Wholesome moments in advocacy
When advocacy feels like an uphill battle, who keeps you climbing? Today, I looked for inspiration on what to say about advocacy that I haven't already said here. I found it in a project for U.S. History class, at the end of last school year! The assignment was to write a letter to my hypothetical future grandchildren about what life was like during 2020. It reminded me how tiring advocacy can be, but also that the power of personal relationships and fun moments do more to keep me engaged than the urgency of statistics, and I think that's a valuable lesson about movements. Here's an excerpt of what I wrote to my imaginary grandchild: Separated from my local community because I was isolated at home, the Sunrise Movement became my community. All that time online was draining, and electoral politics feels soul-sucking, so our team made sure that we were real friends to each other. These were the people I stayed up with until 1 a.m. on election night video calls. The combined