"There are nights when we lie in your bed, fairy lights glowing above us, the city humming softly outside, and you tell me what has been sitting with you all day. Side by side under your pink quilt, you know I am all yours. It was during one of those nights when you asked me a question I couldn't answer right away."
"You wondered if something like that could ever happen to me, and asked me not to go to any more protests because you wanted me to be safe. It has been a while since I stepped into the streets with a sign in my hands. In recent years, I've shown up in other ways-telling stories of people living closest to the harms shaping our world, creating spaces for conversation, helping others find ways to act, both quietly and together."
A parent comforts a child frightened after learning about Renee Macklin Good and is asked not to attend protests for safety. The parent explains a shift from street protests to storytelling, convening conversations, and enabling collective and quiet actions. The parent acknowledges that safety is uneven, noting that people of color, women, girls, and trans and queer people face greater danger for seeking freedom. The parent emphasizes that true protection requires honesty about the world, teaching why presence and resistance matter, and committing to persist in the face of harm rather than retreating.
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