So, for me, after we get those common experiences on the table, we can turn to the building. Now, how can we support each other? How can I elevate you and what you're doing? How can we use our collective resources to really put our community on the top shelf? I think it’s a fucked up trick to focus on the negative when we have time together. Not that we're ignoring that it's happening. Not that we're using toxic positivity. It’s that we already know, you know, where all the pieces are on the board. Now. Let's play this fucking game to the best of our abilities. Together.

Sometimes our hands, our minds, our hearts, need a break. A break from the screens and tiny tapping to stretch out into the world and claim space for our bodies — for ourselves. Occupying space in a world that asks many of us to shrink, retract, to be small and unnoticeable, is a powerful act that disturbs the still waters of “normalcy,” creating ripples that when amplified swell to form waves of change.