stand up or be stood upon

STAND UP OR BE STOOD UPON

— a declaration born from the soil of defiance and the marrow of our ancestors.

As ICE raids escalate across cities—tearing families from their homes, stalking communities with the cold, faceless violence of bureaucracy—this is a time to remember who we are.

This is a time to act.

The United States has long danced on the sharp edge of contradiction—built on the backs of the enslaved, yet mythologizing freedom. But always, always, people have risen.

From the lunch counters of Greensboro to the migrant-led strikes in California fields.

From Harriet’s midnight sky to Stonewall’s bricks.

From Standing Rock to Selma.

This is our inheritance: protest as love. Disruption as dignity.

Refusal as a holy act. 

Fighting against tyranny is not optional. Not now.

If we do not raise our collective voice—clear, intentional, unwavering—we risk a future where silence is mistaken for consent.

This pennant is visual psalm. A refusal.

Because what we stand for determines what stands after us.