Resistance in the Bluegrass Quotes

“Tomorrow, our children will forge a future that is beyond our wildest dreams—a future that is built on community, love, and solidarity. In that future is a new and different kind of political representation. It is one that is born from a place of abundance—a place that values justice and the perspectives of young people, women, and people from different ethnic and racial backgrounds. We can get there. We can get to the place where we are all valued and loved for who we are and how we show up in the world. It is a big and bold vision of our future that we each deserve. We cannot settle. We are worthy of everything.”
― Farrah Alexander, Resistance in the Bluegrass: Empowering the Commonwealth

“Our own bell hooks reminds us: “True resistance begins with people confronting pain . . . and wanting to do something to change it.” That is our story. It is who we are at our core. Rather than linger in our pain, we resist any notions of giving up, of throwing in the towel, of walking away from a challenge. We certainly know about challenges in Kentucky. We know what it means to be displaced from our mobile home communities. We know what it means not to have clean bathing and drinking water. We know the sting of discrimination based on who we love. We also know what community, love, and solidarity look like in action.”
― Farrah Alexander, Resistance in the Bluegrass: Empowering the Commonwealth