[Sundaycommunity] Fwd: For a minute, we defeated fear

Fri Mar 7 10:25:47 PST 2025

THANKS!
Taking action!
YES!

Sharon
On Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM Dean Riley via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> I found this so hopeful.
>
> Dean.
>
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> From: Patricia Martin - Avaaz <avaaz at avaaz.org>
> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2025 at 05:03
> Subject: For a minute, we defeated fear
>
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>
> Dear friends, I am writing from the heart of the storm, just metres away
> from where President Zelensky is meeting with Europe’s top leaders right
> now. Last week -- still reeling from what had unfolded in the Oval Office
> and terrified by the thought that Ukraine and all of Europe might be left
> to stand alone -- someone in the Avaaz team looked up and simply said: “We
> have to show up." So we printed a massive 500m² banner, grabbed train
> tickets to Brussels and sent an urgent call to our community: Let’s stand
> with Ukraine. 48 hours later, that giant flag started to unfold in front of
> the world held by hundreds of hands. Ukrainians started to sing, and
> without even realising it, we began to smile. Because something was
> shifting. A pulse of connection and hope. And for a moment, the heartbreak,
> the rage, the weight of it all, eased. For a minute, we had defeated fear.
> [image: Take Action Now!]
> *Thursday, 6 March 2025*
> Dear friends,
>
> I am writing from the heart of the storm, just metres away from where
> President Zelensky is meeting with Europe’s top leaders right now.
>
> Last week -- still reeling from what had unfolded in the Oval Office and
> terrified by the thought that Ukraine and all of Europe might be left to
> stand alone -- *someone in the Avaaz team looked up and simply said: “We
> have to show up."*
>
> So we printed a massive 500m² banner, grabbed train tickets to Brussels
> and sent an urgent call to our community: Let’s stand with Ukraine.
>
> *48 hours later, that giant flag started to unfold in front of the world
> held by hundreds of hands*. Ukrainians started to sing, and without even
> realising it, we began to smile. Because something was shifting. A pulse of
> connection and hope. And *for a moment, the heartbreak, the rage, the
> weight of it all, eased.* *F**or a minute, we had defeated fear.*
>
> The next morning, we woke up to find *our message echoing across the
> world. *
>
> The action made *the front pages of the New York Times, La Repubblica,
> The Guardian, Le Monde, El País, Der Spiegel*… all carried our call to
> protect Ukraine and stand up against tyranny.
>
> A reminder, to ourselves and to our leaders, that history is not yet
> written. And that *we, the people across the world united by our care for
> justice and peace, will never give up.*
>
> With love, with fear, with everything in between, and with enormous
> gratitude for each of you, from Brussels,
>
> Patri, Julian, Harriet, Nick, Patti, Pascal and the entire Avaaz team
>
>
> PS: Everyone receiving this message has signed campaigns and/or donated
> for Ukraine over the past years – thank you so much!
>
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> *More information:*
> <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2025-03-06/brussels-emergency-summit>
>
>    - Ukraine supporters unfurl huge banner in Brussels, calling on EU to
>    use frozen Russian assets
>    <https://apnews.com/video/ukraine-supporters-unfurl-huge-banner-in-brussels-calling-on-eu-to-use-frozen-russian-assets-13556ec179af4420b9e3639e927a7625>(AP
>    News)
>    - EU leaders open emergency talks on defense and Ukraine aid as US
>    support wanes
>    <https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/eu-leaders-open-emergency-talks-defense-ukraine-aid-119502264>
>    (ABC News)
>    - Proposals on seizing frozen Russian assets divide EU countries
>    <https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/06/eu-leaders-summit-defence-ukraine-russia-macron-zelenskyy-europe-news-live?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-67c9bfe58f08d84e5767ab8e>
>    (The Guardian)
>    - How Europe could seize frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine
>    <https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/06/how-europe-could-seize-frozen-russian-assets-to-fund-ukraine.html>
>    (CNBC)
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