In exploring collective trauma, the works of Kohan and von Lieres reveal how political subjectivity emerges through collective activism transforming helplessness, invisibility and despair. Inspired by the two authors, and their deep commitment to political action, I want to find ways to break through the dissociation of those in power. Rather than leaving the responsibility of political citizenship solely in the hands of the marginalized, I explore ways for those of us living in unjust societies to be more generative justice seekers. In the midst of polarization, violence, staggering inequality and ecological disaster it is time to build solidarity across borders of nation, identity, and class. In resonance with the two authors, I am in search of ethical actions that traverse the rough waters of collective trauma. I explore ways that we may continue to develop as an ethical society accepting responsibility for the injuries that have been experienced without acting as rival factions or waging wars of small differences within movements.