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We hear a lot these days about the economic impact of the pandemic. Has this been on your mind? If so, tell us what you're thinking.

I feel a deep sense of grief about the traumatic experiences so many people are having with food insecurity, job loss, being trapped at home with abusers, the boredom and depression, COVID symptoms etc. All that compounded by the overt racism toward people who are black and brown, Asian and Pacific Islanders, LGBTQ. After devoting much of 2020 to electing Biden and a Democratic majority to Congress, I am exhausted and wondering how to have an impact in 2021 -- how to use my time, power, voice and money to best effect. America's scars from our original sins against indigenous, enslaved and abused-indentured populations have become open wounds -- infected by White supremacy. As a middle aged White Mom I feel a moral obligation to do whatever I can to try to make things better -- accepting the smallness of my life and my obligations to the future.