Avidly’s thoughts are with Boston and with all those who work to protect civic space (throughout the world) from violence and fear.
To Give:
Consider donations on behalf of Boston’s neediest, who, in any tragedy, often suffer the most: Pine Street Inn or the Home for Little Wanderers.
Consider donations on behalf of Boston’s public spaces (there are many; here are just two): Friends of the Public Garden or Boston Museum of Fine Art
To Read:
The Gurgling Cod‘s montage of Boston excellence.
On the Boston Marathon, its (new) scars, and the memory of Kathrine Switzer.
Patton Oswalt’s reminder.
To Do:
Donate blood (now, or maybe in a month or two; it will still be needed).
Learn how to be, as one might say, “a helper.”
Inhabit and celebrate the public space around you.
Go for a run.
–Avidly
special thanks to Jonathan Beecher Field for recs on Boston area services.
Thank you.