【推文】James Lindsay - "To fix climate anxiety, we first have to fix individualism." –LA Times

This is a recent tweet written by James Lindsay . It only has a few paragraphs, a few pictures, the original text of the article and its translation. The article itself is a "climate justice" propaganda article, and the intersectionality / (discrimination) content seems to be mentioned in passing. (It may not be enough without adding some of this content)

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James Lindsay tweets

Are you paying attention yet?

"To fix climate anxiety (and also climate change), we first have to fix individualism." –LA Times

To fix their mental illness about the climate, we have to let the mentally ill people control us. That's what that literally means.

Did you notice?
“To address climate anxiety (and therefore climate change), we must first address individualism.” —Los Angeles Times To address their psychosis on the climate, we must let the mentally ill control us, literally.

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UNHINGED: The LA Times just published a fundamentally anti-human essay that pushes communist ideas as the solution for climate change.

The “climate anxiety” riddled author writes: “I find myself questioning whether I could ever justify bringing my own children into this world.”

Unhinged: The Los Angeles Times just published a fundamentally anti-human article promoting communist ideas as a solution to climate change.
"I found myself questioning whether I had any reason to bring my children into the world," the writer, who suffers from climate anxiety, wrote.

Here is another unhinged aspect of that paragraph: “I can't help but feel like we're just counting down the days to our own extinction.”

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-09-11/climate-anxiety-essay

Here’s another unhinged aspect of the passage: “I can’t help but feel that we are simply counting down the days to our own extinction.”

www.latimes.com/envi…

(There are only screenshots later, so I might as well copy and translate the entire article)

LA Times article

(The following is a machine translation without much editing, it is too long)

www.latimes.com/envi…

How do you cope? I feel the sorrow, the quiet plea for guidance every time someone asks me this question. As an environmental reporter dedicated to helping people make sense of climate change, I know I should have answers. But the truth is, it took me until now to face my own grief.

How do you cope? Whenever someone asks me this question, I feel sad and quiet looking for guidance. As an environmental journalist dedicated to helping people understand climate change, I knew I should have the answers. But the truth is, I haven’t faced my own grief until now.

My heart keeps breaking whenever I meet yet another child struggling with asthma amid orange, smoke-filled skies. I, too, am reeling from the whiplash of extreme drought and extreme rain, and I'm still haunted by the thought of a mother having to call each of her daughters to say goodbye as the homes around her cave to fire.

My heart breaks every time I encounter another asthmatic child in the orange smoky sky. I was also suffering from extreme drought and extreme rainfall, and the thought of a mother having to call each of her daughters to say goodbye while the houses around the caves were on fire still haunts me.

Each year, as I reflect on my own reporting on the floods that keep getting worse and the toxic pollution building up in all forms of life, I find myself questioning whether I could ever justify bringing my own children into this world. I agonize over the amount of plastic we can't avoid using and mourn the monarch butterflies that have vanished. With each new heat record shattered, and each new report declaring a code red for humanity, I can't help but feel like we're just counting down the days to our own extinction.

Every year, as I reflect on my coverage of increasingly severe flooding and the accumulating toxic pollution in all forms of life, I find myself questioning whether I justified bringing my own children into this world. I am pained by the amount of plastic we cannot avoid using and mourn the disappearance of the monarch butterfly. With every new heat record being broken and every new report declaring humanity code red, I can't help but feel like we're just counting down the days to our own extinction.

“Climate anxiety” is the term we now use to describe these feelings, but I must confess, I was perplexed when I first heard these words a few years ago. Anger, frustration, helplessness, exhaustion — these are the emotions I come across more often when getting to know the communities bracing for, or recovering from, the devastation of what they've long considered home.

“Climate anxiety” is a term we use now to describe these feelings, but I must admit I was confused when I first heard them a few years ago. Anger, frustration, helplessness, exhaustion—these are the emotions I encounter often as I get to know communities who are preparing for or recovering from the destruction of the homes they have long considered home.

Then a college student asked me about climate anxiety. It came up again on social media, and again in personal essays and polls. This paralyzing dread was suddenly the talk of the town — but it has also, very noticeably, remained absent in some circles .

Then a college student asked me about climate anxiety. It's showing up again on social media and again in personal articles and polls. This paralyzing fear was suddenly the talk of the town—but remarkably, it remained absent in some circles.

