“If you are human, you cannot watch someone murdered before your eyes and not feel some sort of compassion or empathy.”
Ricky Evans on Racism + Love + Beauty in Education
“I think that the beautiful part about learning is that once you equip yourself with the truth, the truth makes you move differently and it challenges you to be different.”
Maria Sole Campinoti on COVID-19 + Italian Government
“The Prime Minister talks about bridging the gender gap, but for normal women, he has done nothing.”
Black Lives Matter Protests
“I came out of the closet as a gay man when I was 16, but I came out of the closet as a black man when I was born.”
Time Spent in Quarantine
Time in quarantine feels nonsensical. How can we infuse meaning back into our days– and reclaim our 2020?
Kyu Min Huh on South Korea + COVID-19
“These past three weeks really have been a whirlwind, and it seems like it’s gonna continue to be so. Just about three weeks ago, around Mardi Gras time in New Orleans, covid-19 cases in S. Korea was skyrocketing.”
Pattern Breaking + Self Trust + Anxiety
As a person who could always rely on me, I suddenly saw my unreliability for what it was. I had become unstable, and the reality of it slapped me hard across the face.
Susana Palacios Pizarro on Chile’s Revolution— Mapuche Style
“We have been told to be reasonable and rational, and it didn’t work. Now, it is Mapuche way.”
Photo Diary of Morocco
“Morocco is the most beautiful country in the world. Because why? Because we have everything: two oceans, mountains, deserts, fresh water, and sunshine. What more do humans need?”
Kholqui “Rocky” Skouri on Tuareg Life + Philosophy + Religion — The Blue Men of Morocco
“All religion, they asking the same thing. Don’t do bad to human. That’s it, this is the thing. Finished. Don’t do bad to human.”