THE COST OF COURAGE: Who speaks up. Who shows up. And what happens next.

This week, we’re talking about courage, truth, and power. RSVP at tinyurl.com/2026fpl

One person does something difficult and another person sees it. Someone speaks when it would be safer to remain quiet. Someone stands outside a building. Someone files a lawsuit. None of those acts guarantees what happens next. But they can make the next person feel less alone.

That may be one of the most important things courage does. It doesn’t eliminate fear. It gives other people permission to move through it. And the more people who discover that they are not alone, the more light gets through.

• Nicholas Enrich, USAID Whistleblower & Author of “Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower’s Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID.” Career Civil Servant & Former USAID Global Health Leader

• Steve Phillips, Bestselling Author & Founder, Democracy in Color, a political media organization focused on race, politics, and multiracial democracy. Author of Brown Is the New White, How We Win the Civil War, and Are White Men Smarter Than Everybody Else?

Two very different stories. One big question: What happens when people decide to stand up and use their power?

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