From the Arab Spring and Black Lives Matter uprisings, to Occupy Wall Street and ongoing Indigenous rights movements, as well as global anti-war protests, the 21st century has already been defined and shaped by large-scale political activism. However, organizers and activists across these movements have faced challenges of political polarizations, manipulation, infiltration, and digital repression. Most importantly, a constant state of heavy despair due to the lack of concrete fruits of these movements has been an impediment to continued momentum. Though there are obstacles along the path, two engaged authors and educators will share dialectics of hope and despair as guiding logics across social movements organizing today to lead us into a better, brighter tomorrow.

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