An image of people with masks on and protests signs. One of them faces the camera with a sign that says, "THE SOCIAL CONERACE WAS BROKEN". To the right is text that says "Our resistance is not predicated on how likely it will be to alter the conscience of the oppressor. We resist to retain our own conscience. And to awaken all others who are still in possession of their own souls." by Cole Arthur Riley
An image of a person with a backpack on their back, on top of a mountain looking into the distance. Text that says 'When you experience resistance, you find the lessons that you are meant to learn.' by Jon Gordon.
An image of two women of color holding protest signs. One is wearing sunglasses and looking face on to the camera. To the right, text that says 'Even when the truth isn't hopeful, the telling of it is... To honestly name the harm being done is the firststep first step in creating a more just and compassionate world.' by Andrea Gibson.
An image of two hands reaching for each other and text that says 'The danger of hopelessness is that we can lose each other... It's easy to start believing that your neighbor is the problem and that hoarding is a better strategy than generosity. When community starts to break down, we lose the most important source of hope we have: each other.' by Rev. Sean Parker Dennison
An image of two black hands joined in a clasp of strength and text that says 'Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.' Author Unknown
An image of apple glistening with dew, and text that says 'More than honey ice cream beside the warm pie, I want to serve you the bliss in the apples' flesh, how it gathered the sun and carried its luminousness to this table... Blessings, want to serve you full choruses of hallelujah, oh so wholly here in this moment. Oh so holy here in this world.' by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, above.
A picture of a "gratitude jar" on a golden dish on a table surrounded by books. The quote "It's not what we have that constitutes our abundance, but what we appreciate." by Jean Antoine Petit-Senn to the right.
An image of two people in pink shirts wearing hats with pine ears, hugging. Text that says 'Compassion hurts. When you feel connected,... you also feel responsible... And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others.', by Andrew Boyd to the left.
A black-and-white image of an older woman walking from behind with her arms outstretched. Text that says 'Walk like you have 3000 ancestors behind you. Because you do.' Sahil Bloom
A black-and-white image of an unhoused person laying on the side of a walkway. Text that says 'True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it understands that an edifice that produces beggars needs restructuring.' by Martin Luther King Jr.
A mountain side filled with trees in the distance, the foreground shows a clearing of cut trees, stumps, and trees with no branches. Text that says "Here is the question we must at last confront: Is land merely a source of belongings, or is it the source of our most profound sense of belonging?" by Robin Wall Kimmerer Kimmerer, above.
An image of a black woman with a crown of flowers. Her hand holding up her chin and text that says 'The only true belonging is the courage to stand alone and belong to to ourselves.' by Azriel ReShel
An image of two black women in African dress, one sitting behind the other fixing her headscarf. Text that says '"My friend is one who knows my song and sings it to me when I forget." By anonymous.
A group of six female friends huddled together and laughing. To the right, a quote by Cole Arthur Riley that says, "Locate the kind of belonging that doesn't demand your erasure."
An image of two hands coming together to life the sun in the background as it's setting, and two more hands holding up those hands from underneath. Below, text that says "the days are are all too heavy and then we lift together" by adrienne maree brown.
An image of 3 people sitting together on a bench in an open mountain or prairie area. One on the side learning their head on the next one's shoulder. Text that says 'One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.' by Shannon L. Alder, to the left.
An image of large yellow field of grass with a blue but cloudy sky above. Over the sky is text that says 'We belong to every part of our lives and every part of our lives belongs to us. Even the failures. The cruelty. The betrayals. The addictions. The cowardice. Until we embrace those scared and tender parts with the kindness and forgiveness we so generously give to others, we will never be home.' by Rev. Scott Tayler. A picture of a person with their eyes closed, the wind in their hair, and a small smile on their face to the right.
An image of a person outside in a tall grass field at night holding up a lantern while looking at the backdrop of a starry night sky. Text that says "Live out of your imagination, not your history." by Stephen R. Covey
An image of yellow rubber duckies looking one way, and a single red rubber ducky with a crown on its head looking the other way. Text that says "I respectfully decline the invitation to join your hallucination." by Scott Adams to the right.
An image of a brown border wall with what looks like desert land on one side and trees on the other. Text that says "I believe every inch of America is sacred from sea to shining sea. I believe we make it holy by who we welcome and by how we relate to each other." by Eboo Patel to the right.
An image of a person helping an older person across the street with a walker, their heads are covered by a parasol. Text to the right that says 'The really important kind of freedom involves the attention, awareness and discipline to be able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them over and over in myriad petty, unsexy ways every day. -David Foster Wallace'
An image of people at a protest holding a sign that says, "WE WHO BELIEVE IN FREEDOM CANNOT REST" - Ella Baker. To the right a quote by Fannie Lou Hamer that says, "Nobody's free until everybody's free."
An image of a tiny little sprout growing up through the cracks between bricks. Text that says 'It is only through disruptions and confusion that we grow and are set free, jarred out of ourselves by the collision of someone else's eses private world with our own.' by Joyce Carol Oates.
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An image of 2 people at what looks like a pride parade, holding pride flags and smiling, and text that says "The only to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." -Albert Camus
An image of boat in the distance on the ocean, and text that says "They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they see nothing but sea." - Francis Bacon
A black-and-white image of 2 people on either side of a board with "George Floyd" spray painted on top of "Jesus Wept" spray painted in white behind it. The person on the left has their hands up and a sweatshirt on that says "I can't breathe". The text says 'Because white people can't police their imagination, black are dying. Claudia Rankine
An image of the "Fearless Girl" statue across from the "Charging Bull" statue that was briefly displayed across the street from the New York City Stock Exchange building. Text that says 'It's easier for us to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism' by Frederic Jameson to the right.
An image of a beautiful otherworldly red flower growing up out of a rock. Text to the right that says 'The imagination is committed to the justice of wholeness. It will not choose one side in an inner conflict and repress or banish the other; it will endeavor to initiate a profound conversation between them in order that something original can be born. John O'Donohue'