All this has led me to wonder: What, exactly, is climate anxiety? And how should we cope? At first blush, this anxiety seems rooted in a fear that we'll never go back to normal, that the future we were once promised is now gone. But who this “normal” is even for (and what we're actually afraid of losing) speaks to a much more complicated question:

All of this got me wondering: What exactly is climate anxiety? And how should we respond? At first glance, this anxiety seems to stem from a fear that we will never return to normal, that the future we were once promised is now gone. But who this "normal" is for (and what we're actually afraid of losing) illustrates a more complex issue:

Is this anxiety pointing to a deeper responsibility that we all must face — and ultimately, is this anxiety something we can transcend?

Does this anxiety point to a deeper responsibility that we all must face—and is it, ultimately, something we can transcend?

For Jade Sasser, whose research on climate emotions has been grounded by her own experiences as a Black woman, these questions sharpened into focus during a research-methods seminar that she was teaching early last year at UC Riverside.

For Jade Sasser, her research on climate emotions is grounded in her own experiences as a Black woman, and these issues came into focus during a research methods seminar she taught at UC Riverside early last year. .

The class — all female, many from low-income immigrant communities — had been a fairly quiet group all quarter, so Sasser was surprised when the room completely erupted after she broached what she thought would be an academic, somewhat dispassionate discussion about climate change and the future.

The class — all women, many from low-income immigrant communities — had been a pretty quiet group all quarter, so when she presented what she thought was an academic, somewhat sober discussion about climate change and , the room completely erupted, and Shockwave was surprised.

Every student was suddenly talking, even yelling, over one another. Thought after thought tumbled out as they shared that not only does the future feel bleak when it comes to the job market, the housing crisis and whether their generation will ever be able to “ settle down with kids” — but all this is many times worse when you're not white, not documented and not born into a college-educated family.

Every student suddenly started talking to each other and even yelling. As they shared their opinions, their thoughts swirled, not only does the future feel bleak in terms of the job market, the housing crisis and whether their generation will be able to "settle down with kids," but that all of this is worse when you're not white, have no documents, and were not born into a college-educated family.

How can they feel hopeful about the future, they asked, when, on top of everything already stacked against them, they also have to worry about wildfires, extreme heat and air pollution getting out of control?

How can they be hopeful about the future, they ask, when they have to worry about wildfires, sweltering heat and runaway air pollution on top of everything already stacked against them?

“It was literally a collective meltdown unlike anything I had ever experienced,” said Sasser, whose podcast and book, “Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question,” were largely inspired by her students that day. “I understood in that moment that you cannot assume someone does not also experience anxiety simply because their way of talking about it may not be the same as yours.”

“It was literally a collective meltdown unlike anything I’ve ever experienced,” said Sasser, whose podcast and book, “Climate Anxiety and Children’s Matters,” was largely inspired by her students that day. “I understood at that moment that you can’t assume that just because someone talks about anxiety differently than you do, that they don’t experience anxiety.”

It doesn't help, she added, that many people don't realize what they're feeling is climate anxiety because the way we talk about it tends to center the experiences of white and more privileged people — people who have been insulated from oppression and have rarely (until now) had to worry about the safety of their own future.

She added that it doesn't help that many people don't realize what they're feeling is climate anxiety because the way we talk about it tends to focus on the experiences of white and more privileged people — those who are free from oppression and (until Now) there is little need to worry about one's future security.

“For a lot of people, climate anxiety looks a certain way: It looks very scared, it looks very sad, and it looks like a person who is ready, willing and able to talk about it,” Sasser said. “But for those who are experiencing many compounding forms of vulnerability at the same time, you can't just pick out one part of it and say, 'Oh, this is what's causing me to feel this way.'"

“For a lot of people, climate anxiety looks like this: looking very scared, looking very sad, and looking like someone who is ready, willing and able to talk about it,” Sasser said. "But for people who experience multiple, compound forms of vulnerability at the same time, you can't just pick out one part of it and say, 'Oh, that's what makes me feel this way.'"

A brave first step is to acknowledge privilege — and to support, and perhaps even learn, from those who have had to be resilient long before climate change became so overwhelming.

A brave first step is to acknowledge privilege and support, and maybe even learn from, those who have had to be resilient long before climate change became so overwhelming.

