Amazing A4C Leaders
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Summary
In this episode, I sit down with Action for Canada (ACDC) Chapters President, Gail Johnson, to talk about the importance of being courageous in the face of fear and pain. Gail talks about her journey with A4C, her passion for SOGI, and how she became a chapter leader.
Transcript
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I joined A4C for my family, actually my grandmother, just a week after her job she died,
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and also my little sister, she's 20 years old right now, and almost half of her friends,
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they are on puberty blockers. When Soji popped up on the scene nine years ago,
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the wolves were coming for our children. How can you be silent? That's what we're called to do,
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to be watchmen on the wall. Our chapter recently started a sexually explicit book club
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to look at inappropriate books in our school libraries. One action that we took was standing
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outside a school to let parents know about the inappropriate book called It's Perfectly Normal.
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In January, a member of our chapter set up a meeting with the principal of that school
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to discuss the book It's Perfectly Normal, and a couple days later the principal called to say that
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they didn't need to meet because it was decided that this book would be removed.
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I didn't like what was happening. COVID stuff started. Someone had mentioned,
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have you seen what Action for Canada is doing? They're really, you know, doing a lot as far as
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these notices of liability. And so I went home, did my research, and I decided I'm going to get
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involved with them because I want to be a chapter leader. As a chapter leader, my role is to educate,
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equip, and mobilize citizens to take charge of what's happening in their cities.
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Don't be afraid. Courage is not the absence of fear. It is the strength to move forward in the face of fear
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or pain. And so, you know, we just need to be courageous and step out in faith knowing that
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God has a work for us to do. We are called to be salt and light in the world. So shine the light of
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truth where you are planted. It's never too late to do the right thing.
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The highlights for me have been our Monday meetings and listening to the amazing things that people
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do. Oh, you know, Gail and Suri visited, I think it's 120 schools, informing people about SOGI. I
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consider Action for Canada family, and there's just so many amazing leaders. I'm so glad I did it.