“It is an advocacy that I cannot support, having grown past my bubble, talked to the people I affected, read more widely, and realized the necessary impact my actions had on people I never wanted to harm...”

“Only by coming to terms with history can we free ourselves to create a more just world.” –Drew Gilpin Faust (Harvard’s 28th president, in a speech acknowledging the university’s early ties to slavery)

…empathy does not require agreement… Until empathy is restored, words like justice, fear, mercy, and even “greatness” will be to some, like “chichi” was to me… a wall that’s in the way of understanding rather than a bridge toward it.

"...I share it in the hope that it can inspire how we are with each other and how we can help each other make the transition when the end ‘on this side’ is near."

"The time is long overdue to enact immigration laws that take the best interests of children into account."

Simply voting as a civic responsibility is no longer enough. We must do more. We must inspire those around us to become civically active...