A note from the Editor

I want to begin by saying that regardless of where you stand politically, you deserve to feel safe within your community, specifically on our college campus.

For me personally, this morning has been an emotional one. I couldn’t help but keep thinking about the name of our magazine, Fig & Vine, which was very much inspired by the biblical reference in Micah 4:4.

“They shall all sit under their own vines and under their own fig trees, and no one shall make them afraid.”

Regardless of political affiliation, no one deserves to feel afraid. No one deserves to feel that their rights could be taken away from them, worry their family could be ripped apart, lose access to medical care, or lose marriage equality. Those who came before us put their lives on the line for these rights and now we must fight to keep them. It needs to be said that Fig & Vine stands for these rights and will always uphold these values in our work.

Today is many things depending on where you stand. Historical, devastating, joyful, relieving, horrendous; everyone is going through something different right now.

Regardless, my previous point stands. We shouldn’t have to feel afraid, and I hope this community can be our own version of the vines and the fig trees, offering peace and prosperity for all of us.

With love,

Lily Karofsky

Editor-in-chief of Fig & Vine