Every resistance movement which has had an impact has built upon the ones that came before. Agency flows from the collective (and individual) power of the people. Despite our feelings of marginalization, we must remember that we are standing upon the shoulders of giants. The general trajectory of progress has always been decidedly nonlinear; exhibiting fits, starts, and setbacks. Yet still it rises, like a mathematical model. To believe otherwise is to lose Hope; but to lose that is to lose everything. Isolation is an illusion; we are all in this together, and our fellowship is our strength. As Seneca famously said, "He has won without glory who has won without peril."
- Judith Mistor