One thing is for certain. We will not resolve the conflict of today with the logic of yesterday, with moral justifications anchored in a power and privilege that shield us from transcending our simple binaries.

As we prepare ourselves to do the work, I pray that we lean into our mutual concern for one another, and away from the false comfort of our binaries; that when we are challenged by the work and one another, that we recommit ourselves to the values that unite our common humanity.