I am often surprised by the response to the fact that both of us, the co-founders of PWR WMN, are immigrants. It’s in our bio. And it’s one of my favorite things about us. Think about how much your culture has enriched your life, now add another one to it, and sometimes, yet another one! My life is RICH, I have been taught how to show someone my love for them in multiple languages, multiple traditions, multiple contexts.
What more could immigration mean than a richness in expression. We are connectors. Connecting generations of people from different lands to each other. The beauty of knowing that my ancestors have now collided with Jack’s and will now share a history is so wondrous to me. I can’t pretend to know the precise details of every bill, law, and policy being put in place right now, it's almost like the speed at which things are moving is geared to confuse us, it does me at least. But I can see and hear and feel how our communities are being affected by them. I know that I am proud of being an immigrant and that I am in awe of the strength my parents possessed when deciding to move to another country with a small child to start from scratch.
That’s the thing, immigrants are strong. This will not break us. We have left behind families, homes, lives. Nothing will deter us from searching and finding safety, peace, and happiness. But isn't that our human condition? Do we all not share this desire? It’s nice to romanticize that only immigrants possess this strength but I believe it’s in all of us. I don’t know a single person in my life who wouldn’t attempt to move mountains to give their child a better life, to fight for their dreams, to find safety, peace.
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