Four Thursdays ago - and what seems now like a lifetime - I became an accidental activist. If you read my first diary here, you know what happened. I made a post on Facebook inviting friends to join me for a moment of solidarity, mourning and commitment at the Worcester Common, put on a red ribbon and arrived to find that nearly 100 people - most of them strangers to me - had accepted my invitation. I would have been happy with that, but what has happened since then has left me humbled at the smallness of my vision. I'm sharing the story of the last four Thursdays because I want people to understand the absolute power of taking a public stand on an issue - any issue that you care about.
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