if we have voices, we must use them. Edit: if you’re feeling helpless remember that we have more power than you think. Don’t look away even when it becomes uncomfortable. Educate yourself on what’s happening in Afghanistan and Palestine right now, donate to organizations supporting Afghan and Palestinian women, and use your voice because their voices are being silenced 🩷 I would highly recommend reading “A Woman is No Man” by Etaf Rum. It is about Palestinian women living in America and it chan

A Master student at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy proudly held up the Palestine flag as he walked across the stage. He then put the flag down and folded it up and proceeded to walk to the Dean to receive his diploma. The Dean held it out then pulled it away. I pulled my phone out right at that moment to capture the next minute and a half of the Dean proceeding to talk to the student and tell him flags are not allowed and refuse to let him move forward. This was obviously not an i