This is my favorite quote:
I'm a big believer in getting back up when you fall down. When I didn't get the fellowship I had been working on applying for for ten months (as well as my entire life unknowingly), I quickly found something new to power me through. It came in the form of organizing a group of students from my college to go to Standing Rock, North Dakota. This has given me a lot in the past month, when we really started working on it. It's been amazing, really.
But I'm also pretty nervous about it. Because I don't really know if physically going is the best thing I can do. I haven't decided yet if I'm willing to get arrested, which, I totally get, is a privileged thing to say. I have the CHOICE of whether I get arrested or not (to an extent). Many people who are there do not.
Anyway, we recently received all the funding we asked for from our school, which was incredible. We got a lot of money, which I'm so thrilled about, because it means that everyone can go for free, which is a huge deal.
But sometimes I wonder if it would be better to simply give that money to the people at Standing Rock directly, instead of spending it on us going. And I know - I'M the one that can make funding ME to go worth it. But I'm still having trouble grappling with that.
But really, it fills the void of my Watson because I care about it so damn much. It's important in so, so many ways and I feel very personally pulled to participate in this in the biggest way that I can.
Read this to get an idea of what I'm talking about:
http://karamariaananda.com/blog/women-of-standing-rock
I'm a big believer in getting back up when you fall down. When I didn't get the fellowship I had been working on applying for for ten months (as well as my entire life unknowingly), I quickly found something new to power me through. It came in the form of organizing a group of students from my college to go to Standing Rock, North Dakota. This has given me a lot in the past month, when we really started working on it. It's been amazing, really.
"Trust that when the answer's no, there's a better yes down the road."
But I'm also pretty nervous about it. Because I don't really know if physically going is the best thing I can do. I haven't decided yet if I'm willing to get arrested, which, I totally get, is a privileged thing to say. I have the CHOICE of whether I get arrested or not (to an extent). Many people who are there do not.
Anyway, we recently received all the funding we asked for from our school, which was incredible. We got a lot of money, which I'm so thrilled about, because it means that everyone can go for free, which is a huge deal.
But sometimes I wonder if it would be better to simply give that money to the people at Standing Rock directly, instead of spending it on us going. And I know - I'M the one that can make funding ME to go worth it. But I'm still having trouble grappling with that.
But really, it fills the void of my Watson because I care about it so damn much. It's important in so, so many ways and I feel very personally pulled to participate in this in the biggest way that I can.
Read this to get an idea of what I'm talking about:
http://karamariaananda.com/blog/women-of-standing-rock
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