Activism

every round of activism is an experiment whose results can be applied to other situations.

Participants recalled being threa -tened and criticized, and feeling hopeless, fearful, shameful, guilty, disap -pointed, frustrated, angry, and exhausted. Nonetheless, participants still revered their experiences with grassroots activism positively

grassroots activism also promoted responsibility, humility, agency, hope, flexibility, perseverance, and emotional regulation and provided opportunities for LGBTQ+ people to cope with their past and feel fulfilled.

ome scholars have suggested that activism provides healing powers and resilience for marginalized populations

activism is not just a problem-focused strategy, but is “possibility focused

scholars have suggested engagement in activism is one possible response to coping with oppression

If the Black Panthers understood this and had yoga classes, I don't want anyone to tell me otherwise.

In some ways, I feel like it connects with activism because when we're in these spaces we can almost radically imagine what the future could look like. Like, “Oh, the future could be a situation where I'm in a garden and I'm doing crafts and I'm learning skills and sharing skills with the community.”

Politicians do not deliver lasting change; it has to come from the grassroots, driven and fortified by mass movements of people who have been empowered to fight and others who have been convinced that someone is fighting for them.