The concept of fearlessness is born from a critical discussion about minority self-governance and minority rights that commenced in the early 2000s (Kymlicka and Patten 2003). While conducting research among the Grecanici, a Greek linguistic minority in Calabria, Italy, in 2006, I was faced with the question of political representation and minority self-governance. While one may imagine a minority community to be subjugated, victimised, and ultimately powerless, my time with the Grecanici led to a better comprehension of how minorities negotiate avenues of representation and ‘fearlessly’ access multiplicities of power. Fearlessness became the primary trope through which I experienced how Grecanici engaged with the state, with civic associations and family, to seek and ultimately achieve their goals of representation.