While there is much to be feared and worried about, creating intentional joy is a way forward towards our pursuit to create the better world we know is possible. Originally the title of a poem by Black poet Toi Derricotte, “Joy is an act of Resistance” has been embraced by activists as a sustaining, positive force for change, a defiant announcement that you exist, you have powerful, and you can’t be broken. This service will explore how joy as resistance can be used personally for resilience and in practice as resistance.