i absolutely support the cause of any innocent peoples who find themselves harmed, ruined and killed by those dripping hate, greed, hunger for power .... i absolutely support expressions of peaceful protest which comes in so many forms. I cannot support shutting down a freeway that is a mainline to medical help. When my dear friend Margarita (a Cuban woman who stood against Castro as a girl in the 1960's, whose family fled to the US, who served as an army nurse on the frontlines outside Saigon, who became a nurse practitioner, grief counselor for children, who mortgaged her house to pay for immigration lawyers for a family of Salvadoran refugees, and fought for gay rights in the Presbyterian Church)...when she was dying an ugly death from multiple myeloma brought on by agent orange, I would drive her to chemo an other appointments from Burien to Group Health on Capital Hill. Except for the morning Sharma Sawant told her followers to shut down I-5. The anxiety and literal pain this caused Margarita that day as we wound around seeking other routes - thank God there was a tiny window of notice - I was furious and so distressed for my friend. One cannot know who is trying to get to help: parents trying to reach Childrens with an asthmatic child? A woman in labor? An aide car carrying a critical emergency? A woman with multiple myeloma experiencing pain and bloody diarrhea? Nope. I will not support guerilla freeway shut downs in a city encumbered with terrain that impedes options.
Such a beautiful, powerful piece Kenzi. I found my eyes tearing up and sobs choking my throat many times throughout reading this. However, the hope ignited in my heart beats all of that. Thank you for writing and sharing this, and thank you for standing for humanity. 🙏🏽💛
i absolutely support the cause of any innocent peoples who find themselves harmed, ruined and killed by those dripping hate, greed, hunger for power .... i absolutely support expressions of peaceful protest which comes in so many forms. I cannot support shutting down a freeway that is a mainline to medical help. When my dear friend Margarita (a Cuban woman who stood against Castro as a girl in the 1960's, whose family fled to the US, who served as an army nurse on the frontlines outside Saigon, who became a nurse practitioner, grief counselor for children, who mortgaged her house to pay for immigration lawyers for a family of Salvadoran refugees, and fought for gay rights in the Presbyterian Church)...when she was dying an ugly death from multiple myeloma brought on by agent orange, I would drive her to chemo an other appointments from Burien to Group Health on Capital Hill. Except for the morning Sharma Sawant told her followers to shut down I-5. The anxiety and literal pain this caused Margarita that day as we wound around seeking other routes - thank God there was a tiny window of notice - I was furious and so distressed for my friend. One cannot know who is trying to get to help: parents trying to reach Childrens with an asthmatic child? A woman in labor? An aide car carrying a critical emergency? A woman with multiple myeloma experiencing pain and bloody diarrhea? Nope. I will not support guerilla freeway shut downs in a city encumbered with terrain that impedes options.
i know how dear margarita was to you, and i’m sorry you went through this💓
Such a beautiful, powerful piece Kenzi. I found my eyes tearing up and sobs choking my throat many times throughout reading this. However, the hope ignited in my heart beats all of that. Thank you for writing and sharing this, and thank you for standing for humanity. 🙏🏽💛
sabah, thank you for your tears, for your kind words and your tender heartedness ❤️🩹