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Vanja I am astounded to see how you hold both ferocity and softness together so gracefully and let yourself pour into the humanitarian matters. This essay has touched me deeply and is going to stay with me for a long time as I watch the world break one day at a time 💔

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Thank you Swarnali. It means a lot to know the essay resonated with you—may we continue to hold both our ferocity and tenderness as the world shifts around us. ❤️

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We are Mother Trees sending the same signals, crying the same tears. Your words are my words; our hearts are beating together. Keep transmitting. We will never stop campaigning for peace. It is really what everyone wants, craves, and yearns to feel

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Thank you for this. Our roots are deeply intertwined, and together we’ll keep reaching for liberation. 🌿

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This was so deeply beautiful, in the culture of individualism people become too scared to speak up to admit their pain thinking they failed at something they can’t name when no one can cope in the systematic violence of oppression - that’s when community and actual action towards uplifting and creating community is important.

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Thank you for reading and the resonance. In a world that silences pain and glorifies isolation, building community is a powerful act of resistance. <3

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It hurts that you cannot take today to also recognize the atrocities that occurred to Israelis on Oct 7th. You clearly value certain human lives above others.

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