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Starting Out: Issue 11, with Daniel Alarcón - Transom

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What a few weeks it’s been. It’s unrelentingly hot here in North Carolina — rain shows up on the forecast every day but never materializes. I can feel the dry grass crunch under my feet when I walk across the yard. It feels like half of the social events on my calendar are fundraisers for my local abortion fund. My podcast feed has been a steady march of coverage of the week’s latest horrors, so I’ve largely switched to audiobooks. The question I’m asking myself is this: how can I manage all of this sustainably? What do I need to do to show up consistently for my community through the onslaught of bad news and rising temperatures. Abortion fund staffers all over the country have said that they get an influx of donations when there’s a huge blow to access, but that what they need most are recurring donations, consistent funding, even just $5 or $10 a month, that they can use to plan budgets. It’s a useful way to think about how we’re responding to the various crises we face. Can we feel

Introduction Hey y’all. Welcome back to Starting Out from me and Transom. What a few weeks it’s been. It’s unrelentingly hot here in North Carolina — rain shows up on the forecast every day but never materializes. I can feel the dry grass crunch under my feet when I walk across the yard. It feels like half of the social events on my calendar are fundraisers for my local abortion fund . My podcast feed has been a steady march of coverage of the week’s latest horrors, so I’ve largely switched to audiobooks. The question I’m asking myself is this: how can I manage all of this sustainably? What do

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