Weather Extremes

Weather extremes are the conditions no wagon controls. In the framework they are the systemic and environmental pressures: poverty, racism, ableism, housing instability, food insecurity, neighborhood violence, climate displacement, the long pressure of being a child whose community has been failed by the systems around it. Pieces in this part name systemic pressure as the source of strain rather than naming the child or the caregiver. They cover practical adaptation under hard conditions, advocacy work inside systems, the practice of cultural humility, and the recognition that resilience is not a substitute for resources. They include the long arc of community and policy work that is bigger than any one wagon. Forms that fit this part include `LENS`, `POLICY`, `OPINION`, `RESEARCH_NOTE`, and `STAGE_GUIDE`. The journey vocabulary includes: the weather we did not make, shelter the wagon today, the longer fight.