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“Change happens really slowly over time, and we have to have compassion for ourselves and each other in the long term, and that there's painful, painful setbacks.”

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Book:Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement

Source: Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement

“This...feels particularly important in the age of social media, where we can make our pain viral before we even had a chance to feel it.”

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Book:Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement

Source: Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement

“Is this what we're here for? To cultivate a fear-based adherence to reductive common values? What can this lead to in an imperfect world full of sloppy, complex humans? Is it possible we will call each other out until there's no one left beside us? I've had tons of conversations with people who, in these moments of public flaying, avoid stepping up on the side of complexity or curiosity because in the back of our minds is the shared unspoken question: When will y'all come for me?”

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Book:Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement

Source: Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement

“If the only thing I can learn from a situation is that some humans do bad things, it's a waste of my precious time -- I already know that. What I want to know is: What can this teach me/us about how to improve our humanity?”

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Book:Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement

Source: Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement

“When the response to mistakes, failures, and misunderstandings is emotional, psychological, economic, and physical punishment, we breed a culture of fear, secrecy, and isolation.”

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Book:Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement

Source: Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement