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Brittany Packnett Cunningham

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
571 total appearances

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We Can Do Hard Things
HOW WE ALL BECOME MINNESOTA: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM

especially when you have to look at your kid and say you can't swim in the pool because the whole thing is closed.

We Can Do Hard Things
HOW WE ALL BECOME MINNESOTA: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM

That drain pool politics is how we are where we are, is why we are where we are now.

We Can Do Hard Things
HOW WE ALL BECOME MINNESOTA: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM

Deciding that we're going to build a pool, keep it free, that everybody can come and swim in it, right?

We Can Do Hard Things
HOW WE ALL BECOME MINNESOTA: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM

And if you need a free bus route or a free swimming lesson in order to avail yourself of it, then we'll do that too.

We Can Do Hard Things
HOW WE ALL BECOME MINNESOTA: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM

That's the kind of world building I'm interested in.

We Can Do Hard Things
HOW WE ALL BECOME MINNESOTA: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM

And we practice that world building now by how we fight together.

We Can Do Hard Things
HOW WE ALL BECOME MINNESOTA: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM

by how we build together, by how we push back together, by how we make sure that the people with the most privilege are at the front of the line, not to tell other people what to do, but to protect the most vulnerable.

We Can Do Hard Things
HOW WE ALL BECOME MINNESOTA: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM

That's what being with each other helps us do.

We Can Do Hard Things
HOW WE ALL BECOME MINNESOTA: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM

If we were together at the pool, maybe we wouldn't be here right now if we knew how to be together.

We Can Do Hard Things
HOW WE ALL BECOME MINNESOTA: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM

And that's not no kumbaya, let's all hold our hands and sing together.

We Can Do Hard Things
HOW WE ALL BECOME MINNESOTA: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM

That is me and all of us understanding that there are real life consequences for structural choices.

We Can Do Hard Things
HOW WE ALL BECOME MINNESOTA: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM

And the consequence for us is that we don't know how to fight to win because we've been divided from each other and we've accepted that division.

We Can Do Hard Things
HOW WE ALL BECOME MINNESOTA: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM

Yeah, not sleeping.

We Can Do Hard Things
HOW WE ALL BECOME MINNESOTA: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM

Some of that is like, some of that is because of life.

We Can Do Hard Things
HOW WE ALL BECOME MINNESOTA: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM

Some of that is perimenopause.

We Can Do Hard Things
HOW WE ALL BECOME MINNESOTA: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM

But keep going.

We Can Do Hard Things
HOW WE ALL BECOME MINNESOTA: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM

You do not want a bunch of hostile, angry women coming at you.

We Can Do Hard Things
HOW WE ALL BECOME MINNESOTA: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM

Man, the people and their lost wages and all that.

We Can Do Hard Things
HOW WE ALL BECOME MINNESOTA: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM

Yes.

We Can Do Hard Things
HOW WE ALL BECOME MINNESOTA: BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM

Thanks.