It’s deeply strange that our country isn’t getting an address from the Oval Office about
-> what we’re facing
-> what we must do to protect each other
-> what victory in the face of tragedy looks like
This is the moment those addresses are made for.
So we must lead ourselves
-> what we’re facing
-> what we must do to protect each other
-> what victory in the face of tragedy looks like
This is the moment those addresses are made for.
So we must lead ourselves
We are suffering from daily catastrophe.
The fact that it’s happening largely out of view, in isolation, without smoke or fire or explosions or captivating video, is precisely why we need leaders who can speak to this moment and keep our consciences awake and our spines steeled.
The fact that it’s happening largely out of view, in isolation, without smoke or fire or explosions or captivating video, is precisely why we need leaders who can speak to this moment and keep our consciences awake and our spines steeled.
We are not going to normalize mass, preventable, daily tragedy.
We are not going to accept the permission being offered to us by national leadership to be indifferent to unimaginable suffering.
We are going to care about people we’ve never met and lead ourselves through this.
We are not going to accept the permission being offered to us by national leadership to be indifferent to unimaginable suffering.
We are going to care about people we’ve never met and lead ourselves through this.
Your neighbor’s prayers include you tonight.
A teacher you’ve never met is clenching her fist, hoping for you to think about her - and her students.
Countless grandparents know their lives are in your hands.
We will not live in a fantasy where none of this is happening.
A teacher you’ve never met is clenching her fist, hoping for you to think about her - and her students.
Countless grandparents know their lives are in your hands.
We will not live in a fantasy where none of this is happening.
We are going to see vigilance in each other and commend it.
We are going to find empathy in ourselves and encourage it.
We are going to know that no further death occurred because of us, that in a moment of historic solidarity we joined the fight.
And we will save lives.
We are going to find empathy in ourselves and encourage it.
We are going to know that no further death occurred because of us, that in a moment of historic solidarity we joined the fight.
And we will save lives.
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