Sue Kochan
@suekochan.bsky.social
Guiding Teacher at Dharma Refuge. Bodhisattva in training. Former marketing exec, CEO and B-Corp leader. Watercolor artist, tree hugger and lucky mother of two incredible humans.
The Grace That Gives Us Hope www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...
Opinion | The Grace That Gives Us Hope
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October 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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August 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
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August 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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April 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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April 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
♥️🙏 US philanthropists warn against capitulating to Trump: ‘We need to step up’
April 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
♥️🙏 US philanthropists warn against capitulating to Trump: ‘We need to step up’
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“I am firmly convinced — beyond even the tiniest dust-mote of doubt — that he is a man of peace, high moral vision, and a firm commitment to the ethics of love, compassion, and forgiveness,” writes Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi.
Coalition of Buddhist teachers, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi issue new letters of support for Mohsen Mahdawi
The letters include a “Demand for Immediate Release of Mohsen Mahdawi and Other Unlawfully Detained Individuals," and a letter of testimony.
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April 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
“I am firmly convinced — beyond even the tiniest dust-mote of doubt — that he is a man of peace, high moral vision, and a firm commitment to the ethics of love, compassion, and forgiveness,” writes Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi.
A must see! youtube.com/live/5YHvpx3...
American Conversations: Senator Angus King (I-ME), on Paul Revere's Ride
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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April 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A must see! youtube.com/live/5YHvpx3...
#winning Hatred is not power. It’s a losing proposition. The “Make America Great” strategy seems to be “Make America Hate”. So we love louder, bolder, and bigger. Yes?
March 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
#winning Hatred is not power. It’s a losing proposition. The “Make America Great” strategy seems to be “Make America Hate”. So we love louder, bolder, and bigger. Yes?
It’s just so old. “Always having to prove ourselves.” This resonates, even as a white women. I’m here for connection and common humanity, not division and ranking who is worthy. Bless this hero and the clarity of his message. apnews.com/video/tuskeg...
Tuskegee Airman, 101, laments prejudice as Trump tries to end DEI
The racism that Col. James H. Harvey III experienced after he set out to become a Tuskegee Airman motivated him to be the best.
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March 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
It’s just so old. “Always having to prove ourselves.” This resonates, even as a white women. I’m here for connection and common humanity, not division and ranking who is worthy. Bless this hero and the clarity of his message. apnews.com/video/tuskeg...
Call someone you haven’t in a while. Fight with a smile…Be weird. Be welcoming. Kiss converts. Refuse despair. Be disobedient. Laugh loudly. Hide someone. Call out. Root down.
They are waging a war on living. The more fully you live, the harder their job will be. open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...
They are waging a war on living. The more fully you live, the harder their job will be. open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...
The opposite of fascism
Living well and fighting back in a time of terrors
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March 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Call someone you haven’t in a while. Fight with a smile…Be weird. Be welcoming. Kiss converts. Refuse despair. Be disobedient. Laugh loudly. Hide someone. Call out. Root down.
They are waging a war on living. The more fully you live, the harder their job will be. open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...
They are waging a war on living. The more fully you live, the harder their job will be. open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...
Accountability to WE THE PEOPLE matters - please consider signing: sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...
Town Hall with US Rep. Claudia Tenney Requested
Meeting with constituents is a crucial part of every elected official's responsibilities. Face to face discussion is indispensable to real communication with our representatives.
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March 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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@schumer.senate.gov wow. Great. A worthy book tour. Please retire and focus on this. With love, a NYS voter…#stepdown
March 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
@schumer.senate.gov wow. Great. A worthy book tour. Please retire and focus on this. With love, a NYS voter…#stepdown
@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social thank you for reminding us “NOT to believe Trump. He’s weak, not strong. And overwhelm is the goal.” This video is medicine for our nervous systems. I’m grateful for voices like yours and for my Buddhist practice. It’s all essential right now.
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Don't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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February 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social thank you for reminding us “NOT to believe Trump. He’s weak, not strong. And overwhelm is the goal.” This video is medicine for our nervous systems. I’m grateful for voices like yours and for my Buddhist practice. It’s all essential right now.
youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s?...
youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s?...
The United States is too big to fail, without gravely failing all beings, everywhere. Please respond: what happens when the technology that manages our government, its funding, and its services, is potentially no longer secure and under the control of our government, we the people? Phoning friends…
February 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The United States is too big to fail, without gravely failing all beings, everywhere. Please respond: what happens when the technology that manages our government, its funding, and its services, is potentially no longer secure and under the control of our government, we the people? Phoning friends…
Senator Raskin: “Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution. We don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
February 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Senator Raskin: “Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution. We don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
Krista Tippett, on being a calm and calming presence… “there is scarcely a calling that could be more powerful to bring to our world of fear and pain. We need settled, grounded bodies and spirits in order to meet what is hard and hurting and rise to what is beautiful and life-giving.”
January 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Krista Tippett, on being a calm and calming presence… “there is scarcely a calling that could be more powerful to bring to our world of fear and pain. We need settled, grounded bodies and spirits in order to meet what is hard and hurting and rise to what is beautiful and life-giving.”
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde at the Trump inauguration. #I’mwithher
January 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde at the Trump inauguration. #I’mwithher