There are winding roads that lead to systems and policy change. This is a snapshot of one of them, still in process, related to sexual assault legislation.
We have the tools — raw materials, surveillance, science, communication — to do better. “It is about political will” to make this a priority, so we don’t forget, like we did the lessons of the 1918 pandemic.
I do not want to keep having marches to remember these beautiful women and relatives because something awful happened to them. We have to be proactive.
The state has been “headed in the same direction for 162 years. Trying to turn the ship is a tall order, but we are in a moment where we have to get it done. If folks are not willing to be in that work with us, then they just have to get out of the way.”