vital government programs, purge government workers, pardon an army of militant insurrectionists, endanger the lives of former government officials, fire government watchdogs, and threaten Mexico, Canada, Greenland, Colombia, and Panama.
And we’ve only just begun. So what are we going to do about it?
I spent four years covering the previous Trump administration as a political commentator for CNN, and it was exhausting. Nearly every day, there was a reckless tweet, an unvetted announcement, or a new law or norm broken. What I learned is that Trump is a chaos agent who needs as many distractions as possible to stay in power.
So here are 10 action steps we can take to stay focused, not just to survive the next four years, but to win the future.
Keywords: Strategic planning, Action steps, Future goals, Navigating change, Effective strategies
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