Though it is a long and often grueling battle, the good in humanity always prevails over the bad. This is in part because of us and the work that we in this sector are committed to doing:
In the face of racism, we work to address systemic oppression—in housing, in education, in the economy. We have difficult conversations, we challenge and support each other, we reflect, and we change laws and practices.
In the face of xenophobia, we work to support immigrants and refugees, to defeat hatred and othering, to build a community where diversity is recognized not as a threat but as the strength that it is.
In the face of misogyny and sexism, we work to advance gender equity, to reverse a culture and a history of under-appreciation and mistreatment of half the population. We work for equal pay and economic success, for access to healthcare and education for women and girls around the world.
In the face of homophobia and transphobia, we work to further understanding and support, to change discriminatory and hateful policies, to end bullying.
In the face of ableism, we work to make spaces accessible, to educate each other, to bring awareness, to question assumptions, to create places welcoming to everyone.
In the face of environmental degradation, we work to contain human-made climate change, to preserve our natural resources, to clean polluted rivers, to protect indigenous rights.
In the face of hopelessness, we bring hope. In the face of loneliness, we build community. In the face of despair, we create art.
That’s just some of the stuff a bunch of us are doing every day. None of it is easy. And we don’t always succeed at it. And there’s a ton of things we still suck at and it’s going to take us a while to really get it. But we keep moving forward, because we see the world as it could be, and we see the goodness in our fellow community members. The existing injustice often seems insurmountable, and this election cycle has not exactly been helping. But we should remember that our community always rallies, and humanity always triumphs.
