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Stand Indivisible is an action-oriented, non-partisan social progress organization based in Scottsdale. We are affiliated with the national Indivisible organization. Visit our website at www.standindivisibleaz.org.

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Our newest Substack piece: Love Letter to Democracy: Is Voting Your Values Really the Best Strategy? Please share … There’s a lot of talk about voting our values in the midterms. But is that really a good strategy when the stakes are so high?How we vote has become an outward expression of our values. Whom we visibly support and whom we say that we voted for (impossible to verify) provide signals to other people about who we are and what we believe in.We wear t-shirts and hats and wave signs and banners proclaiming our values. We want people to know where we stand. We hand out voting guides and talking points and post on social media. We want people to feel like we do.We see all of this as values-based. Others see it as politics.But is it? Has everything that we do, say or want these days become political?Values are built on concepts like compassion and equality. They help shape our political views through our beliefs about what is right and wrong, important and fair. Culture, upbringing and life experiences work together to create our personal vision of what we’d like the world to be.Conversely, politics is a structural system that is used to organize society and power. Ideally it involves negotiating and compromise. The resulting policies can change with every election. They almost always do.There is no ‘one size fits all’ set of values for any group but progressives, in general, believe in foundational values such as empathy, equality and fairness, and particularly in justice. There is nothing extremist about any of those principles. It is not ‘extreme’ to want to feed hungry children. It is not ‘radical’ to want affordable healthcare for all. It is not ‘socialism’ when a government creates safety nets for older Americans and Veterans. And it is definitely not ‘communism’ when citizens expect to receive services or benefits in return for the taxes they pay.These values are also tenets of most religious belief systems. Why? Because they focus on people. Not politics. Not profits. Not partisan promises or policies. People. People who work long hours to keep our economy strong, serve to keep our country safe, and fight equally for the rights of all citizens to keep our republic united.Modern progressives envision a country in which no one goes hungry. They will feed 100 people in fear that one of them may otherwise starve. Today’s Republicans will opt to starve 100 people in fear that one of them might not deserve food or assistance.That represents a fundamental difference in values. It is also where politics can force people with similar values to diverge. Tribalism often puts politics into conflict with personal values.And that is what needs to change.We must align our beliefs with our actions when we fill out our ballot this fall. That is what voting our values means: choosing principles over people; compassion over charisma.A vote is not a valentine. It is a strategic chess move for the world that we want to see. We do not get there all at once. It takes a series of smaller moves to realize the vision.The smallest yet most important of those moves is our vote. We must use it to vote for the world that we want to see.Can we afford to be so idealistic at a time when winning is so imperative?The answer is a resounding yes. We have no choice.Every vote cast is a love letter to democracy. Our collective belief that it can continue. That it must.Everything that we value depends on our coming together to do this.Together.Indivisible Arizona Indivisible Guide Indivisible AZ Keep Arizona Blue Student Coalition Arizona Coalition League of Women Voters of Arizona Arizona National Organization for Women – AZ NOW National Organization for Women (NOW) standindivisibleaz.substack.com/p/love-letter-to-democracy Indivisible Arizona …

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