Understanding the purpose and meaning of what you are doing helps you to meet the many challenges with healthier actions and attitude. You can decrease your risk for the negative outcomes of stress but not eliminate it. Meeting stressful challenges may involve collective as well as individual action. Techniques for managing stressful challenges may be culturally specific. No one technique works in all situations.
Stress affects everyone differently.
Social injustice is a risk factor for stress and other illness. Not all stress is bad. Stress gets a bad rap. Life is full of challenge. You don't have to control everything.