We are here for each other.

When we walked out into the field at Grant Park, Chicagoans and their neighbors of all kinds surrounded us – young and old; Black, Latine, white, Asian, Native, and Middle Eastern; straight, gay, lesbian, bi; cis and trans; and on and on. They carried signs, dressed in costumes, held their children’s hands. We listened to…

Breaking links? Or forming bonds?

Last Saturday, I joined 30,000 people in Chicago’s Loop and 5 million across the country protesting the Trump administration’s policies and actions. We decried the administration’s deportation of immigrants, targeting of students for their free speech, gutting of federal programs including education and health, persecution of transgender youth, and so many other harms. It was…