Power of love is charity’s focus for February
A campaign launched this month will focus on how well residents care for one another as fellow members of the community.
Bermuda Is Love said that its “Love Is Power” drive affirms that “no one should struggle in a place that is so connected”.
The campaign asserts that “meeting basic needs is not charity, it is community responsibility, and that silence and indifference erode the social fabric we all depend on”.
A number of free community events are planned during February including a legal clinic, cooking lesson and blood drive.
February 5: Bermuda Is Love information session at Elliot Primary School gymnasium, 12 Hermitage Road, Devonshire, from 6pm to 7.30pm
February 7: Free legal advice clinic at the Sammy Wilson Central Zone Community Centre, 5 Angle Street, Hamilton, from 9.30am to 11am
February 10: Blood drive at the Blood Donor Centre, first floor, general wing, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, from 8.30am to 2.30pm
February 15: Landlord and tenant rights workshop at Astor House, 38 Union Street, Hamilton, from 10am to noon
February 19: Bermuda Diabetes Association cooking lesson at 19 Princess Street, Hamilton, from 5.30pm to 7pm
February 22: Community garden at the former TN Tatem school, Warwick, from 10am to noon
February 28: Loquat harvesting and processing drive. Location to be determined, from 1pm to 4pm
All events are open to the public and free to attend.
Aaron Crichlow, a Bermuda Is Love founder, said: “In a country small enough for everyone to matter and interconnected enough that no one’s suffering is ever isolated, love is not a private feeling, it is a public responsibility.
“Love is how meaning is created, dignity protected and Bermuda survives and thrives.
“Bermuda is not held together by markets or policy alone.
“We are held together by recognition of each other, by whether we treat one another as fully human or allow systems to decide whose lives are prioritised and whose struggles are tolerated.
“Love Is Power is rooted in Bermuda’s lived experience, a small island where wealth and poverty exist side by side, where inequality is materially visible in housing, healthcare, education and opportunity, and where systems that fail people do so loudly, quickly and without excuse.
“When Bermudians cannot afford housing, wait too long for care, struggle to feed families or are shut out of opportunity, these are not abstract failures — they are lived realities and they are choices.”
We demand meaning through love. Bermuda’s future must be built on care, not indifference
We affirm love as action, not feeling. Policies and practices must protect people in real ways
We insist all Bermudians have basic needs met. Food, housing, healthcare, clothing, education, justice and a healthy environment are all rights
We recognise the full humanity of everyone. No Bermudian is disposable or invisible
We know we are stronger together. Interdependence is Bermuda’s reality and strength
We hold everyone responsible to love. Citizenship includes a duty of love
We accept that love costs. Justice requires courage and sustained commitment
We measure power by love. Leadership must serve dignity, not dominance
We resist oppression where love is absent. Neglect and exclusion are not neutral
We call all to act now. Bermuda cannot wait for meaning to arrive from elsewhere
* By Bermuda Is Love
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