Congratulations Anand! V proud of you, inspired by your energy and commitment. Always, but especially now, we need rigorous and fearless thinking and communication. These are times that try our souls, and we need to hang together lest we hang alone. Literally. 💙💪
I promise to dig into this soon but before that I want to express how happy I am for you, especially because you’ve brought us along with your journey! Congrats for all of it, but mostly what a wonderful & passionate person you are about the important things in life! 🙌🙌🙌💗
I haven't read the book yet but plan to. And I hope to see you at Town Hall next month. Most of my energy is currently devoted to GOTV and anti-ICE work.
I may be off base but I anticipate that the book's messages/reminders around empathy, dehumanization, and examination of our societal "systems" align with my immediate priorities. My understanding is that rejection of empathy is a feature and an overarching lens of the policies currently pushed by those currently in power.
I have a question about your BOOK club. I have been searching unsuccessfully to see where it went. What’s the status? Did I miss something or an update on the abrupt end? Disappointing. 🤷🏼♀️
Thank you, Anand. I love the way you tie things together, which reveals the truth about how we function. We are deeply interconnected, and the devaluing of one life connects to a much broader ethos of disconnection and devaluation of all humans. This is driving our politics and policies now. I worked in CA State Prisons for ten years with a healing program called LandTogether. When you work in prisons, you can so easily see the abandonment of people who are viewed as less than and the ways that all institutions make this happen in the United States. I love your work and we are using a bunch of your work from the Persuaders in our work at Seed the Vote and deep canvassing in 5 districts.
“Ferociously talented” is such an articulate and accurate description of you, Adnan! I’m so pleased for you and your newest book, and I’m grateful that you are sharing a part of the book with us as I wait for my copy! Congratulations on the review and thank you for bringing your insight to this event. I suspect I’ll come away with a more nuanced view, and certainly a more informed one.
Related to being accused of showing too much empathy for one person or group over another, I am reminded of the incredible tv series, The Wire. We absolutely loved it because of how well it humanized everyone involved whereas people who didn't like it seemed to NOT approve of the way the "criminals" were portrayed. If you watch that series, I challenge you to not feel empathy for ALL sides of the equation. This is too uncomfortable for many people because they need clear signals as to who is supposed to be the "good" and "bad" guys. We loved it precisely because it showed the complexity of the real world.
Random unprovoked violence like this episode on the subway is a real thing. Our family’s journey is told on our web site, justiceforfrank.org
52 years later we are headed for our 18th parole hearing for an unredeemable sociopath who beat my brother to death, raped and tortured his wife and set their San Francisco home on fire as he departed.
It’s easy to look at this tragic event from a distance and pontificate. But once you’ve been forced to participate in an event like this you realize that as flawed as they may be, the Pennys of this world are sometimes your only defense when confronted by a Neely.
I wish we had a Penny to intervene that horrible night.
I'm deeply sorry for your loss. And I think you will find in the book a deep engagement with that viewpoint, characters who espouse that view whom I portray with warmth and care, and the best possible arguments for that view. I can't control what others distill in a review, but I can assure you that that perspective is core to the book, and people who share your view and have read the book have written to me thanking me for airing it.
Congratulations Anand! V proud of you, inspired by your energy and commitment. Always, but especially now, we need rigorous and fearless thinking and communication. These are times that try our souls, and we need to hang together lest we hang alone. Literally. 💙💪
I promise to dig into this soon but before that I want to express how happy I am for you, especially because you’ve brought us along with your journey! Congrats for all of it, but mostly what a wonderful & passionate person you are about the important things in life! 🙌🙌🙌💗
Wow and wow, well deserved and over the moon
I haven't read the book yet but plan to. And I hope to see you at Town Hall next month. Most of my energy is currently devoted to GOTV and anti-ICE work.
I may be off base but I anticipate that the book's messages/reminders around empathy, dehumanization, and examination of our societal "systems" align with my immediate priorities. My understanding is that rejection of empathy is a feature and an overarching lens of the policies currently pushed by those currently in power.
Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself...
CONGRATULATIONS, Anand! 🎊
You deserve every word of praise! I feel privileged and grateful to be a loyal supporter. You awaken the unconscious in me and I love it.
Thank you for your dedication to the truth and nuances of life.
Congrats once again Anand!
I have a question about your BOOK club. I have been searching unsuccessfully to see where it went. What’s the status? Did I miss something or an update on the abrupt end? Disappointing. 🤷🏼♀️
We're going to be reading my book together this fall. And then figuring out the best form that will be most useful to the most folks...
Left a comment on the NYT article.
Thank you, Anand. I love the way you tie things together, which reveals the truth about how we function. We are deeply interconnected, and the devaluing of one life connects to a much broader ethos of disconnection and devaluation of all humans. This is driving our politics and policies now. I worked in CA State Prisons for ten years with a healing program called LandTogether. When you work in prisons, you can so easily see the abandonment of people who are viewed as less than and the ways that all institutions make this happen in the United States. I love your work and we are using a bunch of your work from the Persuaders in our work at Seed the Vote and deep canvassing in 5 districts.
“Ferociously talented” is such an articulate and accurate description of you, Adnan! I’m so pleased for you and your newest book, and I’m grateful that you are sharing a part of the book with us as I wait for my copy! Congratulations on the review and thank you for bringing your insight to this event. I suspect I’ll come away with a more nuanced view, and certainly a more informed one.
Related to being accused of showing too much empathy for one person or group over another, I am reminded of the incredible tv series, The Wire. We absolutely loved it because of how well it humanized everyone involved whereas people who didn't like it seemed to NOT approve of the way the "criminals" were portrayed. If you watch that series, I challenge you to not feel empathy for ALL sides of the equation. This is too uncomfortable for many people because they need clear signals as to who is supposed to be the "good" and "bad" guys. We loved it precisely because it showed the complexity of the real world.
Random unprovoked violence like this episode on the subway is a real thing. Our family’s journey is told on our web site, justiceforfrank.org
52 years later we are headed for our 18th parole hearing for an unredeemable sociopath who beat my brother to death, raped and tortured his wife and set their San Francisco home on fire as he departed.
It’s easy to look at this tragic event from a distance and pontificate. But once you’ve been forced to participate in an event like this you realize that as flawed as they may be, the Pennys of this world are sometimes your only defense when confronted by a Neely.
I wish we had a Penny to intervene that horrible night.
I'm deeply sorry for your loss. And I think you will find in the book a deep engagement with that viewpoint, characters who espouse that view whom I portray with warmth and care, and the best possible arguments for that view. I can't control what others distill in a review, but I can assure you that that perspective is core to the book, and people who share your view and have read the book have written to me thanking me for airing it.