rather than creating meaningful change. But keeping friends updated about registration deadlines and policy changes, especially in the COVID era, when in-person organizing isn’t possible, is always going to feel more authentic coming from you than from a larger machine. With these lessons in mind, I am encouraged by my peers and allies who are at the forefront of a new reckoning — one that challenges institutions that have long dismissed the intellectual contributions of the Black people who have dedicated their lives to producing work that furthers racial and economic justice. I am encouraged by the Black leaders who have paved a way by demanding a seat at the table or choosing to build their own, likeLisa Cookand Cecilia Rouse, who, if confirmed, will be the “This district was able to affect the entire world — just regular people,” Bush says in the documentary, remembering the uprisings that followed the shooting by a police officer that left Brown dead. “Regular” or “everyday” people is a rallying cry for bothBushandAOC on September 13 for the democratic nomination for state senator. According to theTimes