“I Am,” our Fall 2021 Magazine, is a labor of love from across the Harvard collegiate community. In the following articles, you will hear from more than a dozen authors who attest to how complex, contradictory, and confounding one’s identity can be.
"In the world right now, there are so many people who are trying to figure out solutions. And they’re working hard. We just don’t happen to know them. And so none of us can project from the current moment what the horizons of possibility are. So you have to be open to recognizing that the horizons of possibility can surprise you and that the best way to activate those positive surprises is to take the 'Failure is not an option' attitude."
We owe it to Floyd to memorialize his life even as we demand justice for his death. And we owe it to George Floyd to do better by countless other Black Americans precisely where we failed him.
This week, as convoys of Lebanese protesters ebb back into Martyrs’ Square, reigniting the animus towards their dysfunctional regime, we are reminded that the masses have only been biding their time in the flanks of this public health crisis, intent on continuing their cause.
