Ep.87 – Resistance For Beginners: 4 Questions to Jumpstart Your Activism w/ Susan McCulley

I’m doing a lot of deep breathing lately and I know I’m not alone. A helluva lot of Americans are feeling overwhelmed, discouraged, and preoccupied by a single question: What can I possibly do in response to a billionaire-funded fascist coup? Long-time friend of the pod, Susan McCulley, is here to help us find a few answers to that question. No, she’s not a seasoned activist or recognizable political figure; she’s an everyday citizen just like me. And in November 2024, she and her friends in Charlottesville, Virginia created an online Facebook Group called Keep Going Together. Since then, it has grown into a grassroots organization of 400+ individuals who are doing activism in their own way. Susan shares how KGT came to be and how she and her community are turning their despair into a local grassroots movement. Then she shares 4 Q’s that can help each one of us jumpstart a personal approach to social activism. If you don’t fancy yourself a conventional “activist” but you’re feeling eager to join the growing resistance, this conversation is for you!

Susan McCulley has been a mindful movement leader, artist, and writer since 2000. She is a founder of Keep Going Together, a grassroots organization working to support local non-profit organizations that reduce harm and suffering in the Charlottesville area ~ with a side of protest and boycott. Susan loves guiding embodied awareness with people of all abilities and experiences, in groups of all sizes, both in person and online. She is passionate about supporting people as they connect with the inherent wisdom of the body and take their practice into life, and to their own version of activism.

April 2, 2025

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