Sarah Longwell

And time is the one resource we don't have, we can't afford to waste. But it is the theory of change in our system that is most consistently worked. And I think it's worth a try again.

And time is the one resource we don't have, we can't afford to waste. But it is the theory of change in our system that is most consistently worked. And I think it's worth a try again.

I mean I think there's fear both around repercussions and just fear that it doesn't matter. And one, I think that there is strength in numbers. My dad likes to say, this is a classic Joe Bidenism quoting my dad, but he does genuinely say this. I'm not just making up a quote from my dad and saying it's my father.

I mean I think there's fear both around repercussions and just fear that it doesn't matter. And one, I think that there is strength in numbers. My dad likes to say, this is a classic Joe Bidenism quoting my dad, but he does genuinely say this. I'm not just making up a quote from my dad and saying it's my father.

Wilmington, Delaware, classic San Francisco mecca of the 1950s. My dad likes to say that if everyone has just a little bit of courage, then no one has to be a hero. And

Wilmington, Delaware, classic San Francisco mecca of the 1950s. My dad likes to say that if everyone has just a little bit of courage, then no one has to be a hero. And

It might feel scary and be scary, but the more everyday voters, everyday citizens that we have speaking out, the more elected officials, the more cultural leaders, the more business leaders will have a little bit more courage then to speak out. I think we are seeing so many people in positions of power afraid to speak out because they are afraid that they will be speaking out alone.

It might feel scary and be scary, but the more everyday voters, everyday citizens that we have speaking out, the more elected officials, the more cultural leaders, the more business leaders will have a little bit more courage then to speak out. I think we are seeing so many people in positions of power afraid to speak out because they are afraid that they will be speaking out alone.

And we can't convince every single person in positions of power or authority or influence to summon that courage to be a hero. But I think if everyone just demonstrates enough courage. And look, we can catastrophize. But if folks are speaking out, if folks are marching and protesting right now for the most part. You're safe. You can do it.

And we can't convince every single person in positions of power or authority or influence to summon that courage to be a hero. But I think if everyone just demonstrates enough courage. And look, we can catastrophize. But if folks are speaking out, if folks are marching and protesting right now for the most part. You're safe. You can do it.

And if you do it and your neighbor does it and your neighbor's neighbor does it, it's going to give a backbone and a sense of momentum to other people who just need that extra little push, who maybe are putting even more on the line to speak out and to fight back. But I think I want to go back to what I said at the start, because I think

And if you do it and your neighbor does it and your neighbor's neighbor does it, it's going to give a backbone and a sense of momentum to other people who just need that extra little push, who maybe are putting even more on the line to speak out and to fight back. But I think I want to go back to what I said at the start, because I think

this moment feels so different than the Obama moment when it felt like if we simply worked for it, change was inevitable, right? Yes, it doesn't come without effort, but if we put that effort in, it'll happen and it doesn't feel that way. And I think we are victims of sort of the hindsight of history in this moment because we remember that moment. A lot of people over the age of,

this moment feels so different than the Obama moment when it felt like if we simply worked for it, change was inevitable, right? Yes, it doesn't come without effort, but if we put that effort in, it'll happen and it doesn't feel that way. And I think we are victims of sort of the hindsight of history in this moment because we remember that moment. A lot of people over the age of,

20-something, remember that moment. Remember really the post-1960s world where it did feel like we were on that cresting wave of cultural momentum. And we've never experienced a moment like this where we can't see the light at the end of the tunnel, where we don't know if we vote and volunteer and speak out that change will come.

20-something, remember that moment. Remember really the post-1960s world where it did feel like we were on that cresting wave of cultural momentum. And we've never experienced a moment like this where we can't see the light at the end of the tunnel, where we don't know if we vote and volunteer and speak out that change will come.

But you think about all of the reasons for hopelessness for an enslaved person in the 1850s who had absolutely no reason to believe that an emancipation proclamation was on the horizon. You think about the hopelessness of an unemployed worker during the early days of the Great Depression who had never heard of a New Deal.

But you think about all of the reasons for hopelessness for an enslaved person in the 1850s who had absolutely no reason to believe that an emancipation proclamation was on the horizon. You think about the hopelessness of an unemployed worker during the early days of the Great Depression who had never heard of a New Deal.

You think about the hopelessness of gay folks and trans folks in the 1950s who never knew of an America where they could live openly and authentically as themselves without violating the law. They had every reason to give up. They could not see the light at the end of the tunnel. And I have to believe that if previous generations could do it, then so too can we.

You think about the hopelessness of gay folks and trans folks in the 1950s who never knew of an America where they could live openly and authentically as themselves without violating the law. They had every reason to give up. They could not see the light at the end of the tunnel. And I have to believe that if previous generations could do it, then so too can we.