#americanvalues

🔥 Every generation inherits liberty. Not every generation keeps it. When institutions stop fearing the people, the balance shifts. That’s when vigilance stops being optional. 🔥

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LeRoy Cossette wrote a book about American Insanity that delves into the growing disillusionment of citizens with the political landscape. It sheds light on the apathy towards elected officials and the inefficacy of Washington's bureaucracy. The book critiques the failing two-party system, arguing that it no longer reflects the Judeo-Christian values once central to American identity. This compelling narrative urges readers to question the current state of governance and consider the consequences of such widespread detachment.

There are now over 1000 masks on the map. Thanks to everyone who has contributed! Let’s keep going... I’m still plotting and will keep going indefinitely. 

I’m also pleased to share that the image above is a part of a poster exhibition at my alma mater, California College of the Arts. The show, “Creative Citizens in Action,” features artwork and poster designs by 66 CCA students, faculty, staff, and alumni that express creative activism and promote democratic participation in the lead-up to Election Day and beyond. The show is on view through December 1 in the windows of the CCA Hubbell Street Galleries located at 161–131 Hubbell Street in San Francisco, California. 

The Artwork Campaign website is live at creativecitizens.cca.edu and features work by all the artists and 42 posters are available for free download, just look for the ⇩ icon. Feel free to print as many as you wish and hang them in your own windows, wherever you live. 

I especially love this aspect of the show. It’s participatory, like my masks project, and makes art accessible to everyone. So let’s keep making something thoughtful together. Send me mask pictures, hang a poster… keep helping one another by wearing masks, and by voting!

Visit the American Values here. 

I support DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration policy established in 2012, and like many educators, leaders, and citizens across the country and beyond, I am deeply dismayed and disappointed by President Trump’s decision to repeal this policy.

Is it? Are we? I don’t think so… I found this mask during a twilight walk in a nearby nature reserve. Thanks to everyone who has sent me a picture of a mask over the past week. Masks I’ve gotten so far include one tucked under a gutter, another outside the door of a hotel room, and several on beaches. There are many single-use ones, a camouflage one, and one with cute foxes. We now have 18 states represented and three other countries. And it’s been great to connect with all of you through this project! Let’s keep going… Please send your masks pictures to me at my email [email protected]. Be sure your location services are turned on (find this in your phone’s settings) and be sure to connect to WiFi/LTE/5G to get your photo tagged with the GPS coordinates. If you don’t want to turn on location services, no problem... please send the approximate location of the mask or the address when you email me your image. And send more than one! I know you’ll see lots, unfortunately. I will email confirmation to each of you once your mask is on the map. Please let me know if you have questions and feel free to share. This is definitely a project in which “more is better.”

You can see the map here.