( Privilege, the center of Intersectionality / (Discrimination) Intersectionality, see [Tweet] Yuri Bezmenov's Ghost - [______] think they have a special insight into the way the world works )

“For me, this work is a matter of survival,” said Kevin J. Patel, who grew up in South LA and has been fighting for climate justice since he was 11. He was contemplative, nodding, when I shared what I learned from Sasser, and he gently added that one privilege many communities don't have is the ability to turn it off. Not everyone can go on a vacation or take a day to recharge, he said. Even having the time to talk about your sadness can be a luxury.

“For me, this job is about survival,” said Kevin J. Patel. When I shared what I learned from it, he nodded thoughtfully. Not everyone can go on vacation or take a day off to recharge, he said. Even having time to talk about your grief is a luxury.

Patel learned at a young age that not all communities get the same level of care. Growing up with hazy air, in a neighborhood hemmed in by the 10 and 110 freeways, Patel almost collapsed one day in front of his sixth-grade class when his heart suddenly started pounding at more than 300 beats per minute.

As a young man, Patel learned that not all communities receive the same level of care. Patel, who grew up in smog-laden air surrounded by the 10 and 110 freeways, nearly collapsed in front of his sixth-grade class one day when his heart suddenly began racing at more than 300 beats per minute. .

His parents, farmers from Gujarat, India, rushed Patel to the emergency room and held his hand while everyone around him thought he was dying. After months of hospital visits and procedures, doctors determined that he had developed a severe heart condition in large part due to the smog.

His parents, farmers from the Indian state of Gujarat, rushed Patel to the emergency room and held his hands while everyone around him thought he was dying. After months of hospital visits and surgeries, doctors determined he had severe heart disease, caused in large part by the smoke.

As he learned to live with an irregular heartbeat, he found joy in his family's tiny garden and marveled at all the ladybugs that gathered on the tulsi, a special type of basil. He taught his classmates that food came from the ground, not the grocery store, and together, they went on to form an environmental club.

As he learns to adjust to his irregular heartbeat, he finds joy in his family's small garden and is amazed by the ladybugs that swarm on tulsi, a special type of basil. He told his classmates that food came from the ground, not the grocery store, and together they formed an environmental club.

Today, Patel speaks with the hardened wisdom of someone who has experienced much more than the typical 23-year-old. He's constantly doing something — whether it's supporting a neighbor, getting water bottle refill stations installed at his school, or turning the idea of a Los Angeles County Youth Climate Commission into reality. For years, he has guided other marginalized youth through OneUpAction, a grassroots environmental group that he built from the ground up.

Today, Patel speaks with unflinching wisdom and has experienced far more than the average 23-year-old. He’s constantly doing something — whether it’s supporting neighbors, installing water bottle refill stations at schools, or turning the idea of ​​the Los Angeles County Youth Climate Council into a reality. Over the years, he has mentored other marginalized youth through OneUpAction, a grassroots environmental organization he built from scratch.

Even if he doesn't call it anxiety, he admits he sometimes has trouble focusing, and there's a tenseness in his body that can be hard to shake off. But he's usually able to turn it around by talking to his friends or elders, or by reciting his favorite proverb:

Even if he doesn't call it anxiety, he admits that he sometimes has difficulty concentrating and has a sense of tension in his body that he can't shake. But he was usually able to turn the situation around by talking to friends or elders, or by reciting his favorite proverb:

They tried to bury us, but they didn't know we were seeds.

They tried to bury us, but they didn't know we were seeds.

"It's not about what I need, it's about what my community needs," he said. "There is joy in caring for one another. There is joy in coming together to fight for a future that we believe in."

"It's not about what I need, it's about what my community needs," he said. "It is a joy to look after each other. It is a joy to come together and fight for the future we believe in.

When talking about climate anxiety, it's important to differentiate whether you're assessing these emotions as a mental health condition, or as a cultural phenomenon.

When talking about climate anxiety, it’s important to distinguish whether you view these emotions as a mental health condition or a cultural phenomenon.

Let's start with mental health: Polls show climate anxiety is on the rise and that people all around the world are losing sleep over climate change. Organizations like the Climate-Aware Therapist Directory and the American Psychiatric Assn. have put together an increasing number of guides and resources to help more people understand how climate change has affected our emotional well-being.

