Dean Spade Is Asking Activists, “How Much Bolder Could You Be?”

“None of us know where this is going,” says author and activist Dean Spade. “It's not looking good, but what do I want to spend the rest of my life doing? Being fully alive, being with other people, being in it together, taking risks, being really, really caring, [and] learning to love people even if they annoy me.” In the spring of 2020, the U.S. saw an unprecedented wave of mutual aid projects in response to the pandemic. What became of that energy, and what lessons have organizers learned from efforts that thrived and projects that collapsed? In this episode, Kelly and Dean Spade discuss mutual aid, overcoming burnout and demobilization and how we can support trans young people in the face of fascistic Republican attacks.

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