R.I.P Joan Rolnick

Joan Rolnick passed away this week.  She had not been a member of our community for long, but in the time she was among us I appreciated her principled voice.  She tried to help us get our PFLAG chapter going, and I know she stood for all of NEMO NOW’s core values–including the one’s big NOW hasn’t gotten around to prioritizing, like the health of the biosphere.  I thought about Joan yesterday as we were standing out on Baltimore with our signs in front of TriRivers Planned Parenthood, simply advocating leaving the big decisions–like when to reproduce–to the people doing the reproducing.  R.I.P. Joan.