Why all the activism?

This is the answer. Because children. Because they have to wear face masks to go outside. Because we can’t let this horrible mess be our legacy. We can’t leave them like this. We can’t.


but just know that there are people like me
picking up the load when you can’t
there are people like me pushing
so the weight of this country does not crush you
that there are people like you
who will fight when I can’t
we will take turns
pushing against these walls
--Yosimar Reyes.


Here is the full poem by a young man who probably looked very much like Evan just a few years ago.