Hope As A Survival Instinct
Ja’miil Millar reflects on her experience at Yellowhead’s Radical Policy School (Misko Aki Knowledge Exchange), sharing that hope is not passive—it’s a powerful practice, a survival instinct, and a collective force.
Ja'miil (she/her) completed the 2024 Radical Policy School (now Misko Aki Knowledge Exchange) with Yellowhead, drawn to the program’s focus on social transformation through themes like relationality, solidarity, navigating conflict and abolition. Born in so-called Canada of Bajan-Palestinian descent, her social location shapes the spaces she engages in and influences her expression through writing, facilitation, and community work.
Ja’miil Millar reflects on her experience at Yellowhead’s Radical Policy School (Misko Aki Knowledge Exchange), sharing that hope is not passive—it’s a powerful practice, a survival instinct, and a collective force.