The Power of Refusing to Abandon People

Roxanne Jones: I think it's important to know that we have that power in more situations than we realize. She says there are ways of moving people and getting folks to reconsider their positions, but they often don't involve what is the most might feel like the most satisfying thing in the moment. "I'm sure Jenny heard a lot of wild stuff, but she probably wanted to say like that's ridiculous," said Jones about her co-hosts' work on HIV/AIDS response. The authors also talk about how refusing to abandon people is a really important act of rebellion towards collective survival.