#ShiftingPower ✊🏽When the Silenced Rise, Democracy Lives

From Zohran Mamdani to Kaohly Her — youth, women, people of colour, diaspora, and people in exile are decolonising power and reimagining democracy for all!

As Decolonial Intersectional Feminists, we celebrate the rise of leaders who reflect the richness, power, and possibilities of our communities.

🗳️ From Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim, first South Asian, and youngest mayor-elect of New York City to Kaohly Her, the first Hmong American and first woman mayor of Saint Paul — and many other women of colour Democrats who made history this election night, we are witnessing a profound shift in who gets to lead, and whose stories shape the future.

✊🏽 These victories reaffirm what we at Manushya deeply believe: political power must shift to the margins — to youth, women, people of colour, and all frontline communities who have long been silenced.

For those of us across Asia, and for diaspora and people in exile around the world, these wins carry a powerful message: we are not voiceless — we are bridge-builders between home and diaspora movements, between memory and future. When our voices unite across borders, we challenge authoritarianism, patriarchy, and colonial hierarchies that seek to divide and silence us.

These victories remind us that democracy is not a Western privilege — it is a universal right that must be claimed, reclaimed, and protected by the people. When youth and movements stand together, courage travels, and representation becomes resistance.

🌏 These leaders prove that difference is power, and that justice can rise from the margins.

#WeAreManushyan ♾️ Equal Human Beings

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