While this week has been disorienting, frightening, and downright heartbreaking, it’s been beautiful to see so many people in the world change in such little time. We’re understanding the scale of the crisis, changing our behavior, and putting in place new practices to protect the health of those closest to us and also hundreds, thousands, millions of strangers we don’t know. Collectively, we are trying to heal. Fighting the climate crisis is also a collective action of healing. This short video illuminates what’s possible right now amidst the chaos and how it might change us afterwards. For those of us who have the privilege of being able to stay home safely, let’s acknowledge this and be grateful.

A few articles connecting Climate, Coronavirus, Women and Government:

Coronavirus and the Climate Movement by Bill McKibben

The Era of Small Government is Over by Jamelle Bouie

• Jamelle Bouie highlights the need for large government action needed at a scale not seen since The New Deal. Could these large government interventions and stimuluses be akin to the Green New Deal?

Coronavirus: Egypt releases three women who held protest demanding prisoners release

Climate Activists use phone banking to urge older Americans to stay home