Liberator In Action: Marianne Williamson

Courage is often depicted as something loud, bold, forceful—soldiers charging into battle, firefighters running into flames. When people think of bravery, they often think of men. But women have always embodied courage in ways that are too often overlooked.

A woman’s courage isn’t just found in facing physical danger; it’s in standing up when the world tells her to sit down, in speaking her truth when others try to silence her, in continuing forward when every voice around her says she should stop. Courage isn’t just about facing bullets—it’s about facing ridicule, cruelty, and the weight of a world that tries to diminish you, but choosing to stand tall anyway.

Marianne Williamson has shown that kind of courage throughout her life, facing resistance, mockery, and fear head-on in pursuit of something greater than herself. In the early days of the AIDS crisis, when many recoiled in fear, she stepped forward to sit with patients when others wouldn’t. She fed them when they were too weak. She prayed with them when they felt abandoned. Instead of distancing herself like so many others, she met fear with love. Choosing to stand beside those who were deemed untouchable defines the essence of true courage.

Her fearlessness didn’t end there. In 2014, she shook up California’s 33rd congressional district by running as an independent while thumbing her nose at the superficiality of our broken two-party system. Welcoming her uphill battle, she seized the moment, speaking up for the people, not for corporate interests. 

And when she later took the stage in national politics, first in the 2020 presidential race and again in 2024, the attacks came hard and fast. Dismissed as “woo-woo,” called “cuckoo” and “wacky,” mainstream media and political elites mocked her message because it didn’t fit their mold. They ridiculed her for speaking about love and moral integrity as though those things have no place in government.

But ridicule has never stopped Marianne Williamson. No matter how hurtful the words or how cruel the dismissals, she continues to stand tall.

Everyday, she walks forward with faith, resolve, and the courage of someone who knows that transformative change doesn’t come from those who play it safe. She speaks for the people, not the billionaires. She challenges a system rigged for the powerful, not the everyday American. And she does it knowing full well she will be mocked as the establishment coalesces to do everything in its power to discredit her.

In today's political era where a majority of leaders remain tongue-tied with fear, Williamson’s actions remind us that courage isn’t the absence of fear—it’s the willingness to face it with unwavering heart and purpose. Moved by unrelenting faith, she steps up to every available podium to give new audiences a political reality check, and help them seek a higher truth that’s always rooted in love.

Today, we celebrate Marianne Williamson as our Liberator in Action.  

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