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When activism fatigue makes you question historical agency

I joined social justice movements because I thought I could help bend the arc of history toward justice but after ten years of activism I mostly feel angry and burned out and wonder if individual action matters at all.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Attachment to outcomes in social change work can obscure the inherent value of aligned action and create despair when results do not match expectations.

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