History-making actress activist Sis The Doll reminds us “You are not a monolith and your neighbor is not a monolith.”Instead of letting our differences create further divides, what could happen if we became overly curious about each other and the world we’re living in?

As the author of and/or contributor of several banned books, Jamia Wilson (Vice President and Executive Editor at Random House) puts it clearly “They can try to burn books, they can try to ban them, but they can’t get rid of every sacred object.” Books can be radical objects of resistance and it’s our responsibility to protect books in their physical form. Start by purchasing Jamia's newest book Make Good Trouble: Discover Movements That Sparked Change from your local bookstore and if you can - buy copies to donate to your local library!

“Silence kills” says Stephanie Pacheco (U.S. National Youth Poet Laureate). In a time where injustices are taking place on every scale – at work, at school, on the train, in the grocery store, at your local town hall (the list is endless!) – now is the time to practice fearlessness and speak up. “If you are silent about your pain, they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it.” - Zora Neale Hurston.