100 Years Project Anthology

frustratingly slow. But today lots of those things are miles better,
and I look back with pride that I and my friends were part of those
changes. We did that. And we did it with nothing more than the
accumulation of millions of miniscule gestures.
If a project spanning 100 years into the past and 100 years into the
future can teach us anything, it’s that things can change and do
change. And when change seems so slow and so small you want to
scream, scream on the page because that’s all part of the change.
Avalanches are made up of nothing but snowflakes. You have to just
trust that these snowflakes, these poems and stories, will change
things, even if it’s only one mind, one vote, one behaviour. Let
that alleviate your worry. You’ve done something today. You’ve
contributed your snowflake. Keep going, keep writing, one day one of
those snowflakes is going to bring down the mountain.
Having read these brilliant, brave, creative, skilful, hopeful,
inspirational pieces, I have every faith, and I can’t wait to see what
happens next…