restoration

I fear being cheap more than being broke. Being broke is only reflective of my circumstances, but being cheap is reflective of my character.

Maya Angelou greatest hits

dreams for the faithful are memories of the future. despair for the faithless is regret of the future.

“it ran in my family until it ran into me”

One thing about the call for divestment is that it forces us to confront just how naturalized the imperialist position is. It's considered a non-political issue for higher ed institutions to profit from war, genocide, and occupation. What's 'political' is asking them to stop.

﴿وَلَا تَخَافِي﴾

do not fear

“The children of Gaza are proud of you” .. I’m weeping. Not just for pride of the students rising up but for the student activists who worked years in this cause, for the signs we made & petitions we circulated when it seemed the world had moved on. The world is watching now.

Mediocrity has a shelf life, excellence has none.

Reporter: Evidence at Gaza mass graves show torture and signs of being buried alive, Palestinians called for an independent investigation, what’s wrong with that?

Patel: We’re asking Israel

Reporter: You’re asking the accused to investigate itself?

Patel: We’re asking Israel

“They’ll say we’re disturbing the peace, but there is no peace. What really bothers them is that we are disturbing the war.” Howard Zinn 1971

read about the Vietnam student protest movements.. Wealthy students at elite schools putting their bodies on the line as a proxy forces the elite to reckon with violence done to the voiceless oppressed whose lives are not as valued. Also divestment is key to ending apartheid.

seeing my former professors sign on to support the students makes me so emotional. Columbia as an institution is heinous, but there are some very righteous educators & I’m grateful the liberation they taught in the classroom is embodied in their ethics. Free Palestine 🇵🇸