No Human Enemies
I was in a Zoom meeting with the pastor of my church and a leadership group that was dealing with a sticky [difficult] issue. The pastor told us that she had been at a Zoom workshop earlier in the week titled “No Human Enemies.” She shared a perspective from the workshop—that people are not our enemies, that the real enemies are systems that divide and oppress us. She then appropriately applied that principle to the issue we were talking about, and it helped move things in a good direction.
The workshop, of course, was the workshop “No Human Enemies: A Strategy for Climate Justice Organizing” led by Sustaining All Life delegates at COP26. Thanks to everyone who was a part of that workshop—you made a difference! And thanks to all who encouraged me to let people know about our workshops.
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
(Present Time 206, January 2022)