I discovered that meeting regularly in safe spaces outside the walls of the institution is necessary to nurture bravery. At first these gatherings will feel like pockets of resistance, acts of survival. Then you might invite a new person to join you. And then another. And another. Soon that space might grow. Before you know it, you will not be resisting anymore. You will be embodying a different set of norms. From here, you can see the institution with new eyes and find opportunities for intervention. Or revolution.
