Seen, Safe, & Celebrated

I see the deaths of Michelle Go and Christina Yuna Lee, and I don’t exactly know how to respond.

How am I supposed to respond to murder?

I’m a big solutions guy. When faced with global scale problems, I naturally look at the solutions that are out there and explore how we can promote them. How we can scale them up.

But when it comes to the spike of threats to Asian lives, women and elders especially… there is no quick and easy solution.

I can’t think of a law one could pass or a verdict that could come down that makes this all go away.

I don’t mean that to say there’s nothing we can do. On the contrary, there’s so much to be done. A lot of work ahead.

But for now, I think it’s important to remember Michelle Alyssa Go, and Christina Yuna Lee, who were so much more than their tragic deaths.

They were friends. They were loved. Yuna was a creative soul, a music lover, with great artistic taste. Michelle was active. She was a coach. A volunteer.

They were here. Their lives were meaningful. Like Grace Lee Boggs said, the only way we survive is by taking care of each other.