Let’s start with mental health: Polls show climate anxiety is rising, and people around the world are losing sleep over climate change. Organizations such as the Directory of Climate Aware Therapists and the American Psychiatric Association. Bringing together a growing collection of guides and resources to help more people understand how climate change is affecting our emotional well-being.

Just knowing that climate change is getting worse can trigger serious psychological responses. And the shock and trauma are all the more great if you've already had to live through the kinds of disasters that keep the rest of us up at night.

Just knowing that climate change is worsening can trigger serious psychological reactions. The shock and trauma are even more severe if you've experienced the kinds of disasters that keep the rest of us up at night.

It's also important to note that social media has magnified our sense of doom. What you see on social media tends to be a particularly intense and cherry-picked version of reality, but studies show that's exactly how the vast majority of young people are getting their information about climate change: online rather than in school.

It’s also important to note that social media amplifies our sense of doom. What you see on social media is often a particularly intense and cherry-picked version of reality, but research shows that this is how the vast majority of young people get their information about climate change: online rather than in School.

But you can't treat climate anxiety like other forms of anxiety, and here's where the cultural politics come in: The only way to make climate anxiety go away is to make climate change go away, and given the fraught and deeply systemic underpinnings of climate change, we must also consider this context when it comes to our climate emotions. How we feel is just as much a product of the narratives that have shaped the way we perceive and respond to the world.

But you can’t treat climate anxiety like other forms of anxiety, and that’s where cultural politics comes in: the only way to eliminate climate anxiety is to eliminate climate change, and given the worrying and profound systemic changes underlying the climate problem, We must also consider this context when it comes to our climate sentiments. Our feelings are also the product of narratives that shape how we perceive and respond to the world.

"Climate anxiety can't be limited to just a clinical setting — we have to take it out of the therapy room and look at it through a lens of privilege, and power, and the economic, historical and social structures that are at the root of the problem," said Sarah Jaquette Ray, whose book "A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety" is a call to arms to think more expansively about our despair. "Treating a person's climate anxiety without challenging these systems only addresses the symptoms, not the causes... and if white or more privileged emotions get the most airtime, and if we don't see how climate is intersecting with all these other problems, that can result in a greater silencing of the people most impacted."

“Climate anxiety cannot be confined to clinical settings—we must take it out of the therapy room and see it through the lens of privilege, power, and the economic, historical, and social structures at its root Sarah Jacquette Ray Jaquette Ray, whose book A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety calls for thinking more broadly about our despair, “Treating a person’s climate anxiety without challenging these systems only addresses the symptoms, not the cause… .. .If white or more privileged sentiments get the most attention, and if we don't see the intersection of climate and all these other issues, that could lead to greater silencing of those most affected.

(Keywords: whiteness, privilege, intersectionality)

Ray, an environmental humanist who chairs the environmental studies program at Cal Poly Humboldt, also emphasized that our distress can actually be a catalyst for much-needed change. These emotions are meant to shake us out of complacency, to sound the alarm to the very real crisis before us. But if we don't openly talk about climate anxiety as something that is not only normal but also expected, we run the risk of further individualizing the problem. We already have a tendency to shut down and feel alone in our sorrows, which traps us into thinking only about ourselves.

Ray, an environmental humanist who chairs the Environmental Studies Program at California State University, Humboldt, also emphasized that our pain can actually be a catalyst for much-needed change. These sentiments are meant to shake us out of complacency and serve as a wake-up call to the real crisis at hand. But if we don’t talk openly about climate anxiety as something not just normal but expected, we risk further individualizing the problem. We already have a tendency to shut down and feel alone in our grief, which leads us into thinking only about ourselves.

“One huge reason why climate anxiety feels so awful is this feeling of not being able to do anything about it,” Ray said. “But if you actually saw yourself as part of a collective, as interconnected with all these other movements doing meaningful things , you wouldn't be feeling this despair and loneliness."

"A big reason why climate anxiety feels so bad is this feeling of powerlessness," Ray said. "But if you really see yourself as part of a collective, interconnected with all the other movements doing meaningful things, you won't feel this hopeless and alone."

The trick to fixing climate anxiety is to fix individualism, she said. Start small, tap into what you're already good at, join something bigger than yourself.

The secret to tackling climate anxiety, she says, is to tackle individualism. Start small, tap into something you're already good at, and join something bigger than yourself.

