Traumatic events bring many of us to campaigning in the first place; through our work we can transform our suffering into agency to prevent wider injustice. Reading terrible stories about poverty, racism, injustice, climate change, extinction etc everyday is also traumatising – add living through a pandemic to this and it’s no wonder we’re exhausted. I strongly recommend the book Trauma Stewardship for those interested in exploring how social change makers develop secondary trauma, and what we can do about it.