The energy we need to stand up to bullies, to the cruel MAGA agenda, to fearful situations, and to the dark unknowns will come from the courage we have used before now and the courage we must share with each other. We cannot destroy the evil; we can and we must destroy its powers over us.
Henrietta Lacks gave far more to the story of humanity and women's strengths than her cancer cells gave to science. Let us think about her love and trust, her courage and persistence.
Today is our National Day of Shame. However, some answers to my question, WHY ARE SOME CULT LEADERS AND MOVEMENT LEADERS SUCCESSFUL WHILE OTHERS ARE NOT, gives me a bit of hope. Men like Trump sit precariously in their powerful positions.
Women will lead now where previously shysters, the wealthy entitled class, religious leaders, and white male-dominated institutions held power and blasted large abysses in the foundation of our liberal democratic republic. We must have Courage.