You say you aren't sure if there's anything to share or if you know where to take this, but there's a lot in this expression of your memory and current feeling. Sharing lived experiences helps break the wall created by statistics and feelings of abstractness, things considered 'stuff from over there', and makes it real and tangible in a way that unfortunately rarely occurs in 'news cycles' and 'online discourse'. The story feels potent to me because I understand you were there as a visitor, not because it's "where you're from", which for some perhaps unfortunate reason might make it seem more striking. Worth sharing beyond this letter IMO, and might be more convincing to someone in denial than talking points.
Thank you for sharing – truly
You say you aren't sure if there's anything to share or if you know where to take this, but there's a lot in this expression of your memory and current feeling. Sharing lived experiences helps break the wall created by statistics and feelings of abstractness, things considered 'stuff from over there', and makes it real and tangible in a way that unfortunately rarely occurs in 'news cycles' and 'online discourse'. The story feels potent to me because I understand you were there as a visitor, not because it's "where you're from", which for some perhaps unfortunate reason might make it seem more striking. Worth sharing beyond this letter IMO, and might be more convincing to someone in denial than talking points.