And by fixing individualism, as many young activists like Patel have already figured out, we just might have a better shot at fixing climate change.

As many young activists like Patel have come to realize, by addressing individualism we may have a better chance of solving climate change.

Let us consider, for a moment, how the words that we use can also limit the way we think about our vulnerability and despair.

Let’s consider that the words we use can also limit the way we think about our vulnerability and despair.

Something as simple as the “climate” in “climate anxiety” and how we define “environment” can unintentionally reinforce who we center in the conversation.

Something as simple as the word “climate” in “climate anxiety” and how we define “environment” can inadvertently reinforce our centrality in the conversation.

"In Nigeria, what we call our environment — it's not just trees and mountains — it's also about our food, our jobs, the biodiversity that gives us the life support that we need to thrive every day. That's what we call our environment; it's about our people," said Jennifer Uchendu, who founded SustyVibes, a youth-led sustainability group based in her home country, as well as the Eco-Anxiety in Africa Project, which seeks to validate the emotions and experiences of communities often overlooked in climate conversations. “So if people are being oppressed by the system, it is still linked to our idea of ​​the environment.”

“In Nigeria, what we call our environment – ​​not just trees and mountains – is about our food, our jobs, the biodiversity that provides us with the life support we need to thrive every day. That’s what we said the environment; says Jennifer Uchendu, who founded SustyVibes, a youth-led sustainability organization in her home country, and the African Eco-Anxiety Project, which seeks to validate the sentiments and sentiments of communities that are often overlooked in African countries. experience. “So if people are oppressed by the system, it still has to do with our idea of ​​the environment. "

Many of Uchendu's elders have expressed a lifetime of feeling frustrated and powerless, for example, but she said they didn't immediately connect these feelings to climate change because "climate anxiety" sounded to them like a new and elite phenomenon.

For example, many of Uchendu's elders report feeling depressed and powerless throughout their lives, but she says they don't immediately connect those feelings to climate change because "climate anxiety" sounds like a new thing to them. elite phenomenon.

We hear so often today that climate change is the existential crisis of our time, but that dismisses the trauma and violence to all the people who have been fighting to survive for centuries. Colonization, greed and exploitation are inseparable from climate change, Uchendu said, but we miss these connections when we consider our emotions only through a Western lens.

Today we often hear that climate change is the existential crisis of our time, but this ignores the trauma and violence suffered by all those who have struggled to survive over the centuries. Uchendu says colonization, greed and exploitation are inseparable from climate change, but when we think about our emotions only through a Western lens, we miss these connections.

("Colonization, greed and exploitation are inseparable from climate change" is actually "climate justice", quoted from [Feature Film Series - Changing Tides Ep. 1] Climate Justice | James Lindsay & Michael O'Fallon )

We should start with “justice”, which refers to making things fair. Climate justice refers to (1) fairness regarding climate and (2) how climate changes and its impacts. However, relevant academic literature Climate justice is not clearly defined, so only a few examples can be provided here

For example, some countries have caused considerable pollution during the industrialization process. These countries have become rich due to industrialization and have obtained a lot of power (power?), resources and wealth, while poorer countries have not obtained those resources, wealth, etc., and at the same time they have not produced as much There is a lot of pollution, but climate change affects all countries. The impact of climate change on poorer countries is "unjust" because they do not create so much pollution but do not receive the benefits of industrialization. Therefore, the resources and opportunities of industrialized countries should be redistributed. to poorer countries, such as money, relief supplies, open immigration, etc.

For Jessa Calderon, a Chumash and Tongva songwriter, these disconnects are ever-present in the concrete-hardened rivers snaking through Los Angeles, and the sour taste of industrialization often singing the air. In her darkest moments, her heart hurts wondering if her son , Honor, will grow up to know clean water.

For Chumash and Tongva songwriter Jessa Calderon, these disconnects are ever-present in the rivers of hardened concrete that wind through Los Angeles, where the sour smell of industrialization often scorches the air. In her darkest moments, her heart ached, wondering if her son Honor would grow up to know clean water.

Her voice cracked as she recalled a brown bear that had been struck dead on the freeway near the Cajon Pass. As she watched strangers gawk at the limp body and share videos online, she wished she had been able to put the bear to rest and sing him into the spirit world.

Her voice cracked as she thought about a brown bear that was killed on a highway near Cajon Pass. When she saw strangers gawking at the bear's limp body and sharing videos online, she wished she could put the bear to rest and sing him into the spirit world.

