Happy, hopeful Tuesday, #DutyToCare promoters.

Currently, only 7 of 115 US towns and 7 of 123 US ZIP Codes have more than 2 #DutyToCare promoters, and all are in Ohio. Who knew Ohioans talk to their neighbors more than anyone else? I certainly didn’t. 

Why are ZIP Code conversations so important? Ask yourself, “If my own neighbors don’t know I am committed to our duty to care about protecting their freedom and human rights, why should they care about mine?” It’s especially important to demand local political parties let their local constituents know that we all have a duty to care for one another’s freedom and human rights. 

In 1945, Democratic POTUS Harry Truman appointed GOP Vermont US Senator and Rotary Club member Warren Austin as the USA’s first ambassador to the newly formed United Nations. Fifty Rotary  and three Lions Club members were recruited to consult with delegates in San Francisco on drafting the UN Charter, emphasizing the importance of neighborhood conversations that promote freedom and human rights. 

Here’s what former FLOTUS Eleanor Roosevelt said about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights passed in 1948: “Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world ... Such are the places where every man, woman, and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere.”

Please consider sharing this petition with your closest neighbors. Share your ideas by emailing admin@empathysurplus.com. Peace and love, Empathy Surplus Network USA