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I am feeling powerless and dejected and its eating me up inside. Nothing actually works and the little my org does isn't making enough impact to matter.
I bet it does matter. We're all subject to the tides of history ultimately, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't do what good you can in the meantime.
Quantitative change leading to qualitative change, comrades 🙂↕️ every drop we can put into the bucket is a drop more towards it overflowing
It's good to be reminded. It's just hard to see all of this going on while we are picketing a Anti-Abortion Center. I know it's something... I just wish we had a way to directly hinder ICE or make a more direct impact vs. general organizing.