Skylights and Sunrise
 

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, who am I? If not now, when?

 
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My Identity

My name is Elliot. Pronouns: they/them. Non-binary. Pansexual. INFJ. Enneagram Type 6. Intersectional Feminist. Jewish. Student at the University of Cincinnati. I'm an oil painter and artist. Nonprofit and Social Entrepreneur. A democratic socialist in the school of capitalism. Finding the intersections of entrepreneurship and gentrification.

These identities are important to me because without them I would not be fighting for social justice.

My Goals

A big part of my growth as an activist involves setting goals in the perspective of where I am and what I still have to learn.

01.

Self Evaluation, Self Empowerment

I want to find out who I am, what my values are (and be able to articulate them).

Once I am able to articulate who I am and be able to take care of myself and support my values.

02.

Organizational Evaluation

What space am I creating? Who is in my space? Who is not? Why or why not? Are there rules that I have in my space? What boundaries do I have?

I want to be able to answer these questions and articulate the space I have created for myself.

This involves becoming confident enough in myself to stand up for myself and others in my space.

03.

Organizational Empowerment

Recognizing that the space I am in has been created by me, and is for me. 

Once I have really built my activism space I want to be able to celebrate within it. I want to support the community I've made for myself in any and every way I can.

 

04.

Blooming Where You're Planted

Build self care into activism. Build activism into life.

Building activism into my life will come from knowing what my values are and living by them. I have to know my identity and create a community and empower that community to be able to thrive and bloom in the community I've created through knowing myself and others.