This Movement Will Take You So High and So Low
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https://doi.org/10.14288/acme.v23i2.2388Keywords:
Black Lives Matter, abolition, community organizing, empowerment, youth, queer identitiesAbstract
I address this letter to myself on November 25, 2014, the day after the non-indictment of Michael Brown’s murderer, when a resounding silence in my college physics class sparked a fire in me and a journey of awakening and action. Somewhere between a love letter and a condolence, a reassurance and a forewarning, these words serve to soften my stumble towards empowerment and insight as I grow as a young organizer in the Black Lives Matter movement.
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