"If we don't see them as our people, then we have no hope for ourselves as a people, because we're showing that we care about nothing more than ourselves," she said. "And if we care about nothing more than ourselves, then we're going to continue to devastate each other and the land."

"If we don't see them as our people, then there is no hope for us as a people because we show that we only care about ourselves," she said. "If we only care about ourselves, then we will continue to destroy each other and the land."

It is not too late to turn your climate anxiety into climate empathy. Acknowledging the emotional toll on people beyond yourself can be an opportunity to listen and support one another. Embracing our feelings — and then finding others who also want to turn their fear into action — can be the missing spark to much-needed social and environmental healing.

It’s not too late to turn climate anxiety into climate empathy. Acknowledging the emotional loss experienced by someone other than yourself can be an opportunity to listen and support each other. Embracing our feelings—and then finding others who also want to turn their fears into action—may be the missing spark for much-needed social and environmental healing.

There is also wisdom to be learned in the songs and traditions of past movements, when people banded together — for civil rights, for women's suffrage — and found ways to keep hope alive against all odds. And the more we look to the young people still caring for their elders in Nigeria, and to our Indigenous neighbors who continue to sing and love and tend to every living being, the better we might also comprehend the resilience required of all of us in the warming years ahead.

There is also wisdom to be learned from the songs and traditions of past movements as people came together for civil rights, for women's suffrage, and found ways to maintain hope against all odds. The more we focus on the young people in Nigeria who are still caring for their elders, and the indigenous neighbors who continue to sing, love and care for each passing day, the more we can understand the resilience we will all need as this country continues to warm up in the coming days.

So how should we cope? For Patel, living with his irregular but unwavering heartbeat, he finds strength in the words of adrienne maree brown, who famously wrote in “Emergent Strategy” that in the same way our lives are shaped today by our ancestors, we ourselves are future ancestors. Calderon, who similarly taught her son to leave this Earth better with every passing generation, confided to me that on the days when the sorrow feels too great, she sneaks off to plant native manzanita seeds in stripped of neighborhoods of plants and trees.

So how should we respond? For Patel, whose heartbeat was irregular but unwavering, he found strength in the words of Adrienne Marie Brown, who wrote in "Emergent Strategy," As We Live Today As shaped by our ancestors, we ourselves are the ancestors of the future. Calderon, who similarly taught her sons to leave this earth better in every generation, revealed to me that on days when her grief was too intense, she would secretly plant in communities where there were no plants or trees. Local manzanita seeds.

As I'm reminded of all the love we can still sow for the future, I think of Phoenix Armenta, a longtime climate justice organizer in Oakland who has inspired numerous people, including myself, to take heart in all the times we actually got it right. (Remember acid rain? It was a huge problem, but collective action inspired multiple countries to join forces in the 1980s, and we did what needed to be done.)

When I think of all the love we can still sow for the future, I think of Phoenix Armenta, a long-time climate justice organizer in Oakland who has inspired countless people, including me, Cheer up when we really get it. (Remember acid rain? It was a huge problem, but collective action inspired multiple countries to band together in the 1980s, and we did what needed to be done.)

(I don’t even have to convince people that this is “climate justice”, it just says it…)

“Imagine what kind of world you actually want to live in and start working to make that happen,” said Armenta, who recently made the switch to government planning to help more communities find their voice and determine their own visions for the future.

“Imagine what kind of world you really want to live in and start working toward that goal,” Armenta said.

To grieve the world as we know it is to miss out on opportunities to transform our world for the better. To believe we have nothing left to hope for is a self-fulfilling void. We must find the courage to care, to change, to reimagine the systems that got us into such a devastating crisis in the first place — and we must allow ourselves to dream.

To grieve the world as we know it is to miss the opportunity to make our world a better place. Believing that there is nothing left for us is a self-fulfilling emptiness. We must find the courage to care, to change, to reimagine the systems that have put us in such devastating crisis—and we must allow ourselves to dream.

"But it can't just be my dream, or your dream. It has to be our collective dream," Armenta said. "I've known for a very long time that I can't save the world, but we can save the world together.”

"But it's not just my dream, it's not just your dream. It has to be our dream together," Armenta said. “I learned early on that I couldn’t save the world, but together we could.”