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“Dad let me cry against the fabric of his shirt. I cried because I felt guilty. And helpless. And lonely and frustrated and angry. I cried because I couldn’t tell if everything was changing or nothing was.”
― Jas Hammonds, We Deserve Monuments

“I know trauma uses silence as a survival mechanism.”
― Jasmine Mans, Black Girl, Call Home

“I kneel into a dream where I am good & loved. I am good. I am loved. My hands have made some good mistakes. They can always make better ones.”
― Natalie Wee, Our Bodies & Other Fine Machines

“When you say, “What would we do without prisons?” what you are really saying is: “What would we do without civil death, exploitation, and state-sanctioned violence?”
― Mariame Kaba, We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice