{"id":347,"date":"2017-02-02T16:40:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T16:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/?p=347"},"modified":"2017-02-02T16:40:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T16:40:25","slug":"the-power-of-small-acts-of-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/the-power-of-small-acts-of-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Small Acts of Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/many-monarch.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-352\" src=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/many-monarch-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"many monarch\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/many-monarch-300x203.jpg 300w, http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/many-monarch.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/butterfly-effect.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<\/a>In Chaos Theory there is something called \u2018the butterfly effect\u2019. The most popular example is of a monsoon\u00a0in China caused a butterfly flapping its wings in New Mexico. It may take a very long time, but the connection is real. If the butterfly had not flapped its wings at just the right point in space\/time, the hurricane would not have happened.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s our takeaway: <em>Small acts make a big difference.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Do you think your phone call to a Senator\u2019s or Representative\u2019s office doesn\u2019t make a difference? Think again. What will a postcard matter? More than we can imagine. Showing up at a town hall meeting? Ten thousand butterfly wings flutter.<\/p>\n<p>We are not corporations. We are not the power elite. We are teachers, preachers, plumbers, administrative assistants, veterans and veterinarians, dog-walkers and retirees, hair dressers and waitresses. We are moms and dads, grandparents, sisters and brothers. Our individual and collective actions, however small, will change the climate in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>So flap away my fellow butterflies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_349\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-349\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/monarch-butterfly-flying-330x220.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-349\" src=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/monarch-butterfly-flying-330x220-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"monarch butterfly migration\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/monarch-butterfly-flying-330x220-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/monarch-butterfly-flying-330x220.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">monarch butterfly migration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Chaos Theory there is something called \u2018the butterfly effect\u2019. The most popular example is of a monsoon\u00a0in China caused a butterfly flapping its wings in New Mexico. It may take a very long time, but the connection is real. If the butterfly had not flapped its wings at just the right point in space\/time, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/the-power-of-small-acts-of-resistance\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Power of Small Acts of Resistance<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,23,25,19,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions\/353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}