MLK was in love: How relationships shape our politics

Movement work is hard, but never done in isolation. While we work with others to move forward strategies and tactics, we also develop our political identities through conversations, debates, and, yes, relationships with those people.

When examining the past, a lot of people I work with wonder what they would have done at the time. They ask, “how would I have responded?” “What would I have said or done?” “What would my roles have been?”

I tend to challenge people to NOT think about what “I” would have done if put in those situations. I say look to your left, to your right and to the last few people you texted, because you probably would have done whatever they were doing.

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