In honour of International Women’s Day, March 8, with its theme, Accelerate Action, Anglicans Powering Potential offer quotations of the African American author, scholar, feminist, and activist, bell hooks who notes: “Hopefulness empowers us to continue our work for justice even as the forces of injustice may gain greater power for a time.”
― bell hooks, Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope
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“Feminist thinking teaches us all, especially, how to love justice and freedom in ways that foster and affirm life.”
― bell hooks, Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
Heath S. notes: “. . . Our relationship with God drives our intuition and hunger for social justice . . . “
Equity work requires great courage and the triumph of hope in the face of very entrenched obstacles. The words of Michelle Obama can help bolster the needed perseverance: “History has shown us that courage can be contagious, and hope can take on a life of its own." Here’s to both courage and hope!