Activism

Ignoring your own life will only exhaust you to the brink of no return, thus causing you to bow out of the fight altogether.

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.”

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

For lasting liberation of all peoples, the work must be slower, intentional, thorough, diligent, and patient.

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

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

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.

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