In the fifth talk of the Awakened Action series, Rebecca Solnit invites participants to name acts of moral beauty—from tribal leaders honoring Japanese American internment survivors to the Rainbow Defense Coalition protecting LGBTQ+ events. Rebecca reflects on falling into depression amid political darkness, emphasizing that the long view of history offers an antidote to despair. Highlighting this year as the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, she traces how Rosa Parks sparked global transformation through nonviolent resistance. “We often underestimate ourselves, but… our opponents often estimate us more truly in telling us that we are actually very powerful. They are afraid of us.” Citing climate-vulnerable nations securing the 1.5-degree threshold in Paris, immigration solidarity, and Epstein survivors’ courage, she argues we’re witnessing the Great Turning—reminding us that “hope is a discipline.”
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