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Luke Atkins

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~To be yourself~ | Organizer, activist, operations manager, artist | Former CCL Harvard president, Dems for Zohran founder, Scottie | Dallas/Boston

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I’ve officially completed my time at Harvard. Seven years later, medical leaves, four Insta accounts, countless pictures lost after many devices, and infinite memories and faces and places and spaces later, I can confidently confirm that it’s been the time of my life: a rollercoaster but the ultimate journey. I can’t tell you how many organizations I started, I can’t tell you how little I did when I had everything or how much I did when I had nothing, nor can I tell you the classes I truly excelled in (not many), but I can tell you that Harvard elevated my life and led to the elevation of many other lives in turn, especially in the final years. CCL Harvard, Dems for Zohran, College Democrats of America, Harvard IOP, standing up for Palestine, down to even chess club. Well I woke up from what felt like a seven year coma after sleeping 19 hours a day for years with my condition. I battled homelessness. I fought tooth and nail every second since I was a teenager. There are no words—but infinite smiles. And on we go. by @creative.tenet

Really stepping into my new position more and more every single day. 💙🦾 by @creative.tenet

i thought my life here was over. everything felt like it was against me, and i was more lost than the parameters of human language could ever arbitrarily capture. i wasn’t supposed to be here, with everything i went through. a year and a half ago today i was on top of the world, starring on campus in my final semester and traveling across the U.S. for national events representing many organizations. a year ago today i was sleeping in a new york homeless shelter, fighting like hell for mamdani to get elected mayor during the day but more importantly fighting for my life. always, all times, for years. found my way back to harvard, which had long been my sanctuary, after we won; it got worse. i was couchsurfing with friends at best, sleeping in a cold pile of trash in the street at worst, and on many days in between sleeping in the lamont library basement or comfy chairs in the science center at cabot. i was a nightmare for securitas, harvard security, and after all i was living a literal nightmare. it got to a point where all i had during a december blizzard was a white t-shirt and a pair of pants with donated shoes, just cavorting or rather zombie sleepwalking the streets & subways of boston. then i made the brave decision to call my mom. i found my way home on christmas, and slowly yet surely i began to rediscover myself. it is a journey. but i’m happy. rebuilding, with 2 jobs, in my own place, filling my cup. thanks to you i found my way home. 🩵💛 by @creative.tenet

Flashback Friday to my last Italy trip, where Florence & Rome shone as always. 🇮🇹 by @creative.tenet

Announcing the next phase of my project with Coach Fierro, HP Skills Academy, with a Linktree (scan the QR code in the photo for our Linktree), survey, new pages, graphics, and more as we rack up more participation—and lots of fun. After our Messi post, this time it’s a young Ronaldo showcasing what it means to put skills on display. Here’s to our young Ronaldos in training! by @creative.tenet

This is the standard; this is the paradigm. It starts every day on the training pitch. It starts at a very young age: seven years old, playing for Argentina club Newell’s Old Boys in the academy. By the time he was recruited to Barcelona, Messi was 13 years old. They paid for his growth hormone therapy because he was too small, too short, too scrawny. But still, he had everything. The first touch. Ball control. The dribbling. The finishing. Vision. The footwork. All of it. It was in these years, from seven years old to 13 years old, that the greatest player of all time developed into his genius. And that’s the age group we’ll be working with most. We can’t overstate the importance of these years. And we’re here to develop the next Messi, full of his or her own idiosyncrasies, rather than replicate a player. Our work, our training, begins now. ⚽️💪 by @creative.tenet

My first climate publication since I completed my time as president of Citizens’ Climate Lobby Harvard: “Fractals of the Infinite Future Beyond Fracking.” It is a brave new world out there, and it’s time to realize our future. 🌎 by @creative.tenet

These boys earned a great goofy face squad picture. A mercurial 6-1 win for the 2020 boys white team, including a four goal poker from Walker as well as goals from Willie and Yoel. by @creative.tenet

Feels like just yesterday we were 26. Now we’re 30. Still playing video games and getting fast food when we hang out and doing all of the things we did back in middle school. 👾 by @creative.tenet

With NBA preseason starting next week and my favorite player @kyrieirving returning from a 1.5-year absence, here’s my homemade mix of fav Kyrie plays on the Mavs by @creative.tenet

Hard to believe it has now been 10 years since I visited truly the most magical place.

Aloha Kauai by @creative.tenet

Today is a chance to pave the way for a spectacular, mercurial future in the form of my friends U.S. Senator Ed Markey (@edmarkey) and Mass House of Representatives candidate Evan MacKay (@evanforcambridge), running beautiful people-oriented campaign against corporate overlords. Massachusetts friends, the polls are open until 8 pm. Ed Markey needs no intro—one of the best to ever do it—and attached is my endorsement for the nationally rising Evan. Let’s go! by @creative.tenet