We Have

We have masks to cover our faces, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have a speaker and music to set a tone, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have screens and footage to show the truth, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have cards and literature for information, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have matching apparel and matching black clothes, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have cameras and microphones and video recording, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have Socratic questions and repeat phrases, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have a standardized structure and strict variations, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have clickers and tallies and records and totals, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have signs and banners and bags and flags, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have group photos, action shots, livestreams, and posts, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have Instagram and pages, Facebook and groups, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have organizers, regions, teams, and admins, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have events and schedules and RSVPs, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have names and catch phrases, logos, gang signs, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have merchandise, buttons, badges, and lanyards, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have likes, loves, followers, and shares, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have files, forms, applications, reports, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have spaces and streets, cities and sidewalks, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have chapters, members, questionnaires, and history, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have family and friends, acquaintances and allies, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have day jobs, cell phones, transport, and time, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have routines, experience, confidence, and fire, but you don’t need this to do activism.

We have a choice.

And we have a voice.

And that’s all you need for activism.