The constituent is the foundation of grassroot, it must be solid in it’s command structure to be fit for leadership.
We must ensure command is established, communication must be secured as well as supply lines to those in charge.
Your charge, as a leader, is to ensure your people had the resources they need. Briefly, I will mention the organizing effort, the artery for which you send your will. They must be supplied, the work they do is significant and must be compensated as such, or the cause will die, dry from exhaustion without any replenishment to their systems.
But this is an internal command matter.
For the constituent, it means giving power to those they wish to empower. Causes for some are greater than others, some will push far more than necessary or even warranted because the hope is so great; the charity is just as such.
We must protect that sentiment from exploitation, they seek to make change and will do anything for the greater good. They will be most vulnerable to betrayal and abandon.
The road is long and hard, for all issues, for we live in complex populations and systems of democracy that reach farther than you could possibly imagine.
Our local economy is subject to the whims of both state, federal, and international affairs, incidents that effect all of us to some degree.
So must be your contributions, it should never come at the detriment of your well being, you need to take care of yourself first, at a minimum more than mere survival, because it is that spirit and drive that will save us all. You must temper it, so that it may be strong, unyielding, and everlasting.
The flower is nothing without the stalk it grows from, but in order for that stalk to stand erect, it is the roots that ensure structural integrity even against the forces of nature.
In the 21st century, for the modern citizen, that means appropriating a budget that will both contribute to your causes and be able to manage your life effectively.
If you’ve been active in grassroots organizining, you will know that constributions means less than going out there and doing the work: spreading the message.
For every hour you put in doing your effort amounts to minimum wage in the end, but if you’re invested in a political effort, rest assured the moved will move with increased vigor, offering us, the candidate, much more in the grand scheme than a mere donation.
And there are more ways than active participation, engaging in politics regularly with your peers and community is helpful to get our message out. Your conversations of convincing is exactly what we need, in order to change the status quo’s narrative and bring our ideas mainstream.
And your political leaders, if they are doing their jobs right, should be supplying you with ample to make you look like the local samaratan schooling bad behaviors and reluctantly forcing the community to be more welcome.
But let’s focus on the budget for your leaders.
The amount you give is not just a number seen on the scoreboard, you can do so much with just a small amount.
For example, a $20 dollar donation as seen as one donation of $20. But if you donate that $20 divided into ten different donations, then your $20 dollars is seen as ten donations of $2. The algorithm is important as it finds ways to make our voice louder, and establishment will be looking for these qualifiers when considering influence.
Consider is you did that once a month, by the end of the year, you are a constituent that has donated $240 in a year, and count for 120 donations towards a candidate.
Those are impressive numbers coming from an individual. A few friends, and you could be a firestorm. If the $20 bucks a month is the least that you do, engagingnthe streets as champions for the cause, then hot damn! Any leader would be proud to have you under their ranks.
It’s not what you put in but how you put that contribution in as well. Financial means is only one aspect of the constituent, and if you are moved as the movement is supposed to move you, you should know that the issues have always been more important than the pricetag placed on it.
That is progress, don’t let anyone tell you different.
That is enough, if you feel the need to do more, understand it’s not the quantity you put in, it’s the quality that’s going to see our goals for the win.