It's been a few weeks since many of us gathered in Atlanta for the PolicyLink Equity Summit: A Revolution of the Soul. Together, we deepened our commitment to nurturing an individual and collective soul that loves all, so that we may take up our power as founders of the flourishing multiracial democracy that is ours to create.
This spirit is captured in Love Unlocked, a poetic call-to-action that beckons us to create a nation built in love.
As the video conveys, loving all requires acknowledging the inherent dignity and worth of every person — not abstractly, but concretely — and acting in service of their flourishing. As theologian Howard Thurman powerfully asserts, “To speak of love for humanity is meaningless. There is no such thing as humanity. What we call humanity has a name, was born, lives on a street, gets hungry, needs all the particular things that we need.”
It is with this bold spirit of love — focused on the particular needs of individuals — that we can truly animate a thriving multiracial democracy. Through this work of transformative love, we can build a nation that serves all for the first time.
"We have to be something we’ve never seen ourselves as, which is founders for the nation that is yet to be born. We have to birth that nation...Our job now is to design a nation that is born out of a love for everyone." - Michael McAfee
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PolicyLink CEO Michael McAfee and President Ashleigh Gardere joined host Jasmine Burton in the September 5th podcast episode of The Ask, Bridging the Gap: Where Policy Meets Possibility to discuss how each of us must take ownership for the future of this nation.
Ashleigh noted that this invitation and mandate awaits each of us, every day, regardless of the political season.
"So the day after the election, what are we going to be doing? We are going to be working on new values that advance our collective flourishing," she said. “On governing standards that set an expectation that if you hold a governing seat that you are delivering for all… on building governing power to deliver for everyone.”
