SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE QUITTING.
Then I remember: those who need people fighting with and for them, for social justice, don't get to quit.
The animals don't get to quit.
People of color don't get to quit.
Indigenous people don't get to quit.
LGBTQIA people don't get to quit.
Women don't get to quit.
Kids in cages don't get to quit.
The planet doesn't get to quit (although I suspect she'll win in the end).
They need allies. People who will listen to them and learn from them. People who won't quit either, even though their privilege gives them license to be indifferent. People who will fight the systems of oppression and supremacy alongside them, even though they have benefited from those very systems.
Because it's the right thing to do. Because these are the last shreds of our humanity, barely tipping the scales from despair to hope.
And because everyone fighting for social justice needs someone in their corner.
Someone who will listen.
Who will hold space for rage, and grief, and terror, and trauma.
Who will bear witness to despair and heartbreak.
And who will shine an exploratory light as hope and healing are excavated from the rubble of dismantled systems.
Do you feel like you need someone in your corner right now? Message me to schedule a conversation to explore how I can support you.
