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      September 20, 2020In the Steps of RBGRosemerry Wahtola Trommer

      Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.
      —Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as quoted in Notorious RBG

      So let me take one step right now,
      one step toward respect.
      And give me strength to take another
      toward clarity. And though
      my feet might feel like stones, let
      me take another step toward justice.
      And another toward equity. And another
      toward truth. And though my legs
      may feel leaden and slow, though someone
      else may step on my toes, may I inch
      toward forgiveness. May every step
      be toward a bridge. Enough divisiveness.
      And as I go, may I find joy in the stepping,
      grace in the edging toward great change.
      But if there’s little joy, let me step anyway.
      Then take another step. And another. And another.

      from Poets Respond

      Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

      “I think of all the ways that this one woman, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, changed the world as we know it now. ‘Fight for the things you care about,’ she said, ‘but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.’ Yes. Yes. Thank you, RBG, for teaching us another way to fight.”

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