About Us

"But once in a while the odd thing happens,
Once in a while the dream comes true,
And the whole pattern of life is altered,
Once in a while the moon turns blue.

– W.H. Auden

"Joy doesn’t betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated, and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.

– Rebecca Solnit

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

– Maya Angelou

"You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.

– Rumi

"It is important to reclaim for humanity the ground that has been taken from it by various arbitrarily narrow formulations of the demands of rationality.

– Amartya Sen

"Indifference is the worst kind of disease that can affect people.

– Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar

"We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them.

– Albert Einstein

"At first I thought I was fighting to save rubber trees, then I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rainforest. Now I realize I am fighting for humanity.

– Chico Mendes

"The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.

– Audre Lorde

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

– Lao Tzu

"If you have come here to help me, you are wasting our time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.

– Lilla Watson

"We must undertake struggle in all parts of the world, wherever we may be, because we have no replacement planet, we only have this one, and we have to take action.

– Berta Cáceres