Choose Courage Over Comfort

A message from Lauren Handy on this morning of her federal sentencing:

It has been close to 9 months since I was abruptly ripped from my community. This has led me to think long and hard on what to say about my sentencing today in federal court. Some drafts were angry and righteous while most were just a tearstained longing for my loved ones back home.

Yes, this time has been challenging but I refuse to be jaded. Why? Because life goes on... even in jail. So I might as well continue to love and cry and scream and dance. That is joy. The feeling of being fully alive without shame. Which is something no court can take from me.

So today... I am at peace with myself and my future. I will go into court with my head held high and heart open.

Choose Courage Over Comfort,

Lauren Handy Director of Activism, PAAU