Wake,
not woke.

The good intention

Wokeness began with something worth honoring: caring about injustice, wanting every person treated fairly, staying alert to harm. Those instincts are good, and we share them.

woke (adj.): aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues, especially issues of racial and social justice. Merriam-Webster

The missed delivery

Too often, feeling aware stopped short of results. Labels and outrage took the place of facts and measurable outcomes. And a movement meant to heal ended up dividing.

One letter changes the tense

Change the o to an a. Woke is past tense: done, arrived. Wake is present and continuing: we keep checking facts, measuring what works, and acting on it.

wake (v.): to rouse from sleep; to be or become alert, and to act. Merriam-Webster

We wake up. Not woke up.

The world we build, level by level

Opt in one level at a time. Each level is a set of tools. Add the ones you want, when you want them.

The world is what we choose to build at every level. Families and communities of shared conviction are the fundamental units of society. The person grows within the family, and the family within a community gathered around shared convictions (believers or not), which serves its neighbors on up through block, town, nation and world.

Each level strengthens the one above it and answers to the one below it. It works both ways.

1. Wake YourselfStart with your own habits, health and facts.Common-sense goal: Take responsibility for your own choices.Add this level
2. Wake Your FamilyThe first unit of society: clear, honest tools for the people closest to you.Common-sense goal: Strong families raise capable, kind people.Add this level
3. Wake the CommunityAlongside the family, a fundamental unit of society: any community gathered around shared convictions, including one agreed on the absence of belief. It serves up to the block and town and down to each member family.Common-sense goal: Shared convictions, lived out, build trust.Coming soon
4. Wake the SchoolTools for teachers: facts, sources and lessons that hold up.Common-sense goal: Teach kids to think, read and reason.Coming soon
5. Wake the ChurchTools for pastors: serving the congregation and the neighborhood around it.Common-sense goal: Serve neighbors in need, close to home.Coming soon
6. Wake the BlockNeighborhood tools: your block, your neighbors, what's actually happening.Common-sense goal: Know your neighbors; keep the street safe.Coming soon
7. Wake the TownLocal decisions, measured by results.Common-sense goal: Spend local money where it works.Coming soon
8. Wake the CampaignCandidates by the record, not the slogan.Common-sense goal: Judge candidates by their record.Coming soon
9. Wake the PartyWhat each party promised, and what it delivered.Common-sense goal: Hold parties to their promises.Add this level
10. Wake Up DocsHealth care costs, consolidation and who pays.Common-sense goal: Care people can afford, from doctors they trust.Add this level
11. Wake the PolicyPolicies judged by measurable outcomes.Common-sense goal: Keep what works; fix what doesn't.Add this level
12. Wake the BenchSourced records for the judges on your ballot.Common-sense goal: Judges who follow the law and the facts.Add this level
13. Wake the BearCalifornia, by the numbers.Common-sense goal: A California that works for those who live here.Add this level
14. Wake the RaceRaces and results, side by side.Common-sense goal: Every vote informed by facts.Add this level
15. Wake the NationNational issues, checked against the facts.Common-sense goal: Secure borders, sound money, equal justice under law.Add this level
16. Wake the WorldSovereign nations with real borders, cooperating as allies. Distinct cultures and self-government make cooperation stronger.Common-sense goal: Sovereign nations, cooperating as allies.Add this level